Homework and announcements
Homework is generally posted on the day it is assigned. Assignments are due at the next class, unless otherwise stated. If an assignment is given in class but isn't posted here for whatever reason, you're still responsible for it.
Wednesday, February 29, 2012
Tuesday, February 28, 2012
HW due Wed. 2/29
- Read section 8.4 to the middle of page 464, focusing on the example calculations.
- 8.4 exercises 1-17 odd, 19-30.
Friday, February 17, 2012
Class Fri. 2/17
If you missed class on Friday 2/17, you missed working on a set of problems titled "shy(x) and coy(x) revealed! and some complex number series." You can download this problem set from the Calculus BC folder in FirstClass.
Thursday, February 16, 2012
Wednesday, February 15, 2012
Class Wed. 2/15 and Test Thu. 2/16
In class Wednesday 2/15, we did two problems from a handout ("Extra problems on Taylor series integration" which you can download from FirstClass) and two problems from past AP exams (2006 BC 5 and 2008 BC 6, which you can download from the AP site linked in the right column).
Thursday 2/16, we'll have a test on the Taylor series unit so far: textbook sections 9.1-9.3, handout sections 10.3-10.4, and extra problem sets.
Tuesday, February 14, 2012
HW due Wed. 2/15
Finish these problems, begun in class, from past AP exams: 2004 BC 6, 2008 BC 3, 2010 BC 6*, 2004 (Form B) BC 2.
* - You can skip the last sentence of part (d) of this problem.
Friday, February 10, 2012
HW due Tue. 2/14
Do the handout problem set "Extra problems on Taylor series, approximations, and errors."
Upcoming: Test Thu. 2/16 on textbook 9.1-9.3 and handouts 10.3-10.4.
Thursday, February 9, 2012
HW due Fri. 2/10
9.3 exercises 11-14, 19-23, 27-30, 32-34, 36, 44.
Also, if you missed Thursday's class, see me for a copy of 1999 Calculus BC problem 4.
Wednesday, February 8, 2012
HW due Thu. 2/9
In the handout packet "10.4 The Error in Taylor Polynomial Approximations": problems 2 and 4-14 (all).
Tuesday, February 7, 2012
HW due Wed. 2/8
In the handout packet "10.3 Finding and using Taylor series," do problems 1-22.
Also, if you missed Tuesday's class, you missed doing 2007 AP Calculus BC (Form B) problem 6, which you can get from the AP site linked in the right column.
Friday, February 3, 2012
HW due Tue. 2/7
- Finish the problem set "Approximations using Taylor Polynomials."
- 9.2 exercises 23-28, 41.
Thursday, February 2, 2012
Wednesday, February 1, 2012