1502 Calculus II Inkmann/Savinien
This is the webpage for the above class. If you are a student
in this class, please check this webpage periodically because it contains all
important information for this class and will be updated during the semester.
In particular, always check the "Current information" section at the
bottom of this page.
Meeting times:
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Day |
Time |
Room |
| Lecture |
MWF |
10:40am-11:50am |
Skiles 202 |
| Recitation A1 |
TR |
8:40am-9:50am |
Skiles 243 |
| Recitation B1 |
TR |
10:40am-11:50am |
Skiles 243 |
Contact information:
| Instructors: |
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| Office: |
Skiles 145 |
Skiles 251 |
| MathLab hour: |
W 12-1:20pm |
W 12-1:20pm |
| email: |
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The MathLab is located in Skiles 257. Every day of the week (except
Fridays), there will be tutors available to help you with your Math questions.
Please talk to one of us or send us an email to set up a time for an individual
appointment.
Course contents & Material:
The course consists of two separate parts, Calculus and Linear
Algebra. The book used for the Calculus part will be
Salas, Hille, Etgen "Calculus - One and several
variables", 9th edition
and for the Linear Algebra Part, we will use
Spence, Insel, Friedberg, "Elementary Linear
Algebra"
Another text that might be useful is
Carlen & Carvalho, "Beginning with Linear Algebra",
Spring 2005 edition (light green)
(can also be downloaded from here).
Here is an overview of what will be covered:
| Topic |
| L'Hospital's rule |
| Improper Integrals |
| Differential Equations |
| Infinite Series |
| Taylor Series |
| Power Series |
| Basic definitions, Matrix Multiplication, Linear Transformations.. |
| Systems of Linear Equations, Row Reduction, Inverses, LU-Factorization |
| Basic Vectorspace Theory, Gram-Schmidt Orthonormalization & QR-Factorization
... |
| Determinants, Cross Product |
| Eigenvalue Problem and applications |
Course Policy:
Homework:
Homework assignments are available on the
homework webpage.
Although the homework will not be graded, it is crucial that you try to do as
many excercises as possible. Experience shows that it is impossible to pass
this class without doing homework (however if you do work out all the assigned
excercises, you should have no problem to pass).
If you have trouble with a problem, please ask for help in recitation, MathLab
or other places where you can get Math help. You are also encouraged to work
on the homework problems in small groups (but make sure it is not one person
solving all the problems).
Exams:
We will have one midterm and one final. However, a large part
of your grade will be determined by short quizzes (~15-20 minutes), which will
be given every week in recitation. Most likely there will be 8 or 9 quizzes
total. The tentative plan is as follows:
| Test |
Date |
Location |
| Quizzes |
every week (exception: no quizzes during the midterm week, dead week and
finals week) |
recitation |
| Midterm |
TBA |
recitation |
| Final exam |
TBA |
lecture |
The exact dates of the quizzes will be announced shortly before
in lecture. The quizzes will contain straightforward excercises on the material
from the most recent lectures.
IMPORTANT NOTICE
On the exams and quizzes, you have to write down your
final answers with a pen, and circle it! (If you want to, you can use
a pencil for your work, but not for the final answer!).
Papers violating any of these two rules will not be graded.
All exams and quizzes will be closed book, and
no calculators allowed.
Regrade requests:
Students with questions regarding the grading of a test must return
the test to the lecturer, accompanied by a note on a separate
piece of paper, explaining the request, no later than one week after
the test has been returned.
Grading policy:
The exams will be weighted as follows :
| |
50% |
average of all but one of your quizzes (i.e.
your lowest score quiz will be dropped) |
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20% |
midterm |
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30% |
final |
In general, make-up quizzes are not allowed. If you miss a quiz,
this will be your drop quiz. The miterm or final cannot be dropped.
Your letter grade at the end of the semester will be assigned
according to the following scheme:
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90% and above |
A |
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80% and above |
B |
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70% and above |
C |
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60% and above |
D |
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below 50% |
F |
There may be a curve at the end of the semester
(not for single exams or quizzes), but this will not be decided until after
the final. Scores below 50% will not be curved to pass.
Academic honesty
Please review the Georgia
Tech Honor Code.
Useful links
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