MATH 140 - Calculus with Analytic Geometry
Welcome to Math 140!   Our section homepage (this page) is available online at http://www.math.psu.edu/narayana/math140page.html and will be updated regularly throughout the semester to provide exam room locations, review sheets and other important information. The course home page is given at http://www.math.psu.edu/ug/MATH140home.htm, which links to the Course Syllabus, Homework exercises and Sample Exams. It is essential to read the important information given about Math 140 including details about the examinations, grading system and breakdown of each lecture.

Different sections will meet as follows:  

Section 022 - MTWF 12:20 to 1:10 - ROOM 208 WILLARD

Section 032 - MTWF 2:30 to 3:20  - ROOM 116 OSMOND,

Section 036 - MTWF 3:35 to 4:25  - ROOM 314 BOUCKE,

Section 038 - MTWF 4:40 to 5:30  - ROOM 115 OSMOND.

INSTRUCTOR DETAILS Dr. Bharath Narayanan,
Office: 410 McAllister Building, 814-865-1401
Office hours: THURSDAY 2:30 TO 4:30.
Contact email: narayana@math.psu.edu.

QUIZZES

Every week there will be an in-class quiz over the material covered up to the previous week. Each quiz will be closed book, no calculators permitted and no make up's.
There will be no quiz on exam weeks or on the first/last week of class, thus giving 10 quizzes each worth 10 points making a total of 100 points.


The syllabus has a list of suggested exercises (homework problems) from each section which you must learn to solve by yourself. It is not a secret that the best way to learn calculus is to DO LOTS OF PROBLEMS- IF YOU DON"T DO YOUR HOMEWORK EVERYDAY THEN YOU WILL FAIL THIS COURSE!.!  I will go over as many examples in class as time permits and will answer any questions you have. But you have to try to do the problems by yourself everyday. The two main reasons for not doing well in a Calculus course are poor algebra skills and insufficient study time. It is like learning how to play the piano or tennis - you cannot hope to become a pianist or a tennis player by just watching someone else or by practicing only once or twice a week. You must work for at least a couple hours everyday solving different types of problems in order to master the various concepts. It may not make complete sense in the beginning but the picture becomes clear after some time and everything fits together nicely, so you must keep trying. Don't give up easily since you don't want to retake this course. Please feel free to come and see me to get some assistance on the homework exercises and to clear any doubts that you might have. I'd be glad to help.

Trigonometric Formulae and graphs:

http://www.math.psu.edu/narayana/trigsheet1.pdf

http://www.math.psu.edu/narayana/graphtrig.htm

http://www.math.psu.edu/narayana/unitcircles.pdf

You will not be allowed any calculators or formula sheets in any of the quizzes or exams so make sure you're ready for anything!!

 

Additional Websites with very useful stuff! YOU MUST UNDERSTAND EVERYTHING IN THE LIMITS AND DIFFERENTIAL CALCULUS APPLETS, SO CHECK THEM OUT: http://www.math.psu.edu/dlittle/java/calculus/index.html


SOLUTIONS TO SOME QUIZZES AND OTHER PROBLEMS (Not always identical to the in-class quizzes):

  1.  QUIZ 1
  2.  QUIZ 2
  3.  QUIZ 3
  4.  QUIZ 4
  5.  QUIZ 6
  6.  TAKE-HOME 2
  7.  QUIZ 8
  8.  QUIZ 9
  9.  QUIZ 10
  10.  QUIZ 11
    1.  Section 2.3 - Calculating Limits using Limit Laws
    2.  Section 3.1 - Derivatives
    3.  Section 3.2 - The Derivative as a Function
    4.  Section 3.3 - Differentiation Formulas
    5.  Section 3.6 - The Chain Rule
    6.  Section 3.8 - Higher Derivatives
    7.  Section 3.9 - Related Rates 
    8.  Section 3.10 Linearization  
    9.  Section 4.2 - The Mean Value Theorem
    10.  Section 4.7 - Optimization Problems
    11.  Section 4.9 - Newton's Method
    12.  Section 4.10 - Antiderivatives
    13.  Section 5.2 - Definite Integrals
    14.  Section 5.3 The Fundamental Theorem of Calculus
    15.  Section 5.4 Indefinite Integrals

 

HOMEWORK

The syllabus has a list of suggested exercises (homework problems) from each section which you must learn to solve by yourself. It is not a secret that the best way to learn calculus is to DO LOTS OF PROBLEMS- IF YOU DON"T DO YOUR HOMEWORK EVERYDAY THEN YOU WILL FAIL THIS COURSE!! I will go over as many examples in class as time permits and will answer any questions you have. But you have to try to do the problems by yourself everyday.

The two main reasons for not doing well in a Calculus course are poor algebra skills and insufficient study time. It is like learning how to play the piano or tennis - you cannot hope to become a pianist or a tennis player by just watching someone else or by practicing only once or twice a week. You must work for at least a couple hours everyday solving different types of problems in order to master the various concepts. It may not make complete sense in the beginning but the picture becomes clear after some time and everything fits together nicely, so you must keep trying. Don't give up easily since you don't want to retake this course. Please feel free to come and see me to get some assistance on the homework exercises and to clear any doubts that you might have. I'd be glad to help.


EXAM INFORMATION:

EXAM 1 
TUESDAY, OCTOBER 9, 6:30 - 7:45

STUDY GUIDELINES

 

THE BIGGEST SECRET OF ALL MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTIONS IS TO READ ALL THE CHOICES VERY CAREFULLY - (PLEASE CLICK HERE)

Here are the formula sheets of what you have to memorize before the exam and some study tips:
http://www.math.psu.edu/narayana/exam1formulasheet.pdf

WARNING: You will not be allowed any calculators or formula sheets so make sure you're ready for anything!!

EXAM 2  
 MONDAY, NOVEMBER 5, 6:30 - 7:45

 

GUIDELINES:

FINAL EXAM: 

    1. A formula sheet for the last part of the course (after exam2) is online: http://www.math.psu.edu/narayana/m140finalsheet.pdf  
    2. Do all the review problems from Exam1, Exam2, Quizzes and Practice problems given above on this page.
    3. Here is a link to some practice problems (shorter lists, 2 sets with answers) -
      http://www.math.psu.edu/narayana/differentiation.pdf  
    4. http://www.math.psu.edu/narayana/integration.pdf  
    5. Here is a more complete list of problems, with answers - http://www.math.psu.edu/narayana/m140finalquestions.pdf  
    6. Here is a link to the official course page regarding the Final Exam http://www.math.psu.edu/UG/SampleExamsMath140.htm

IMPORTANT DATES

Aug. 27

M

First day of class

Sep. 3

M

Labor Day no classes

Sep. 6

R

End of add/drop period

Oct. 9

T

Exam I, 6:30-7:45 PM,

Nov. 5

M

Exam II, 6:30-7:45 PM,

Nov. 16

F

Deadline for late drop

Nov. 19 -23

M-F

THANKSGIVING, no classes

Dec. 14

F

Last day of classes

Dec. 17 -21

M-F

Final Exam Week