Class times
Tuesday, Thursday 10:10 – 11:25 Morrill Hall106A (D.Taimina)
Wednesday 1:25 – 2:15 Morrill Hall 106 (C.Sheridan)
Tuesday 11:30 -12:30, Wednesday 11:45-12:30, and by appointment.
This is the honors version of Math 112. The prerequisite is high performance in Calculus I. Topics include methods of integration, applications of integrals, first order differential equations, parametric curves, polar coordinates, infinite sequences and series, power series, and complex numbers, as well as an introduction to proving theorems.
The course is more theoretical, with some proofs.
There will be some challenging homework problems; you won't always see instantly how to solve them.
You will spend more time on this course than in a typical non-honors course.
We will go fast and you are expected to read the book.
Prelim 1, Tuesday, September 29, 7:30pm, Goldwin Smith 142.
Prelim 2,
Thursday, October 29, 7:30pm, Goldwin Smith 142.
Please check the prelim dates in all your other courses and let me know as soon as possible if you have any conflicts. The usual solution in such cases is to give the exam early on the scheduled evening.
You may optionally do a project. This involves learning about some mathematical topic and writing an expository paper at a level that your classmates could understand. The grade on the project will be averaged in with your exam grades as explained below. The project is not replacing any of exams. See the
page for more details.The homework is the most important part of the course. Most of your learning will take place while doing it if you approach it with the right attitude. You should start attempting the problems as soon as possible after the material is presented in lecture. Please don't save it all for the night before it is due.
Homework is due on Thursdays by 3:00pm and will include material covered in lecture on the previous Tuesday; see the syllabus. It may be turned in during lecture or at my office. Due to constraints on our resources, not all problems will be graded. Solutions to all home work problems will be posted.
No late homework will be accepted (except - if you are sick,let me know and then we will make adjustments). However, the lowest homework grade will be dropped.
You are allowed to collaborate on the homework, provided that it is done in a way that maximizes the benefit of the homework to all people involved. (One person simply telling another how to do a problem totally defeats the purpose of the problem.) You get maximum benefit from a homework problem if you work hard on it alone before combining your ideas with someone else's. In any case, the paper that you turn in with your name on it should represent your own solutions, written in your own words, regardless of whether you arrived at some of those solutions in collaboration with others.
In particular, you may not simply copy someone else's homework and turn it in as your own. This will be treated as a violation of Cornell's Academic Integrity Code. Similarly, copying solutions that you might find on the internet or in some other source is illegal. Academic Integrity is expected also on all your exams.
Your grade will be based on the two prelims (25% each), the final (30%), and a section grade, including homework and quizes (20%). If you choose to do a project, then the grading will be adjusted so that the prelims count 20% each, the final counts 25%, and the project counts 15%.