Math 241 Spring 2008

Home page for Math 241: Calculus IV

Instructor: Charles L. Epstein

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The Course

General description: This is the fourth semester of Calculus, it covers topics connected with the problems of solving ordinary and partial differential equations, ideas for representing functions in terms of orthonormal bases, as well as techniques used in the study of functions of a complex variable. The main web page for the course can be found at Math241. Here you will find the core problems, a detailed syllabus, as well as links to the various resources we offer to help you do well in this course.

Homework and Quizzes: Problem sets will be assigned most weeks on Thursday, due the following week on Thursday in the lecture. No problem set will be due in the weeks with midterm exams. The problem sets are only posted below on this web-page, they will not be distributed in class. Students should do all the core problems, which may or may not be assigned as part of the problem set. I very much prefer that students work alone on the problems that will be handed in. Each problem set will have 5 problems, one of which will be graded. The randomly selected, graded problem will be worth 8 points and you will receive one point for each of the other 4 problems you solve. In weeks without exams, a short quiz will be given in the recitation section. The two lowest quiz grades will be dropped, but there will be no make-up quizzes.

Grading and Exams: We will have 2 midterms, held in the evening, and a final exam. A doctor's note will be required in order to be considered for a make-up exam. Your total scores on the quizzes and problem sets will each count for 10% of the final grade. All sections of Math 241 will have the same final exam. As noted below the midterm and final exams together count for 80% of your final grade.

Support: The department provides many opportunities for help with this course. Besides myself and the TA, you can find help through the calculus help-page. The department maintains an online chat-room where Math 241 students can ask a TA questions about the material in the course. To access this service follow this link to online help. This course moves very fast, so it is important not to fall behind.

The class meets on TTh from 12:00-1:30 in DRL A5. Mr. Pranav Pandit is our recitation instructor. The recitation sections are 221 Wed 9-10AM, 222 Wed 10-11AM, 223 Fri 9-10AM, 224 Fri 10-11AM. Mr. Pandit's e-mail is pranavp [at] math.upenn.edu. His office is 4N25 in DRL, his office hours are 3:00-4:00 on Tuesdays and Thursdays. His web page can be found by following this link. His phone number is 8-7247.
My office hours are Monday and Wednesday 3:30-4:30PM. Contact me by e-mail for an appointment if you can not come during these times.
My office in the Math Department is 4E7 DRL, tel. 8-8476.
email: cle@math.upenn.edu. Send e-mail if you have a question or need to contact me.

Syllabus and Exams

Test	Subjects	Date	Room	Time	% of grade
Exam 1	12.1-12.6, 13.1-13.5	Mon., Feb 18	College Hall 200	5:00-6:30	25
Exam 2	13.6-13.8, 14.1-14.2, 15.3-15.4, 17.1-17.5	Wed., Apr. 2	College Hall 200	5:00-6:30	25
Final Exam	Material from exams 1 & 2 along with 17.6-17.8, 18.1-18.4, 19.1-19.6	Fri., May 9	Logan Hall, 17	9:00-11:00	30

Announcements

Review for final exam will be on Wednesday, May 7 from 7:00-9:00PM in room A5 of DRL.
A 2-sided 8.5x11 cheat sheet will be permitted for the final exam.

Problem sets

Problem set 1. Due Thursday, 1/24/2008: 12.1: 4, 8, 16, 18 and 12.2: 2, 5, 9, 17.
Problem set 2. Due Thursday, 1/31/2008: 12.3: 2, 3, 8, 20, 32, 42, 45 and 12.4: 2, 4, 10.
Problem set 3. Due Thursday, 2/7/2008: 12.5: 3, 8, 10, 12; and 12.6: 3, 4, 8.
Problem set 4. Due Thursday, 2/14/2008: 13.1: 2, 4, 7, 14, 18; 13.2: 1,4,6, 8; and 13.3: 2,3. Note: 2 problems have been added from 13.3.
Problem set 5. Due Thursday, 2/21/2008: 13.4: 2,5,8,11, 14, and 13.5: 4,11,16.
Problem set 6. Due Thursday, 2/28/2008: 13.6: 2, 5, 10; 13.7: 3, 5, 7; 13.8: 1, 3, 4; 14.1: 4, 10, 11, 15.
Problem set 7. Due Thursday, 3/6/2008: 14.2: 2, 3, 5; Chapter 14 review: 1, 5.
Problem set 8. Due Thursday, 3/20/2008: 15.2: 2, 6; 15.3: 2, 4, 5, 12; 15.4: 1, 5.
Problem set 9, Due Thursday, 3/27/2008: 17.1: 18, 22, 26, 27, 30; 17.2: 8, 16, 23, 32; 17.3: 5, 8, 10, 16, 17, 22; (hand in on 3/27) 17.4: 8, 10, 16, 21, 28, 34; 17.5: 2, 5, 9, 25, 27 (finish by 4/1).
Problem set 10. Due Thursday, 4/10/2008: 17.6: 2, 6, 12, 14, 30, 32, 36, 43; 17.7: 9, 10, 13, 29; 17.8: 4, 7; 18.1: 5, 8, 20, 22, 25, 28, 34; 18.2: 3, 10, 16, 19.
Problem set 11. Due Thursday, 4/17/2008: 18.3: 6, 10, 16, 20, 22, 24; 18.4: 10, 11, 12, 18, 24; 19.1: 7, 13, 20, 26; 19.2: 4, 5, 16, 27.
Problem set 12. Due Thursday, 4/24/2008: 19.3: 4, 5, 7, 8, 9, 11; 19.4: 5, 9, 10, 14, 16, 20; 19.5: 4, 6, 9, 15, 18, 25.

Statistics for exam 1
statistics for exam2

Statistics for exam 2
Final stats

Statistics for my section on the final exam.

Maple Worksheets

Gibbs phenomenon worksheet.
Bessel and Legendre functions worksheet.

Important Dates
Mon., January 21	MLK Day No class
Mon. Feb. 4	Course selection period ends
Fri. Feb. 22	Drop period ends
March 10-14	Spring Break
April 29	Last day of classes
April 30-May 2	Reading period
Friday, May 9	Final exam

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