Math 240, Spring 2009

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– Course Info

Semester: Spring 2009
Professor: Dr. Ghrist
Lecture: Monday, Wednesday, and Friday, 9-10am in Fisher-Bennett 401
Textbook: Advanced Engineering Mathematics, 3rd edition by Zill, Dennis, and Cullen
Syllabus and Core Problems: available here

– Recitations and Office Hours

Recitation Leader: Matthew Wright, mwright2 [at] math.upenn.edu
Recitations:

Section 201	Tuesday 8:30-9:30am	DRL 2C6
Section 202	Tuesday 9:30-10:30am	DRL 2C6
Section 203	Thursday 8:30-9:30am	DRL 2C6
Section 204	Thursday 9:30-10:30am	DRL 2C6

Office: DRL 4N35
Office Phone: 215-898-8200
Office Hours: Monday 4-5pm and Thursday 10:30-11:30am
Note that Dr. Ghrist also holds office hours Wednesday 1-2pm and Friday 10-11am in DRL 4N16.

Homework will be due on Mondays in lecture. Dr. Ghrist has announced that individual problems will not be graded, but full credit will not be given for late, sloppy, or unstapled work. Collaboration on homework is strongly encouraged, but students must write their own solutions. Remember, the way to learn mathematics is to work problems! If you have questions about the homework, feel free to ask in recitation, in office hours, or via email.

Selected solutions:

– Quizzes

Quizzes will be given during recitation, at the end of each class. Each quiz will focus on material from the previous week's homework. Quizzes will be graded and returned the following week in recitation. The lowest quiz grade for each student will be dropped.

Please come to the recitation in which you are enrolled, unless you make other arrangements with me. If you know in advance that you will miss a day, let me know by Monday of the week you will miss if you want to come to recitation on the other day (Tuesday or Thursday) that I hold recitation that week. Otherwise, there will not be make-up quizzes.

Quizzes will contain one or two problems like (but not exactly the same as) those on the previous week's homework. If you are keeping up with the homework, quizzes should not pose major challenges.

Quiz 1: January 27 or 29 on sections 8.1 to 8.3; solution
Quiz 2: February 3 or 5 on sections 8.4 to 8.6, and 8.8 solution
No quiz February 10 or 12 due to exam this week.
Quiz 3: February 17 or 19 on the homework due Feb. 16; solution
Quiz 4: February 24 or 26 on the homework due Feb. 23; solution
Quiz 5: March 3 or 5 on the homework due March 2; solution
Quiz 6: March 17 or 19; solution
No quiz March 24 or 26 due to exam this week
Quiz 7: March 31 or April 2 on partial derivatives and Jacobians; solution
Quiz 8: April 7 or April 9 on the homework due April 6; solution
Quiz 9: April 14 or April 16 on the homework due April 13; solution
No quiz April 21 or 23 due to exam this week

– Exams

The course will have three midterm exams and one final exam. All exams are common among all sections of Math 240 this semester. The lowest midterm score will be dropped from grading. Exam dates: