Re: Thomas' Calculus (13th Edition) Download Pdf
Tanja Freeze
You must satisfy the MATH PLACEMENT REQUIREMENT (MPR) to be enrolled in this course. Every student who has not met the MPR will be ADMINISTRATIVELY DROPPED by the Math Department after the first week of classes.If you have not previously passed the MPR, you should have been automatically registered for one of the Fall Quarter testing sessions. If not, you can fill out the manual registration form at the link on this webpageto sign up for the last Fall Quarter MPR Testing Session.To be enrolled in MAT 21A you must take the MPR and get a total score of 35 or more with a trigonometry sub-score of 3 or more.Important Dates
The calculus room is located in the ground floor of the Mathematical Science Building (MSB 1118). It is staffed with MAT 21 TAs from 1:007:00 p.m. Monday to Thursday and 1:006:00 p.m. on Friday. The TAs can answer questions about the homework and course material.
There will be no make-up exams. If you require special accomodation in taking the exams, please let me know well in advance of each exam. If you miss the midterm for an excused, documented reason, your final exam will count 65% of your grade.
Quizzes will take place each week in your discussion session. The quizzes will be based on the assigned homeworks from the book (which will be assigned before the quizz each week, so you will know the problems!). There are no make-up quizzes, but the lowest 3 scores will be dropped.
Ungraded homework problems from the book will be assigned in Canvas each week. They will be discussed in the discussion sessions. These homeworks will not be collected or graded, but the quizzes, midterm and final will be based on the homework problems. Don't expect to pass this course unless you do the homework.
There will be weekly online homeworks through WeBWork. Instructions on how to log onto the system are given here. If, for some reason, you have trouble with WeBWork, please contact our lead TA Benjamin Schiffman.
The text (Thomas' Calculus) is a new (13th) edition (Early Transcendentals), which comes in both print and digital form. Homework problems will be assigned from the text, but you can use either the print or the digital form. You aren't required to buy the digital text if you don't want to. We will not be using MyMathLab. Access to the online content for this course has beenarranged at a reduced cost through the UC Davis Inclusive Access Program and willbe billed to your MyBill account after the 10th day of class. You can use the generic Course ID for UC Davis to log on (course08483).Please visit for billing details, opt out info, and current access status.In case you need more information, please contact Kelly Holt at the UC Davis bookstore orstuden...@math.ucdavis.edu.
The numbering of homework problems and sections in older editions of the text may differ from those in the newest edition, so I recommend that you get the 13th edition (which will also be used in subsequent quarters of the MAT 21 calculus sequence). If you do use the older 12th edition, it is entirely at your own risk, but you may find this transition guide useful.
Calculus Textbookby Gilbert Strang. The entire content of this book is available free of charge in the pdf format. The chapters wecover in MAT21A roughly corresponds to Chapters 1 - 4 of Strang. It is quite handy to carry the whole calculustextbook in your smartphone or iPad.
Sage for Undergraduates by Gregory V. Bard. Sage is a free open-source software system that can help you to define and plot functions, take their derivates and integrals! Also have a look at the online tutorial. You can sign up for a free account on CoCal.
The midterm is based on Homework sets 1-3. Make sure you know all definitions and the maintheorems and results we discussed in class. A sample midterm is posted on SmartSite under "Resources".
Disclaimer: The actual midterm may, and likely will, include questions that cover different topics than the ones in this sample midterm.
If you think, there is a mistake in the grading, please submit it in writing by Thursday in your discussion session the very latest!
The midterm is based on Homework sets 4-6. Make sure you know all definitions and the maintheorems and results we discussed in class. A sample midterm is posted on SmartSite under "Resources".
Disclaimer: The actual midterm may, and likely will, include questions that cover different topics than the ones in this sample midterm.
The midterm will be returned in the discussion session on Thursday March 3. If you think that there is a mistakein the grading, please submit it in writing by the end of the discussion session on Thursday, but definitely no later thanMonday March 7 in class!
The final exam is comprehensive and is based on Chapters 2.1-2.6, 3.1-3.11, 4.1-4.7(it is assumed that you are also familiar with Chapter 1). The final is based onall homeworks. A practice final is posted on SmartSite under "Resources".
Disclaimer: The actual final may, and likely will, include questions that cover different topics than the ones in this sample exam.