Math 131H: Honors Calculus I

Tuesday/Thursday 9:30-10:45 in LGRT 117

Instructor: Tom Weston, 1122 LGRT, 545-6037,

Office Hours: Monday 2-3, Tuesday 2:30-3:30, Wednesday 10-11

Textbook: Stewart, Calculus: Early Transcendentals Volume 1 (University of Massachusetts Amherst edition).
Any sixth edition of Stewart's Calculus (Early Transcendentals) will be work just as well.

Homework: Homework will be posted here each Thursday and due the following Thursday. Assignments turned in by the next Tuesday will receive 75% credit. No assignments will be accepted after that. You are encouraged to work together on the homework; however, each student must write up their solutions on their own.

Problem Set 1 (Due Thursday, September 17): 2.2: 6, 8, 14, 40. 2.3: 12, 18, 28, 30, 46, 58. 2.4: 4, 23, 30.
Problem Set 2 (Due Thursday, September 24): 2.5: 10, 24, 34, 38, 42, 46. 2.7: 6, 12, 16, 32, 40.
Problem Set 3 (Due Thursday, October 1): 2.8: 2, 10, 24, 34, 55. 3.1: 4, 8, 12, 26, 34, 42, 50, 60, 66.
Problem Set 4 (Due Thursday, October 15): 3.2: 2, 4, 10, 16, 30, 42, 44, 48, 54.
Problem Set 5 (Due Thursday, October 29): 3.3: 6, 10, 16, 22, 26, 36, 50. 3.4: 10, 12, 20, 30, 40, 50, 62, 64, 82, 92.
Problem Set 6 (Due Thursday, November 5): 3.5: 10, 18, 30, 42, 64a . 3.6: 10, 20, 26, 38, 48, 50. 3.7: 10, 14, 24.
Problem Set 7 (Due Thursday, November 12): 3.8: 8, 16. 3.9: 4, 12, 18, 26, 44. 3.10: 2, 4, 6, 12, 16, 24, 28, 34.
Problem Set 8 (Due Thursday, November 19): 4.1: 12, 14, 32, 34, 44, 48, 52, 54, 58, 60, 70.


Exam 1: Thursday, October 15

Exam 2: Thursday, November 19
Spring 2008 131 Exam (Solutions)
Fall 2006 131 Exam (Solutions)
Also look at: 3.7: 9, 29, 3.8: 7, 9, 19, 3.9: 19, 23, 26, 41, 43, 3.10: 33, 35, 4.1: 51, 53, 57, 61

Final Exam: 1:30-3:30 on Wednesday, December 16 in LGRT 117

Grading: The final grade will be 20% Exam 1, 20% Exam 2, 35% Final Exam and 25% Homework.

Syllabus: (subject to change without notice)

WeekTopicEvents
Sept 72.1, 2.2, 2.4
Sept 142.3, 2.5
Sept 212.6, 2.7
Sept 282.7, 2.8
Oct 53.1, 3.2
Oct 12No class Tuesday; Midterm 1 Thursday
Oct 193.3, 3.4
Oct 263.5, 3.6, 3.7
Nov 23.8, 3.9
Nov 93.10, 4.1
Nov 164.2Midterm 2 Thursday
Nov 234.3, 4.4, 4.7No class Thursday
Nov 304.8, 4.9, 5.1
Dec 75.2