MAT 127: Calculus C (Lec 01), Spring 2024

Instructor: Johan Asplund, johan.asplund[at]stonybrook.edu, Office: Math Tower 3-116
Office hours: MW 5:30–6:30pm
MLC hours: Tu 5:00–6:00pm, via Zoom

Grader: Filip Samuelsen, filip.samuelsen[at]stonybrook.edu, Office: Math Tower 3-106
Office hours: M 1:30–2:30pm
MLC hours: MW 5:00–6:00pm, via Zoom

Class time and location: MW 4:00–5:20pm Library E4330
Syllabus: Here
Textbook: Single Variable Calculus Concepts and Contexts (5th Edition) by James Stewart
We will also use supplementary notes on second order ODEs.

WebAssign:
Access WebAssign through Brightspace. From within the joint MAT 127 course in Brightspace, click on "Visual TOC" in the menu on the left, and then on "WebAssign". That should automatically log you into your WebAssign account. You do not need a course key or any other information.

Midterm I:
Practice midterm: Here (solutions)
Study guide: Here

Midterm II:
Practice midterm: Here (solutions)
Study guide: Here

Final:
Practice final: Here
Study guide: Here


Tentative schedule

Date Topic Read Quiz
M Jan 22 Sequences and limits §8.1 (notes)
W Jan 24 Properties of sequences §8.1 (notes) Quiz 1
M Jan 29 Infinite series. Harmonic and geometric series §8.2 (notes)
W Jan 31 Geometric series and the divergence test §8.2 (notes) Quiz 2
M Feb 5 Ratio test, p-series §8.3–8.4 (notes)
W Feb 7 Comparison test §8.3 (notes) Quiz 3
M Feb 12 Power series, radius of convergence §8.5 (notes)
W Feb 14 Manipulating power series §8.6 (notes) Quiz 4
M Feb 19 Taylor and Maclaurin series §8.7 (notes)
W Feb 21 Review for Midterm I §8.1–8.6 (notes)
M Feb 26 More review for Midterm I §8.1–8.6
Tu Feb 27 Midterm I, 8:30–9:50pm, Lgt Engr Lab 102 Solutions
W Feb 28 Taylor series and applications §8.6–8.7 (notes)
M Mar 4 Applications of Taylor series §8.7 (notes)
W Mar 6 Other convergence tests §8.3–8.4 (notes) Quiz 5
M Mar 11 No class (Spring Recess)
W Mar 13 No class (Spring Recess)
M Mar 18 Ordinary differential equations (ODEs) §7.1 (notes)
W Mar 20 Direction fields §7.2 (notes) Quiz 6
M Mar 25 Euler's method and separable ODEs §7.2–7.3 (notes)
W Mar 27 Separable ODEs §7.3 (notes) Quiz 7
M Apr 1 Modeling and the logistic equation §7.4–7.5 (notes)
W Apr 3 Review for Midterm II Practice midterm Quiz 8
M Apr 8 Review for Midterm II Practice midterm
M Apr 8 Midterm II, 8:30–9:50pm, Lgt Engr Lab 102 Solutions
W Apr 10 Power series solutions to ODEs notes
M Apr 15 Review of complex numbers §Appendix I (notes)
W Apr 17 Second order ODEs Suppl. notes (notes) Quiz 9
M Apr 22 Second order ODEs Suppl. notes (notes)
W Apr 24 Second order ODEs Suppl. notes (notes) Quiz 10
M Apr 29 Review for Final All of the above
W May 1 Review for Final All of the above
W May 8 Final Exam, 8:00–10:45am, location TBA