Office: LeConte 406
Phone: 7-5134
Email: nyikos @ math.sc.edu
The TA for this course is Melanie Laffin, laffin @ mailbox.sc.edu
Your SI for this course is Alexandra Houck, houckal @ email.sc.edu
The SI sessions start Tuesday, January 17 and follow the following schedule unless otherwise noted:
Tuesdays @ 7 PM in the Humanities Building, room 405
Wednesdays @ 9 PM (same room)
Sundays @ 6 PM (same room)
Office Hours for Prof. Nyikos: MWF 10:00 - 12:00, also Wednesday 2:00 - 3:30 and
Friday 1:30 - 2:15, or by appointment (also when I happen to be in).
Exceptions announced in advance and posted on the door if possible.
The textbook for this course is Calculus: Early Transcendentals by James Stewart, 6th edition.
The course covers the following sections of the textbook:
The first hour test has been tentatively scheduled for Friday, February 17. Another vote will be taken on Monday, February 13 to either confirm this date or change it to Monday, February 20. Either way, it will cover up through Section 3.3 of the textbook.
Additional information on the course will be posted here soon.
The first quiz was Tuesday, January 17 and involved a problem very similar to a practice problem in Section 1.1; the second was January 24 and involved a problem very similar to a practice problem in 2.3. The third quiz was on Thursday, February 2 and involved a problem similar to practice problems in Section 2.5. The fourth quiz was February 6, and involved a problem like the practice problems in Section 2.6. The fifth quiz will be on Section 3.2, on Tuesday, February 14.
[see below for a list of practice problems]
Homework handed in on Monday, January 23:
Section 1.1: 30, 50
Section 1.2: 16
Section 1.3: 36, 42 (state what f(x) and g(x) are in number 42)
Section 1.5: 18
Section 2.1: 2
Homework handed in on Monday, February 5:
Section 2.3: 8, 14, 16
Section 2.4: 16 (omit illustration)
Section 2.6: 18, 24
Review Section: 48 (page 168)
There is an extension on number 8 in 2.3: since it was left off this website originally, students may turn it in on Thursday, February 8 for full credit.
Practice problems for Chapter 1, not to be handed in:
Section 1.1: 1, 5, 7, 9, 17, 27, 29, 45, 51
1.2: 1, 3, 9, 15, 17
1.3: 1, 5, 15, 31, 33, 41
1.5: 7, 9, 11, 13, 15, 19, 25(a)(b)(c)
Practice problems for Chapter 2, not to be handed in:
2.1: 1, 5, 7 [Also, if you like working with graphing calculators, you might enjoy working number 9 even though there will never be a problem like this on which you would be graded.]
2.2: 1, 7 [explain negative answers], 9
2.3: 1, 3, 7[justify each step in 3 and 7], 11, 13, 19, 27
2.4: 1, 3, 15, 23
2.5: 3, 11, 17, 19, 21, 37, 39
2.6: 3, 9, 19, 23, 39, 43
2.8: 1, 3, 35, 37, 41
2.7: 1, 3, 9(a)(b), 13
Practice problems for Chapter 3, not to be handed in:
3.1: 7, 11, 15, 23, 25, 27, 29, 33, 49, 55
3.2: 1, 3, 5, 7, 21, 27, 33
3.3: 1, 3, 5, 7, 9, 13, 23
Additional information on the course will be posted here soon.