Announcements 

Read this section frequently for announcements of homework due dates, test information, any changes in the course information.

16 December 2013 Many people noticed during today's final exam that the formula sheet was not exactly the same as the one posted. My apologies for this oversight. In fact, thre was only  one question which used a missing formula, and the absence of the formula will be taken into account in the grading process.

9 December 2013 For those people who seem to have missed the information in class: the final exam is on Monday Dec 16, 9:00-12:00. You will have to check the registrar's website to find where you are supposed to be writing. The exam covers all of the semester. There will be approximately 10 questions worth one point each and approximately 20 questions worth two points each. All questions are multiple choice; there will be no partial credit.

6 December 2013 Math Help Centre is open next week every afternoon 2:30--6:30. Wednesday, Thursday, Friday it will have twice as much space as usual, and lots ot TAs on duty. So come out and get answers to all of your questions!

5 December 2013 Review sessions:
> 1A/1ZA Review 1
> Room: KTH B135
> Day:    Thurs. Dec. 12
> Time:    4:30-6:30pm (16:30-18:30)
> Presenter: Melanie Santos
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> 1A/1ZA Review 2
> Room:    ITB 137
> Day:    Thurs. Dec. 12
> Time:    4:30-6:30pm (16:30-18:30)
> Presenter: Irena Papst
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> 1A/1ZA Review 3
> Room:  TSH B128
> Day:    Fri. Dec. 13
> Time:  2:30-4:30pm (14:30-16:30)
> Presenter: Anson Wong
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> 1A/1ZA Review 4
> Room:   ITB 137
> Day:    Fri. Dec. 13
> Time: 12:30-2:30pm (12:30-14:30)
> Presenter: Michelle DeJonge
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5 December 2013  Solutions to practice problems.

5 December 2013  Office hours during exam period:
Dr. Bays Wed Dec 11, 14:00--17:00
Dr. Haskell Thurs Dec 12, Fri Dec 13 9:30--11:30
Dr Harper Mon Dec 9, Wed Dec 11 10:30--11:20, Fri Dec 13 14:30--15:20
Mr Mclean Every day 13:00--14:00
There will be two review sessions; more information still to come.

3 December 2013  Here is a practice exam for the midterm. The answer key is on the last page. Here also is a set of practice problems; the anwer key will be posted shortly.

3 December 2013  You will be given a short list of formulas on the exam. Here they are: formula sheet

3 December 2013 We will not be covering section 8.1 this semester.

29 November 2013 Decision made about final mark in the course!!!! You will receive the BETTER of the following two ways of calculating your mark.
1) 20% assignments, 20% each midterm, 40% final
2) 100% final
So do your utmost to prepare for the final exam -- it might make a big difference.
You do NOT need to do anything --- the marks will be calculated both ways and you will AUTOMATICALLY receive the better mark.

27 November 2013 Michelle expresses her abject apologies to her tutorial for missing yesterday. Her notes and solutions for the lecture are posted here.
27 November 2013 The due date for Assignment 5 is postponed by 24 hours due to the state of isolation of McMaster from the world yesterday. Assignment 4 is now due on Friday, 29 November at midnight.

22 November 2013 Grades are up again! The glitch turned out to have affected very few people. Come to Dr Haskell's office (preferably during office hours) if you want to see your exam or scantron (note that you will have to find it yourself), or to ask questions about the exam.
22 November 2013 Due to a glitch on the homework website, the midterm grades are temporarily taken down, as of 7:30 this morning. Hopefully they will be back up again later this morning.

21 November 2013 Irena expresses her abject apologies to her tutorial for missing yesterday. Her notes and solutions for the lecture are posted here.

21 November 2013 Midterm 2 marks are posted! Check the homework website to see your mark, and the answers that you gave. Have a look of the versions of the exam and the answer key to see what you got wrong. If you want to see your scantron card, they will be available in Dr Haskell's office.
Answer Key
Version 1, Version 2, Version 3, Version 4, Version 5

19 November 2013 Course evaluation website opens Wednesday at 10am. Information here. Website. Please fill in a course evaluation for your instructor.

12 November 2013 If anyone left ITB 137 with the wrong backpack last night, please return it to Dr Haskell in HH 316.

12 November 2013 TEST ROOMS can be found HERE.
12 November 2013 Amendments to calendar posted below.
12 November 2013 Review material for Michelle's tutorials this week. pdf  powerpoint Download this before tutorial and bring it with you to make notes on.

8 November 2013  Here is a practice test for the upcoming midterm; answers are on the last page. Section 6.1 of Stewart will not be on the upcoming test.

