Math 131 Section 16

  • Lecture : Time:10:10-11:00 MWF, LGRT 119
  • Recitation: Time:4:00-4:50 Tu, LGRT 115
  • Instructor : So Okada
  • Office : 1335E LGRT
  • E-Mail : okada@math.umass.edu
  • Phone : 545-1714
  • Office Hours :   11:00-12:00 MW, or by appointment.
  • TA : Nathan Fidalgo
  • Office : 1327 LGRT
  • E-Mail : fidalgo@math.umass.edu
  • Office Hours :   12:15-1:15 M, 9:30-11:30 Tu.
  • Course Web Page: http://www.math.umass.edu/Courses/Math_131/
  • Section Web Page: http://www.math.umass.edu/~okada/131_16/
  • Section Mailing List: https://list.umass.edu/mailman/listinfo/math-131-16-fal05
    Grading: The Instructors 16% depends on your weekly homework (8%+), quizzes(4%+), and your class attendance(4%-).
    Homework is posted on this page and due on each Tuesday during the recitation, unless mentioned otherwise. Usually, problems are similar to or selected from the suggested homework problems in the course page. No late homework is accepted. Three lowest scores are dropped.

    Check the suggested homework problems:
    http://www.math.umass.edu/Courses/Math_131/Homework/homework.html

    1. Due Tuesday, Sept 13
      • 1.1:20,23,26,38,44: determine algebraically whether f(x)=x/(x^2+1)^(1/2) (x divided by the square root of x squared plus 1) is even, odd, or neither.
      • 1.2:4,12
      • 1.3:20,54(a)(e),58,64
      • 1.5:18,26
    2. Due Tuesday, Sept 20
      • 1.6:23, 38, 40, 52, 60, 65, 70
      • 2.1:1, 4, 8 (a) & using just the data, find best estimate you can for the instantaneous velocity when t = 2.
      • 2.2:7, 8, 12, 17, 26, 32
    3. Due Tuesday, Sept 27
      • 2.3:5,22,36,46
      • 2.4:3,10 (just for epsilon=0.5),16
      • 2.5:3,18,21,40,48
    4. Due Tuesday, Oct 4
        use methods from text and not derivative rules, which you may have learned elsewhere!
      • 2.6: 4, 18, 32, 39, 55
      • 2.7: 6, 8, 17, 24 a & b
      • 2.8:16, 23, 30
      • 2.9:21, 24, 27, 34, 38
    5. Due Tuesday, Oct 11
      • 3.1:7, 14, 20, 22, 23, 30, 31
    6. Due Tuesday, Oct 18
      • 3.2:2, 7, 11, 12, 14, 19, 20, 26, 33, 34
      • 3.3:8, 9, 14, 20(b), 28
    7. Due Tuesday, Oct 25
      • 2.8:16, 23, 30
      • 2.9:21, 24, 27, 34, 38
    8. Due Tuesday, Oct 11
      • 3.1:7, 14, 20, 22, 23, 30, 31
    9. Due Tuesday, Oct 18
      • 3.2:2, 7, 11, 12, 14, 19, 20, 26, 33, 34
      • 3.3:8, 9, 14, 20(b), 28
    10. Due Tuesday, Oct 25
      • 3.4:5,10,12,14,15,20,25,33,40
      • 3.5:4,12,13,20,22,24,25,27,32
      • 3.6:7,10,15,16,22
    11. Due Tuesday, Nov 1
      • 3.6:26,30,44,67
      • 3.7: 5, 8,13,14,35
      • 3.8: 3, 5, 8,14,22,31,36,39,42
    12. Due Tuesday, Nov 8
    13. Due Tuesday, Nov 15
      • 3.11:6, 10, 17, 28, 34
      • 4.1 :6, 36, 50, 54, 59, 60, 68, 73
    14. Due Tuesday, Nov 22
      • 4.2: 16, 20, 24, 30, 33
      • 4.3: 12, 16, 27, 36, 46, 62, 63
    15. Due Tuesday, Nov 29
      • 4.4:5, 9, 10, 26, 32, 37, 44, 48, 53
      • 5 in S05Final, 6 in S04Final.
      • Try the old second exams. Check also the old final exams, in which some problems are coming from the related sections of our second exam. Bring your questions in classes or office hours.
    16. Due Tuesday, Dec 6
      • 4.7:9, 14, 15, 22, 30, 33, 40, 51, 58
    17. Due Tuesday, Dec 13
      • 4.9: 1, 14, 26, 31
      • 4.10: 5, 14, 20, 29, 36, 46, 47, 61, 76
    Quiz is given on each Friday, unless mentioned otherwise. Related sections are posted on this page. Three lowest scores are dropped.
    1. Friday, Sept 9:1.1-1.3, 1.5
    2. Friday, Sept 16:1.6, 2.1-2.2
    3. Friday, Sept 23:2.3-2.5
    4. Monday, Oct 3:1.1-2.9
    5. Friday, Oct 7:3.1
    6. Friday, Oct 13:3.2,3.3
    7. Friday, Oct 20:3.4,3.5,3.6
    8. Friday, Oct 27:3.6,3.7,3.8
    9. Friday, Nov 04:3.10,3.11,4.1
    10. Monday, Nov 07:3.1-3.2,3.4-3.8
    11. Friday, Nov 18:4.1-4.3
    12. Monday, Nov 28:3.3,3.10-3.11,4.1-4.4
    13. Monday, Dec 05(postponed to Monday):4.7
    14. Monday, Dec 12:everything above