Math 2415, Fall 2017

Changsong Li and John Zweck

Course Materials

Friday Problem Session Worksheets

Active Learning Projects with 3D Printed Models

PLTL Worksheets

PLTL Program

Exam Information

Exam One

• Exam I will be held Friday Sep 29th, from 7:00-8:30pm.
• The exam will cover 12.1- 12.6, 13.1-13.3 (excluding curvature), 14.1, 15.7 (cylindrical coordinates only), 15.8 (spherical coordinates only).
• See Advice for Exams [page 6]
• Dr Zweck's 10am class should go to ECSS 2.410
• Dr Zweck's 1pm class should go to ECSS 2.412
• Dr Li's 2:30pm class should go to ECSS 2.415
• Dr Li's 5:30pm class should go to GR 2.302

Exam Two

• Exam II will be held Friday Nov 3rd, from 7:00-8:30pm.
• The exam will cover 14.3-14.8, 15.1-15.2, and 16.6 (excluding surface area).
• We encourage you to write a 2-3 page summary containing theory, formulae, schematic diagrams, simple examples and use a technique such as that in Advice for Exams [page 6] to commit this information to memory.
• Dr Zweck's 10am class should go to ECSS 2.410
• Dr Zweck's 1pm class should go to ECSS 2.412
• Dr Li's 2:30pm class should go to ECSS 2.415
• Dr Li's 5:30pm class should go to GR 2.302

Final Exam

• The Final Exam will be held Saturday Dec 9th from 5pm to 7:45pm.
• The exam will cover 12.1- 12.6, 13.1-13.3 (excluding curvature), 14.1, 14.3-14.8, 15.1-15.3, 15.6-15.9, 16.1-16.5, and 16.6 (excluding surface area).
• See Advice for Exams [page 6]
• Rooms for final are different from midterms!!!
• Dr Zweck's 10am class should go to JSOM 1.117
• Dr Zweck's 1pm class should go to JSOM 2.106
• Dr Li's 2:30pm class should go to JSOM 2.115
• Dr Li's 5:30pm class should go to JSOM 2.722

WebAssign Enrollment and Access Instructions

• Log into elearning, and select MATH 2415.701
• Click the link on the eLearning course homepage entitled Access WebAssign.
• If you already have a WebAssign account, you will either see the WebAssign course MATH 2415.701 at the left or you will see a pull-down menu with courses listed; choose MATH 2415.701.
• • If you already have a WebAssign account with the text for this course, you should be taken to the WebAssign course MATH 2415.701.
  • If you do not already have a WebAssign account with the text for this course, you will have 3 options to register.
    • Purchase access online if you do not already have an access code and you want to buy access to the ebook and homework problems without printed text.
    • Enter an access code if you have already purchased an access code.
    • Continue my trial period if you want to start using the system before purchasing. The deadline is given in red.
• Once you have registered, you should be taken to the WebAssign course MATH 2415.701.
• Upon subsequent returns, you should only need to repeat steps 1-3.

WebAssign Policies and Advice

• We will NOT answer messages sent from within WebAssign's Ask The Teacher link. Instead email zweck@utdallas.edu .
• There are approximately 200 students in Math 2415 this semester. For that reason there will be no regrades of submitted WebAssign homework.
• Use the Practice A Similar Problem feature to make sure you understand how to enter your answers correctly before you do the actual problem to be submitted.
• We recommend that you start your homework well before the due date.
• Although the system is not perfect, please remember that the advantage of digital homework is that you get more feedback more quickly than if we just had paper homework.
• Each problem will be worth 5 points. Students will have three attempts, with a maximum score of 5/5 for the first and second attempts and a maximum score of 3/5 for the third attempt. You will be able to submit each part of a multi-part question separately. Therefore, if you get a part correct by second try then you get full credit for that part.

• Entry of Vectors: In 12.2 #3 of this week's webassign hwk you have to enter a vector using the i, j,k notation. If you want to enter an answer like 3i + 4j +5k do NOT type the i, j,k using your keyboard. Instead on the right of the web assign page you will see a CalcPad. Click on the Vectors tab and you will see the symbols for i, j,k. Use them.
• Do NOT use the less than and greater than symbols on your keyboard. Instead use the special < > symbol option in the Vectors tab of the CalcPad to enter a vector. Similar comments apply to functions like exponential, logarithm, and all the trig functions.

Brushing Up on Single Variable Calculus

If you need to brush up on your single variable calculus, here are the sections Stewart's "Calculus (Early Transcendentals)" Edition 7E that we rely on in Math 2415. Starred sections are especially important.

2.1, 2.7, 2.8, 3.1, 3.2, 3.3, 3.4**, 3.10, 4.1, 4.3, 4.5, 4.7, 4.9, 5.1-5.4, 5.5**, 6.1, 6.2, 7.1

The material from Chapter 5,6,7 is used in Math 2415 Chapters 15, 16.

The material from Chapter 4,5,6 is used in Math 2415 Chapters 14, 15.