Fall 2009

MATH 141: CALCULUS WITH ANALYTIC GEOMETRY II

MWRF 9:05-9:55 am 201 EE West

Instructor: Xiantao Li

  • Course Syllabus

  • Office hours : Mondays and Thursdays 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM, or by appointment (XXL12 AT PSU DOT EDU, 8639081, 219C McAllister).

  • Homework problems will be assigned every Wednesday and collected on the following Wednesday.
    Homework that is turned in late will not be graded.

  • In-class quiz : there will be eight twenty-minute quiz, which will be announced the class before.

  • Exams: there will be two midterms and a final exam.

  • Final grade: The final grade will be given based on 450 points: Midterms 200 points + Final 150 + Homework and quiz 100 points.

  • Final Exam: 8:00AM---10:00AM Dec 17, 2009 100 Thomas
    Sample exams: Sample A, Sample B, Sample C


    The course page at the department of mathematics. It offers course description and sample exams.

    Homework Assignment and Quiz

    Homework 1 (Due Sep 2) :
    7.1 9, 11, 13, 26, 28, 34, 35, 36;

    Homework 2 (Due Sep 9) :
    7.2* 2, 6, 14, 17, 18, 64, 65, 70, 72
    7.3* 3, 6, 16, 33, 40, 55, 64, 75, 76, 78
    Quiz I (Sep 9) : 7.2*, 7.3*
    Homework 3 (Due Sep 16) :
    7.4* 6, 7, 10, 25, 26, 36, 42, 47, 48, 50; 7.6 1, 11, 29, 59, 67;
    Homework 4 (Due Sep 23) :
    7.6 5, 14, 22, 31, 38, 64, 70;
    8.1 1, 2, 5, 8, 10, 14, 23, 31, 33, 37
    Quiz II (Sep 21) : 7.4*, 7.6
    Homework 5 (Due Sep 30) :
    8.2: 1, 2, 5, 8, 9, 12, 21, 24, 26, 30
    8.3: 4, 8, 11, 14, 24;
    Midterm I Review
    Sep 29, 5:00 -- 6:00 pm,
    009 LIFE SCIENCE BUILDING
    Midterm I
    630p-745p Thursday, October 01, 2009
    362 Willard
    Homework 6 (Due Oct 7) :
    8.4: 1, 4, 9, 16, 24, 32;
    8.5: 3, 6, 9, 11, 18, 21, 24.
    Homework 6 (Due Oct 14):
    7.8: 5, 10, 11, 15, 18, 24, 31, 40, 42, 50, 53, 61
    Relative rates of growth: 4, 7, 10, 15
    Homework 7 (Due Oct 21):
    8.8: 5, 6, 11, 20, 24, 28, 32, 35;
    12.1: 15, 17, 18, 21, 22, 28, 33, 37, 62, 64, 66.
    Quiz III (Oct 15) : 7.8, 8.8
    Homework 8 (Due Oct 28):
    12.2: 10, 15, 16, 19, 22, 26, 33, 42
    12.3: 3, 6, 19, 22, 23.
    Quiz IV (Oct 23) : 12.2, 12.3
    Homework 9 (Due Nov 4):
    12.4: 3, 5, 7, 9, 15, 20, 26, 28, 30, 32.
    (Please verify all the assumptions).
    12.5: 5, 6, 9, 10, 11, 14, 19.
    Quiz V (Nov 2) : 12.4, 12.5
    Homework 10 (Due Nov 11):
    12.6: 1, 5, 6, 11, 12, 23, 24.
    12.7: 7, 13, 18, 21, 28, 35.
    Homework 11 (Due Nov 18):
    12.8: 5, 6, 12, 18, 19, 20;
    12.9: 3, 4, 6, 7, 9, 17, 19, 20, 22, 24.
    Quiz VI (Nov 16) : 12.8, 12.9
    Homework 12 (Due Dec 2):
    12.10: 7, 8, 9, 10, 16, 17, 18, 32, 49, 55
    12.11: 13(a), 13(b), 16(a), 16(b).