Note: the Thursday meeting is also 10:10-11:00, overriding the usual Thursday slots that go like 9:40-10:55.
NOTE: Office hours are posted on my homepage, but I also accommodate drop-in when possible, and feel free to make an appointment if posted hours don't suit you.
Textbook:
Stewart Calculus 3rd edition (see bookstore for detail info)
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As far as only my section of 142 is concerned: I will teach the standard
material, and it is covered in newer and older editions and by different
authors in a similar way. But I do not teach in a style such as to
regurgitate the textbook. You need *some* appropriate textbook as a study
help, and I will use *this* particular textbook for homework and other
references.
Apart from this practical need of homework references, I have no
stake in which textbook you are actually using and you are free to act as is
convenient for you regarding textbook choices. If you have a reason or desire
to consider other textbooks or editions, feel free to ask me for advice about
feasibility (I may need to have a look at them to give wise input). In this
as well as other classes I teach, I encourage you to learn primarily from the
lecture
and use a textbook as a supplementary tool for redigesting covered material,
and for glancing ahead before the lecture and in preparation for it.
If any questions or issues make the lecture for you difficult to follow (more
difficult than is natural for the material), I urge you to ask questions (in
class or in the office hour). Don't be intimidated by the wrong belief that
your seat neighbor, who is silently nodding to everything, seems to understand
it all while you are scratching your head and go `what on earth...?'
Syllabus: amended version of Aug 28, necessitated by the unavailability of a paper grader
A class journal is available, where key lecture contents and homework assignments will be posted for your convenience. However, I do not commit to update this immediately after each class, and your primary attendance responsibility to obtain this information is not meant to be removed od reduced by the presence of the class journal.
The Final Exam for this class is scheduled by university policy for Wed, Dec 09, 10:15-12:15, in the usual classroom. In-class exams will be scheduled at 7-10 days notice (and roughly equidistantly) at convenient break points depending on the progress with the material.