Harvard University,FAS
Spring 2002

Mathematics 1b
Spring 2002

Calculus, Series
and differential equations

Course Head: Robin Gottlieb

Office: SciCtr 429
Email: gottlieb@math

Head CA: Jonathan Yang
Email: jyang@fas
Math1b applied: a Biological system
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Homework
Monday, Wednesday, and Friday Sections

HW # Assignment Due Solutions
Primer Problem Set 0 Monday, February 4 Primer Solution
1 Read: Section 8.1 and first part of Section 8.2 (pg. 573-576)
Do: Section 8.1 #1, 4
Section 8.2 #3 (where for these two problems the instructions "Graph both the sequence of terms and the sequence of partial sums on the same screen" is changed to "Plot the partial sums.")
Plus: Problems 1-3 and Think and Think Again Question 1 from Handout A.
Wednesday, February 6 Solution 1
2 Read: Rest of Section 8.2
Do: Section 8.2 #12, 16, 18, 20, 33, 34, 48, 51
Plus: Think and Think Again 2 from Handout A
Extra Credit: Section 8.2 #52
Friday, February 8 Solution 2
3 Read: Section 8.3 pg. 583-587
Do: Section 8.3 #1, 2, 3, 4, 10, 19, 20
Plus: Problem 4 from Handout A
Monday, February 11 Solution 3
4 Read Section 8.4
Do: Section 8.3 #5, 9
Section 8.4 #2, 12, 13, 19 (for 19, explain your reasoning clearly. There are several different lines of reasoning that can be used.)
Plus: Problem 1 from Handout B
Wednesday, February 13 Solution 4
5 Read Section 8.5
Do: Section 8.4 #20, 22, 31, 33 plus: Look back at #33. Which Section 8.5 #2, 4, 6, 14. Do 16 but don't worry about the endpoints of the interval.
Plus: Problem 2 from Handout B
Friday, February 15 Solution 5
6 Read the Series Handout
Do (from handout): pg. 37 #1, 2, 3 (when you've completed 3 multiply out the original function and compare your answer with the Taylor Series), 4, 5
Plus: All of Handout C
Wednesday, February 20  
7 Read Section 8.7
Do: Section 8.7 # 9, 11, 18, 20, 23, 27, 29, 36
Friday, February 22 Solution 7
8 Read Section 8.6
Do: Section 8.5 #20abc, 22, 23ab, 28
Section 8.6 #6, 12, 16, 28
Problems 3 and 4 from Handout B
Monday, February 25 Solution 8 (with graphs
9 Read Section 8.8
Do: Section 8.7 #25, 34, 38
Section 8.8 #1, 4 (first 3 non-zero terms only), 9 (When you use summation notation, treat the first term independently)
Wednesday, February 27 Solution 9 (ignore problems not assigned)
10 Read Section 8.9
Do: Section 8.9 #19, 20, 22
Plus: Problems 1-3 from Handout D.
Friday, March 1 (oops!) Solution 10
11 Do: Section 8.9 #23
As a start to your exam review, do the Concept Check: pg. 640 #3, 4, 10, 11a-d, and the true/false quiz #1-7 and 11.
Plus: Problem 4 from Handout D
Extra Credit: Section 8.9 #25 (Read the notes on Handout D for guidance)
Monday, March 4 Solution 11**
12 Good Luck on the Exam!! - -
13 Do: Section 5.5 #4, 5, 8, 10, 14, 16, 20, 24, 27, 28, 32
Plus: Looking at Integration from a Graphical Perspective (due March 13)
Friday, March 8 Solution 13
14 Do: Section 5.5 #60
Section 5.6 #4, 5, 8, 14, 22, 28
Plus: pg. 438 Concept Check #5 (as review from first semester calculus)
Extra credit: Section 5.6 #34
Monday, March 11 Solution 14
15 Do: Section 5.6 #6, 18
Section 5.7 #18, 20, 24, 27, 29
Plus: Problems 1 and 2 from Handout E
Wednesday, March 13 Solution 15
16 Do: Section 5.7 #1, 2, 3, 8 (From sin^2 t + cos^2 t = 1 you can derive the identity tan^2 t + 1 = sec^2 t.)
Plus: Problems 3-6 from Handout E
Friday, March 15 Solution 16
(Solutions to Handout E coming)
17 Do: Section 5.9 #2, 13, 23, 24
Extra credit options: pg. 441 #72 or Problem 7 or 8 on Handout E
Monday, March 18 Solution 17
(Solutions to Handout E coming)
18 Do: Section 5.10 #2, 6, 12, 13, 20, 24, 26. Note that one of these requires no work. Look before you roll up your sleeves to compute!
