Math 103X.01: Honors Intermediate Calculus

Fall 2002

Course Information

Meeting Time:

Tuesday and Thursday, 10:55-12:10 in Room 228E, Physics Bldg.

Text:

Marsden and Tromba Vector Calculus, Fourth Edition

Instructor:

Robert L. Bryant

128A Physics Building

660-2805

bryant@math.duke.edu

Office Hours:

9:00--11:00 and 01:30--2:30 Wednesdays

Home Page:

http://www.math.duke.edu/~bryant/103X/

Homework:

There will be daily homework assignments, which will be due at the beginning of the next class period. A certain number of the problems in each assignment will be graded and the grades recorded. Late homeworks will not be accepted.

Quizzes:

There will normally be a 10-minute quiz durin each Tuesday class period, with the exception of the first week and the weeks in which there is an exam. The best nine quizzes contribute to the final grade (see below). Make-up quizzes will not be given.

Examinations:

There will be three in-class examinations, tentatively scheduled as follows:

1. Chapters 1-3. 19 September.
2. Chapters 4-6. 24 October.
3. Chapters 7-8. 26 November.

Final Exam:

The final exam will be given during the departmental block exam period, which is Friday, 13 December, 2-5 PM. The location will be announced when it is determined.

Note: Calculators and/or computers will not be allowed on quizzes, exams, or the final.

Grade to be based on:

1. 15% Quizzes
2. 60% Examinations
3. 25% Final

Homework grades will be taken into account in borderline cases.

1. Name
2. E-mail address
3. OK to publish in Class List? (If you respond 'yes', and if I do put this on the web, its access will be restricted to Duke IP addresses.)
4. Recent math classes
5. Reason for taking this course (idle curiosity is a reasonable answer)
6. (optional) Favorite band (This helps me learn something about who you are.) As for myself, I listen mainly to classical and jazz, but my rock/pop/folk listening wanders around in {Radiohead, REM, Indigo Girls, Gypsy Kings, Jeff Buckley, Kate Wolf, Joni Mitchell, Cowboy Junkies, Rufus Wainwright} depending on my mood.
7. (optional) Recent novel you liked (Idle curiosity again.) I recently read Michael Chabon's The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay and am in the middle of my project of reading all of C. J. Cherryh's sci-fi novels.