Homework assignments, Sequences and Series

Fall 2017, Second Half Semester

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Week #1

  • Oct 18:
  • Read Stewart, Taylor Polynomials (chapter 8.7, skip for now any references to convergence, radius or interval of convergence) 
  • WebWork assignment #1 opens (Taylor Polynomials)
  • Oct. 20: Mid-Semester Day (no classes)

    Week #2

  • Oct 23: Read Stewart, Sequences (chapter 8.1).
  • WebWork #1 due at midnight
  • WebWork #2 opens (Sequences)
  • Oct 25:
  • Read the neighborhood - tail-end handout on WISE;
  • Worksheet #1 assigned - due next Monday
  • WebWork #2 due at midnight
  • WebWork #3 opens
  • Oct. 27: (Today only, class moved to Eaton 110; the Board of Trustees will be using our regular classroom)
  • Read Stewart, Series (chapter 8.2)
  •  WebWork #3 due SUNDAY at midnight
  • WebWork #4 opens

    • Week #3

  • Oct 30: Worksheet #1 due at start of class 4 p.m.
  • Read Stewart, The Integral Test, chapter 8.3 (save the comparison test for next time).
  • Nov. 1:
  • WebWork #4 due at midnight
  • WebWorK #5 opens tomorrow
  • Nov. 3:
  • WebWorK #5 due midnight Sunday
  • Worksheet #2 assigned - due next Wednesday

    • Week #4

  • Nov. 6: Oops - forgot to assign the comparison test reading last week (That's the rest of Stewart's section 8.3)
  • Also read Stewart, The Alternating Series Test, chapter 8.4 (save Absolute Convergence for Friday, and we'll look at the Ratio Test next week)
  • WebWorK #6 due Wednesday Night at midnight
  • Remember Worksheet #2 due Wednesday in class.
  • Nov. 8:
  • Read Stewart, Absolute Convergence, which is also in chapter 8.4
  • WebWorK #6 due at midnight.
  • Nov. 10:
  • Build & refine your toolbox for Monday's exam (make yourself a list of the tools we have, and of the sorts of problems we are likely to get asked)
  • WebWorK #7 due at midnight

    • Week #5

  • Nov. 13: Midterm Exam Date
  • Nov. 15: 
  • Read Stewart, chapter 8.4 (the Ratio Test section), and chapter 8.5 (Power Series)
  • WebWorK #8 now set, due Monday Nov. 27
  • I recommend doing some of this before break
  • Nov. 17: 

    • Thanksgiving Break (Nov. 20-24)

    Week #6

  • Nov. 27: WebWorK #8 due at midnight.
  • Worksheet #3 assigned, due Friday.
  • Read Stewart, chapter 8.6 (Representing Functions as Power Series) and chapter 8.7 (Taylor and Maclaurin Series)
  • Nov. 29: WebWorK #9 due at midnight tomorrow (Thursday)
  • Review Stewart chapter 8.7, focusing this time on remainders, and Taylor's formula for Rn(x), and chapter 8.8 (applications)
  • Optional: Enjoy Johnny Nash's singing.
  • Dec. 1: Worksheet #3 due in class.

    Week #7

  • Dec. 4:
  • Read Fourier Series handout (on the course WISE resources page; you can skip the section on Energy and the Energy Theorem)
  • Work on Worksheet #4 (due Wednesday in class)
  • Look at WebWork #11 (due Thursday at midnight)
  • Dec. 6: Worksheet #4 due in class.
  • Dec. 8: (Last Day of Class)

    Week #15

  • Fri., Dec. 15th, 8-11 a.m. Final Exam

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