Plus: Problem 1 from Handout F
Extra credit: Section 5.10 #50
Wednesday, March 20 Solution 18
19 Do: Section 5.10 #53
Plus: All of Handout G
Friday, March 22 Solution 19
20 Do: Section 6.1 #1, 4, 16 (to integrate |x| you must split the integral up into pieces on which x doesn't change sign), 22, 23, 24, 25
Extra Credit: #27
Monday, April 1 Solution 20
21 Do: Section 6.2 #3, but change the instructions from ``a typical disk or ``washer"" to ``a typical slice." To #3, add parts (b),(c), and (d) below. For each of these, set up the integral or integrals but do not evaluate:
(b) rotate the same region about the horizontal line y = 4.
(c) rotate the same region about the horizontal line y = 5.
(d) rotate the same region about the vertical line x = -1.
Do: Section 6.2 #10 (same change in instructions as above), 23, 31, 35, 46
Extra Credit: #48
Wednesday, April 3 Solution 21
22 Do: Section 6.3 #1, 4, 21
Section 6.4 #2, 5, 11
Section 6.5 #1
Extra Credit: Section 6.4 #16
Friday, April 5
Solution 22
23 Do: Section 6.5 #4, 7, 10, 12
Plus: Problem 1 from Handout H (Handout F, part 2, was renamed to Handout G).
Extra Credit: Section 6.5 # 17, 18
Monday, April 8 Solution 23
24 Do: Section 6.7 # 2, 3, 4, 6
Plus: Problem 2 from Handout H and
Problems 1 and 3 from Handout I
Extra Credit: Section 6.7 # 13
Wednesday, April 10 Solution 24
25 Read: Stewart text Section 7.1
Get the supplement at Gnomen Copy. The supplement begins with "Chapter 31" & after page 1002 starts again with page 1.
Read Chapter 31.1(pp.983-990) plus pages 1-4.
Do: Section 7.1 # 1, 4, 6
Supplement pp. 990 # 1, 2, 4
Worksheet on pp. 1-4
Friday, April 12 Solution 25
26 Read: Stewart text Section 7.2 & Supplement Section 31.2 and p. 5-9
Do: Section 7.1 #3, 9, 12, 14
Section 7.2 #1
Supplement 31.2 #3 (pg. 997)
Monday, April 15 Solution 26
27 Read: Stewart text Section 7.2
Do: Handout J
Wednesday, April 17 Solution 27
28 Read: In the Supplement pp. 5-14. (We're essentially covering 7.4 and 7.5 in Stewart, but the emphasis is very different.)
Do: Supplement pp. 14-15 #1 (you may want to draw the family of solutions and then, using another color, highlight solutions corresponding to the initial conditions given), 2, 3, 4.
Stewart: section 7.2 # 3,4,5,6
Extra credit: Supplement p. 1000 #17
Friday, April 19 Solution 28
29 Read: the text Section 7.3 (You won't be held accountable for the subsection on orthogonal trajectories, but it is interesting to read and applicable in physics.)
Do: Section 7.3 #3,4,5,6,9,16,28,33
Monday, April 22 Solution 29**
30 Exam - -
31 Read section 8.10 in Stewart
Do: Section 8.10 #3 (express as a familiar function) and 5 (which cannot be expressed as a familiar function)
Plus: Problem 1 from Handout K
Friday, April 26 Solution 31
Handout K #1
32 Read the supplement pp. 16-40
Do: Stewart section 7.6 #1, 2
Plus: Problems 2-4 from Handout K
Monday, April 29 Solution 32
33 Read: Stewart section 7.6
It is recommended to read the supplement pp. 41-45 as well, although we will not be linearizing about equilibrium points
Do: Stewart pg. 559, chapter review problems #20 and 21
Plus: Handout L
Wednesday, May 1 Solution 33
Handout L
34 Read: Supplement pg. 49-50
Do: Handout M
Friday, May 3 Handout M
35 Read: Supplement pg. 51-55
Do: Handout N
Monday, May 6 (in your CA's mailbox) Handout N
**Note: Starred solutions are provided early so that students can look over their own work in preparation for the upcoming exam. Students will still need to hand in the homework on the due date, and remember that the topics covered by each exam go up to and include each of these assignments.

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