7 November 2013  On the midterm, you will be given the summation formulae which appear on p. A37 of Stewart (Theorem 3). You should plan to memorise the Table of Indefinite Integrals which appears on p.398 of Stewart.

7 November 2013  Question 14 of the set of practice problems: the derivative of the function given is positive wherever it is defined. So a more precise answer to the question is that the function is increasing on its entire domain, which is the union of the two intervals (-infinity, 0) and (0, infinity).

6 November 2013  The collection of practice problems has been re-posted below with (hopefully!) the correct answers for the second page.

6 November 2013  Review sessions for the upcoming midterms are now scheduled. These are drop-in sessions; come with questions.

#1 Room:  T28  2:30-4:30pm (14:30-16:30) Mon. Nov.  11, Presenter: David Champredon
#2 Room:   ITB 137  4:30-6:30pm (16:30-18:30) Tues. Nov.  12, Presenter: TBA
#3 Room:  JHE 264  6:30-8:30pm (18:30-20:30) Tues. Nov. 12 Presenter: Karsten Hempel
#4 Room:  JHE 264  8:30-10:30pm (20:30-22:30) Tues. Nov. 12 Presenter: TBA

4 November 2013  A collection of practice problems for the second midterm.

1 November 2013 Second midterm coming up in two weeks! It will cover everything since the last midterm. That is: 4.2, 4.3, 4.4, 4.5, 4.7, 4.9, App E, 5.1, 5.2, 5.3, 5.4, 5.5, 6.1. The earlier material will not be tested explicitly, but will be tested in the sense that it is needed for later material. For example, you will not be asked to find a derivative, but you will be asked to find some antiderivatives, for which, of course, you need to know your derivatives. The format will be the same as the first midterm: 90 minute test, in the evening, on Thursday November 14. Room assignments are posted here; the alphabetical order is switched from the first midterm. That is, if you wrote at 6:30 last time, you will write at 8:30 this time, and vice versa. (The last will be first, and the first will be last, as it were.) The early seating, for those with a scheduled conflict, will be 4:30--6:00 of the same day. Submit your request for the early seating on the homework website. A collection of practice problems and a practice test will be posted shortly.

29 October 2013 Someone left a smartphone in BSB 147 after the 12:30--1:30 1ZA3 class today. Come to Dr Haskell's office to claim it.

29 October 2013 Please notice that the Maple Lab assignment for this week is due on Wednesday at midnight, rather than Thursday. This is so that you can enjoy your midterm break with a clear conscience. TAs are available in the computer labs on Tuesday and Wednesday afternoons (see the lab schedule at the end of the page).
29 October 2013 Dr Haskell's office hour on Wednesday at 1:30 is cancelled; she will be available at 10:30 instead for questions.

21 October 2013 All versions of the exam are posted here: Version 2, Version 3, Version 4, Version 5.

18 October 2013 There were two mistakes on the answer key for the midterm; they have now been corrected and the marks re-run. For an unfortunate few people, this resulted in a decrease in their mark. I apologise for this. The correct answers are:
#6 version 4 A
#16 E, D, B, E, C on versions 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 respectively. Here is Version 1 of the test; the other versions are very similar.

17 October 2013 The midterm marks are now posted. Look at Math 1A03/1ZA3 Marks on the homework website. Notice that your score, the version number of your test and the answers that you gave are all recorded there. The answer key for all versions is here. If you have any questions about the marking of the test (for example, if you want to see your scantron card) then vist Dr Haskell in HH316 during office hours.

5 October 2013 There has been much confusion about calculators, not helped by the fact that the version code of the "official McMaster calculator" is very hard to discover. Here is the word from the Registrar: the official McMaster calculator is the Casio fx-991-MS. This is the only calculator allowed in the final exam, and hence it is the only calculator allowed in the upcoming midterm. Please ensure that you have the correct calculator by Thursday.
5 October 2013 Q64 on the practice problems has the wrong answer given: the correct answer is (c), not (d). Thanks to Michelle for pointing this out.
5 October 2013 Dr Bays' website is linked to his name on the instructor list below. He is posting his lecture notes there.

3 October 2013 Midterm 1 coming up in one week. It will cover: 1.6, 2.5, 2.7, 2.8, 3.1, 3.2, 3.3, 3.4, 3.5, 3.6, 3.11, 4.1 and 4.8. Note that Chapter 1, 2.1, 2.2, 2.3 (except Squeeze Theorem) are assumed background knowledge. A practice test (with answers) is posted here, to give you an idea of the length and approximate difficulty of the upcoming test. (It does include one problem from 4.2; this material will not be on the test next week.) Tutorials next week will be review for the midterm. Additionally, there are four review sessions scheduled through the Math Help Centre. These are all in ITB 137: Monday Oct 7 20:00-22:00, Tuesday Oct 8 16:30-18:30, 19:00-21:00, 21:00-23:00. These sessions are for your benefit -- come prepared with questions to ask the TAs.

