Math 75B Old News

• 1/14
  1. Be sure to check here periodically for important information and updates.
  2. The secret quote for the course is, "Mathematics has as much to do with computation as writing has to do with typing." (John Allen Paulos)
  3. The web materials for this course are still under construction. If you spot any errors or links not working, please let me know.
• 1/16
  1. We now have a room for our problem session starting next week. It will be in S2 323 on Wednesdays 10-11am.
• 1/18
  1. Since I have reordered some sections, several of the due dates for HW have changed. Please see the updated Homework List for details.
  2. As announced in class, the calculus tutoring lab is in a different room this semester. It will be in ED 161 starting next week. For details, please see the Math Department web site.
  3. All the web pages for the course should now be up and running. Please let me know if you find any errors or links not working.
• 1/26
  1. My office hour schedule has changed. In particular, I have a new time, Tuesdays 10-11am. Please see my updated schedule for details.
• 2/9
  1. A collection of practice problems for this week's midterm is now available above (under the red Exams and Practice Exams heading). Solutions will be available soon. You are urged to complete them under test conditions as much as possible (no notes, no calculator, no interruptions) in order to give yourself a good "dress rehearsal."
  2. This week there is a WeBWorK assignment (on l'Hôpital's Rule), but no paper homework due. I will be updating the Homework List soon with the assignment for the following week. Stay tuned!
  3. A reminder that our problem session this week will be longer to give us extra time to go over problems before the test. It will be from 10:00 to 11:30am. It will be beneficial to you and to everyone else if you have thoroughly gone over the solutions to the practice problems before this session (see above). I will be happy to answer any questions that are asked; however, we will have time for many more questions if everyone is asking questions like, "In your solutions, on #3, I get all the steps except this part...", rather than, "I didn't get #3. No, I haven't tried to read your solutions." Good luck studying for the exam!
• 2/12
  1. The solutions to the practice problems for the midterm are now available above. As usual, I have not proofread these solutions very thoroughly (I am concentrating on making sure the actual exam has no errors!), so if you spot any errors or typos, please let me know so I can fix them.
• 2/16
  1. The Homework List has been updated with problems for the next several sections.
• 3/15
  1. The Homework List has been updated with problems for the next several sections.
  2. A collection of practice problems, with solutions, for the upcoming midterm is now available above (under the red Exams and Practice Exams heading). You are urged to complete them under test conditions as much as possible (no notes, no calculator, no interruptions) in order to give yourself a good "dress rehearsal."
  3. As usual, I have not proofread the solutions to the practice problems very thoroughly (I am concentrating on making sure the actual exam has no errors!), so if you spot any errors or typos, please let me know so I can fix them.
  4. A reminder that our problem session the week of the midterm will be longer to give us extra time to go over problems before the test. It will be from 10:00 to 11:30am. It will be beneficial to you and to everyone else if you have thoroughly gone over the solutions to the practice problems before this session (see above). I will be happy to answer any questions that are asked; however, we will have time for many more questions if everyone is asking questions like, "In your solutions, on #3, I get all the steps except this part...", rather than, "I didn't get #3. No, I haven't tried to read your solutions." Good luck studying for the exam!

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