Math 3160 Section 1 home page, Spring 2011
Syllabus
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- (5/6) The grades are official! Check your grades at Campus Information System.
This has been a good class to teach, I really enjoyed it.
Have a good summer!
- (5/5) The grade will be posted at CIS no later than Friday (6th) midnight. Please check your grade first. If you have any questions regarding your grade, feel free to contact me afterwards.
- (4/25) The last midterm exam was good! Among 22 takers,
the medium is 91> The distribution: 90-100: 12,
80-89: 5, 70-79: 1, 60-69: 1,
50-59: 3.
- (4/20) Tomorrow (21st) is our last midterm exam, and Friday of the next week (29th at 10:30) is our final exam. Both in the usual classroom.
- (3/24) We have a good third midterm exam.
There are 21 takers and the medium score is 79.
The distribution: 90-100: 3, 80-89: 7, 70-79: 4,
50-59: 4, 40-49: 1.
(Note: Students seem to have difficulty with Problem 2, which was adapted from
Exercise No.5 after Section 45. A change of branch is recommended.)
- (3/15) Study guide for MT3. There are two main themes for this exam:
1. You will need to know how to find the Taylor / Maclaurin series of
the common elementary functions, like exponential functions,
sin and cos etc.
For example, review Examples 1, 2, 4, 5 in Section 59 and exercises
within.
2. Application of the Cauchy--Goursat Theorem and integral formula.
For example, review exercises in Sections 45, 49, 52.
Please feel free to ask questions via email.
- (2/24) The HW problems selected for MT2 are: 1. Section 31 #4(b);
2. Section 33 #1(a), 2(b); 3. Section 29 #3;
4. Section 20 #9 and Section 23 #6.
- (2/23) We have a really good second midterm exam.
There are 23 takers and the medium score is 88.
The distribution: 90-100: 8 , 80-89: 9 , 70-79: 5 ,
50-59: 1 .
Congratulations!
- (2/22) The third midterm is moved to 17th March, Thursday. (Originally on Tuesday, 15th March.)
- (2/9) The tutoring schedule at the Math Center is
Brandon: Tuesday/Thursday 10:00 - 12:00, 3:00 - 7:00
Charlie: Monday 2:00 - 5:00;
Tuesday 11:00 - 3:30 , 4:00 - 6:00;
Wednesday 1:00 - 3:00;
Friday 2:00 - 6:00
Justin:
Tuesday/Thursday 4:00 - 8:00
Kyle:
Monday/Wednesday/Friday 8:00 - 11:00;
Tuesday/Thursday 8:00 - 9:00
Matt:
Monday - Friday 3:30 - 6:00
Robert:
Monday/Wednesday 3:00 - 8:00;
Thursday 12:00 - 2:00, 4:00 - 8:00
Xiaozhen:
Monday 12:00 - 2:00;
Wednesday 12:00 - 1:00, 3:00 - 4:00;
Thursday 9:00 - 12:00, 1:00 - 2:00;
Friday 12:00 - 2:00
- (1/31) We have a pretty good first midterm exam.
There are 25 takers and the medium score is 83.
The distribution: 90-100: 7 , 80-89: 9 , 70-79: 5 ,
60-69: 2 , 50-59: 1 , 40-49: 1.
- (1/21) Next Tuesday (25th) Feng, my substitute, will answer your
questions and go over a few problems I personally picked,
(as many as the time allows.)
Remember to bring your HW due on 25th to the class.
Next Thursday (27th) is the first midterm exam!
There are 5 problems in the test,
so you have only about 10 minutes for each problem.
All problems come from your HW.
So work on all your HW problems, without notes and books, would be a
great way of preparing for the test.
Also come in early and bring your student ID card.
The exam will start 5 minutes before the bell time and Feng might check
your ID card.
- (1/14) Some comments on HW Section 10 #2-4:
You will need to 1. Find the roots (plural!)
2. Write them in rectangular coordinates.
3. Put them in graphs like Figure 13.
Note though #2(b) will not be "symmetric."
4. Point out which root is the principal root.
That is, the angle is less or equal to \pi, but greater than - \pi.
- (1/13) A student asked about the significance of
| z - (1 + i 2) | < = 3
and the likes.
A simple calculation will show that it is the same as
(x-1)^2 + (y-2)^2 < = 3^2.
This means exactly all points on the complex plane whose distance from
(1,2) are less or equal to 3.
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HW:
- (Due 1/18) Sect 2: 4; Sect 3: 1;
Sect 4: 1(a), 3, 4, 5; Sect 5: 1-6.
- (Due 1/18) Sect 8: 1, 2, 4, 5(c,d), 10;
Sect 10: 1, 2(b), 3(b), 4, 6.
- (Due 1/25) Sect 11: 1, 4, 5. Sect 12: 1-4.
- (Due 2/8) Sect 20: 1, 2, 8, 9. Sect 23: 1, 3, 4(b,c), 5, 6, 7.
- (Due 2/15) Sect 25: 1, 2(a,c), 4. Sect 26: 1.
Sect 29: 1, 3, 5, 8, 9. Sect 31: 1, 2, 3(b), 4.
- (Due 2/22, MT2) Sect 32: 1. Sect 33: 1-3. Sect 34: 1.
- (Due 3/1) Sect 38: 2, 3. Sect 42: 1, 2, 3, 6.
- (Due 3/8) Sect 43: 1, 2. Sect 45: 1, 2, 3, 5.
Sect 49: 1(a, f), 2(c). Sect 52: 1-3.
- (Due 3/15) Sect 56: 1-4.
Sect 59: 1, 2, 3, 6, 7.
- (Due 4/5) Sect 62: 1, 3-5. Sect 66: 1-4, 6.
Sect 67: 1, 5. Sect 42: 10.
- (Due 4/12) Sect 71: 1(a-c), 2, 4. Sect 72: 1, 2(b,c), 3.
Sect 74: 1, 2, 4.
- (Due 4/19) Sect 76: 1, 2(a), 3(a), 4. Sect 79: 1, 5, 7, 8.
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