1 October 2013 Room assignments are now posted for the first midterm on 10 October; check this website for the information. If you have a scheduled conflict with the midterm time, you will also find there a link from which you can request to take the midterm at the alternate time, which is Wednesday Oct 9 2:30-4:00.

29 September 2013 Here is a big collection of practice questions for you to work on in preparation for the upcoming midterm. The answers are in a separate file. Consult your TA, the Math Help Centre or your instructor if you have specific questions about any of the problems. Later this week, a practice midterm will be posted, as well as the sections of the book that will be tested on the midterm.

26 September 2013 Dr Bays has not yet covered Newton's method in class, so the deadline for Maple Lab 1 is extended until Saturday at midnight to give his students a chance to understand what they are supposed to be doing. He will cover the material in class on Friday -- don't miss it!

24 September 2013 A lost phone and and lost black, long-sleeved shirt were found in the lecture room after Irena's 1ZA tutorial this afternoon. Contact Irena if you think they are yours.

23 September 2013 Question 11 part (a) on Assignment 2 was being marked incorrectly. The problem has now been fixed. If you have already done that question, go back and see if it was re-graded

20 September 2013 As many of you noticed, the homework website crashed last night. The server was down from about 10pm until about 5am this morning. Because we really want you to do that assignment, the deadline is extended until midnight tonight (Friday night). Hopefully it will not crash again this evening.

16 September 2013 Michelle's and Irena's office hours are now posted under instructor information.
16 September 2013 You can now self-register into the Homework Website. Follow the instructions on the page for logging in for the first time.

16 September 2013 If you joined the class late, so that your name is not on the class list originally uploaded to the Homework Website system, send an email to Mr McLean mcleac3@math.mcmaster.ca with your full name, student id number and macid. He will put you into the system, and send you an email with your initial password.

26 August 2013 Welcome to  Math 1A03 and Math 1ZA3. The instructors are looking forward to teaching you, and we hope that you are looking forward to starting university. Classes begin on Thursday September 5 (for those whose class meets on Thursdays) or Friday September 6. Tutorials will start in the week of September 9. During the last week of summer, you can prepare for university life by reviewing your grade 12 calculus course material. Don't just read the notes -- do some problems! You will find the first few weeks of the course much easier if you are prepared. Another good source of review material is the Math Review Manual (also available as a book: Calculus: Fear no more). See Dr Lovric's website http://ms.mcmaster.ca/lovric/rm.html for more information.

Help available

Math Help Centre in HH104 M-R 14:30-20:30, F 14:30-18:30. Drop-in for help from TAs, or work on problems with other students. The Math Help Centre opens in the week of September 16.

Help with lab assignments: Before each lab assignment deadline, TAs are available in a computer lab on campus to help with any difficulties with the lab assignments. Here is the schedule. For help at other times, consult the TAs or your instructor. Please note that you do not have to go to a computer lab at the scheduled times to do the lab assignments: these are designed to be self-contained. All the information that you need to do the labs is in the lab tutorials (on the website) and in the CalcLab manuals.

Teaching Assistants: The TA who run the tutorials are available in the math help centre at the hours posted below. You can also send an email, but remember that it is hard to explain math by email, so plan to come in and talk with them.

Instructors: All the instructors hold office hours, at the times posted below. Feel free to ask questions of any one of them.

Course Calendar 

Details of which topic is covered on each day may change during the semester. Homework due dates are unlikely to change.

Week	Topic	Work due this week	Tutorial topic/remarks
Week 0 Sept 5 - 6	L1 Introduction: 1.6 Inverse functions
Week 1 Sept 9- 13	L2 Review trig, inverse trig L3 2.5 Continuity -- review limits L4 2.5 Intermediate value theorem	Assignment 0: Review due Thursday, Sept 12 Maple Lab 0: Continuity due Thursday Sept 12	Introduction to Maple How to get the most out of your textbook Here is a useful link, found by your TAs.
Week 2 Sept 16 - 20	L5 2.7 derivative as a limt L6 2.8 differentiability L7 3.1, 3.2, 3.3 derivatives of poly/exp/trig/prod,quot.rules	Assignment 1: Limits, continuity,  derivative as slope due Thursday Sept 19	Examples from sections 1.6, 2.5, 2,7 -- continuity, IVT, definition of the derivative
Week 3 Sept 23 - 27	L8 4.8 Newton's method L9 3.4, 3.5 Chain rule/implicit differentiation L10 3.5, 3.6 derivatives of log functions, inverse functions	Maple Lab 1: Newton's method due Thursday Sept 26	Newton's method, lots of derivatives.
Week 4 Sept 30 - Oct 4	L11 3.11 hyperbolic functions/inverses/derivatives L12 4.1 Max/min values L13 4.2 Mean value theore	Assignment 2: Differentiation methods due Thursday Oct 3	Chain rule! More on hyperbolic functions
Week 5 Oct 7- 11	L14 4.3 shape of graph L15 4.4 L'Hospital's rule L16 4.5  curve sketching	Midterm 1 Thursday Oct 10	Review for midterm.
Week 6 Oct 14 - 18 Note: Thanksgiving holiday Oct 14	L17 4.5 more on curve sketching L18 4.7 optimization L19 4.9 Antiderivative	Maple Lab 2: Max/min, curve sketching due Thursday Oct 17	Finding extreme values -- examples. Application to optimisation.
Week 7: lectures Oct 21 - 25	L20 Appendix E summation notation L21 5.1 area and distance L22 5.2 definite integral	Assignment 3: Applications of the derivative due Thursday Oct 24	Curve sketching -- examples.
Week 8 Oct 28 - Nov 1 Note: midterm break Oct 31 and Nov 1	L23 5.3 fundamental theorem of calculus L24 5.4 indefinite integrals	Maple Lab 3: Numerical integration due Wednesday Oct 30	Summation notation, definition of definite integral.
Week 9 Nov 4 - 8	L25 5.5 substitution L26 6.1 area between curves L27 6.2 volumes	Assignment 4: Theory of the integral due Thursday Nov 7	Indefinite integrals, substitution
Week 10 Nov 11 - 15	L28 6.2 volumes of revolution L29 more volumes, 6.5 average value, 6.4 work L30 more on work, 7.1 integration by parts	Midterm 2 Thursday Nov 14	review for midterm
Week 11 Nov 18 - 22	L31 7.1 more on integration by parts L32 7.2 trig integrals L33 7.3 trig substitution	Maple Lab 4: Integrating with the computer due Thursday Nov 21	area, volume, work calculations integration by parts
Week 12 Nov 25 - 29	L34 7.4 partial fractions L35 more on partial fractions L36 7.5 integration strategy	Assignment 5: Techniques of integration due Thursday Nov 28	trig integrals and substitutions
Week 13 Dec 2 - 4	L37 more on integration strategy L38 review		integration strategies

Required and recommended problems

The minimum amount of work you should do in order to keep up with the course is all of the homeworks (assignments and labs), as well as all of the recommended problems. Probably you will need to do more than this. All odd-numbered problems from the text have worked solutions in the solutions manual, as well as brief solutions at the back of the book. The challenge problems are to encourage you to realise that there is more to the ideas we are working with than the calculations sometimes indicate. You are encouraged to discuss all these problems with your colleagues, your TAs and your instructors.

Week	Section of Stewart's Calculus		Recommended problems	Challenge problems - just to keep life interesting
Week 0 Sept 5 - 6	1.6 Inverse functions		1.1: 4, 7, 8, 9, 10, 53, 73 1.3: 13, 34 1.5: 17, 24 1.6: 22, 63, 64, 65 2.3: 15 2.7: 7, 18 2.8: 43	1.6: 77
Week 1 Sept  9- 13	Appendix D Review trig, inverse trig 2.5 Continuity  2.5 Intermediate value theorem		1.6: 21, 55, 61 App D: 15, 23, 59, 67 2.5: 23, 33, 41, 45, 51, 63	2.5: 67
Week 2 Sept 16 - 20	2.7 derivative as a limt 2.8 differentiabliity 3.1, 3.2, 3.3 derivatives of poly/exp/trig/prod,quot.rules		2.7: 35, 51 2.8: 13, 23, 27, 37, 43 3.1: 4, 47, 65 3.2: 49, 57, 60 3.3: 36, 38	2.7: 53 2.8: 57 3.1: 79 3.2: 61 3.3: 55
Week 3 Sept 23 - 27	4.8 Newton's method 3.4, 3.5 Chain rule/implicit differentiation 3.5, 3.6 derivatives of log functions, inverse functions		3.4: 21, 41, 65, 73 3.5: 13, 15, 25, 39, 51, 55 3.6: 7, 17, 19, 27, 37	3.4: 96 3.5: 73 3.6: 55
Week 4 Sept 30 - Oct 4	3.11 hyperbolic functions/inverses/derivatives 4.1 Max/min values 4.2 Mean value theorem		3.11: 3, 9, 21, 33, 43, 51 4.1: 9, 25, 53, 55, 59, 61 4.2: 3, 5, 9, 13, 17, 23	3.11: 57 4.1: 75 4.2: 36
Week 5 Oct 7- 11	4.3 shape of graph 4.4 L'Hopital's rule 4.5  curve sketching		4.3: 9, 13, 35, 31, 41, 83 4.4: 11, 23, 33, 41, 45, 53, 57, 62	4.3: 87 4.4: 84
Week 6 Oct 14 - 18 Note: Thanksgiving holiday Oct 14	4.5 more on curve sketching 4.7 optimization 4.9 Antiderivatives		4.5: 9, 15, 29, 53 4.7: 3, 7, 15, 19, 23, 35 4.9: 3, 19, 33, 43, 61	4.5: 56 4.7:76 4.9: 47
Week 7 Oct 21 - 25	Appendix E summation notation 5.1 area and distance 5.2 definite integral		App E: 7, 9, 15, 17, 31, 33 5.1: 5, 7 5.2: 1, 2, 7, 17, 22, 29, 33, 37	5.1: 24, 25, 30 5.2: 41, 68a
Week 8 Oct 28 - Nov 1 Note: midterm break Oct 31 and Nov 1	5.3 fundamental theorem 5.4 indefinite integrals		5.3: 2, 7, 15, 19, 29, 31 5.4: 5, 6, 15, 18, 23, 27, 31, 37, 59, 62	5.3: 75 5.4: 53
Week 9 Nov 4 - 8	5.5 substitution 6.1 area between curves 6.2 volumes		5.5: 3, 5, 6, 7, 10, 15, 21, 35, 53, 59, 71 6.1: 3, 9, 17, 19, 23, 26, 31 6.2: 1, 2, 6, 7, 9, 13, 29	5.5: 87, 88 6.1: 54 6.2: 61, 65
Week 10 Nov 18 - 22	6.4 work 6.5 average value 7.1 integration by parts		6.4: 1, 3, 7 6.5: 1, 2, 5, 8 7.1: 2, 12, 19, 21, 30, 41	6.4: 17 6.5: 25 7.1: 72
Week 11 Nov 19 - 23	7.2 trig integrals 7.3 trig substitution 7.4 partial fractions		7.2: 5, 15, 24, 39, 57, 65 7.3: 1, 5, 10, 13, 31, 34 7.4: 3, 13, 22, 27, 38, 45, 53	7.2: 70 7.3: 43 7.4: 59, 63, 71
Week 12 Nov 25 - 29	7.4 more on partial fractions 7.5 integration strategy 7.5 more on integration strategies		7.5: 15, 19, 29, 36, 41, 48, 53, 82	7.5: 83, 84
Week 13 Dec 2 - 4	8.1 arc length section 8.1 is omitted review		8.1: 3, 9, 13, 16, 35	8.1: 41

The week in Term 1 from the point of view of Math 1A/1ZA.

	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday
8:30--9:30		1ZA section 1 JHE 376 C. McLean		1ZA section 1 JHE 376 C. McLean	1ZA section 1 JHE 376 C. McLean
9:30--10:30		1A section 2 HSC 1A1 D. Haskell	1A section 2 HSC 1A1 D. Haskell		1A section 2 HSC 1A1 D. Haskell
10:30--11:30	office hours E. Harper	office hours D. Haskell 1A tutorial 1	office hours E. Harper		office hours D. Haskell
11:30--12:30	1A section1 JHE376 E. Harper		1A section1 JHE376 E. Harper		1ZA tutorial 2
12:30--13:30	1ZA tutorial 1	1ZA section 2 JHE 376 D. Haskell	1ZA section 2 JHE 376 D. Haskell		1ZA section 2 JHE 376 D. Haskell
13:30--14:30			office hours D. Haskell		1A section1 JHE376 E. Harper
14:30--15:30			office hours M. Bays 14:00--15:00		office hours E. Harper
15:30--16:30		1ZA section 3 TSH B128 M. Bays	1ZA section 3 TSH B128 M. Bays		1ZA section 3 TSH B128 M. Bays
16:30--17:30		office hours M. Bays	1A tutorial 2		office hours M. Bays
17:30--18:30		1ZA tutorial 3
14:30--20:30 (ends 16:30 on Fridays)	Math Help Centre Irena 16:30-18:30	Math Help Centre Michelle 15:30-17:30	Math Help Centre	Math Help Centre	Math Help Centre