Welcome math 1550 students - Fall Term 2009

Instructor: William Troy

Office: 503 Thackeray Hall

Phone: 624-8325

email: troy@math.pitt.edu

Office Hours: MW 2 PM - 3 PM

Grade: 3 exams, 30 percent each - equally weighted and based on problems like those done in class, the problems suggested below, and the homework. 10 percent of the grade is from the assigned homework. No late homework accepted.

Exam 3 - Dec. 11, 2009 Problems on Exam 3 will be similar to those done in class, the assigned homework problems, and the list of suggested problems given below.

The problems to hand in are assigned below. No late homework accepted.

Homework 1, due Sept. 14: pp. 40-42, nos. 2.67, 2.96. pp. 64, nos. 3.33, 3.37

Homework 2, due Oct. 25: pp. 93-94, nos. 4.86, 4.93, 4.102

Homework 3, due Nov. 18: p. 121, nos. 5.30, 5.31

Suggested problems to know for the exams are listed below:

Chapter 1:

• Solved problems: 1.18-1.25, 1.27, 1.29
  

• Supplementary problems in Chapter 1: 1.35, 1.36, 1.38, 1.39, 1.43, 1.52, 1.53, 1.55, 1.58, 1.59
  

Chapter 2:

• Solved problems: 2.1-2.15, 2.17, 2.19-2.31, 2.33-2.50,
  

• Supplementary problems in Chapter 2: 2.55-2.58, 2.60, 2.63-2.65, 2.67, 2.78-2.80, 2.84, 2.92, 2.96, 2.102-2.103
  

Chapter 3:

• Solved problems: 3.1-3.29
  

• Supplementary problems in Chapter 3: 3.31-3.39, 3.47-3.49, 3.55, 3.63, 3.64
  

Exam 2 - Fri., Nov. 6, 2009

This exam covers classes 15-28.

Chapter 4:

• Solved problems: 4.1-4.7, 4.9-4.12, 4.15-4.20, 4.22-4.32, 4.33, 4.37-4.41
  

• Supplementary Problems: 4.42-4.63, 4.70-4.83, 4.110, 4.114, 4.115 91,103,105,107

Chapter 5:

• Solved problems: 5.1-5.16 5.19-5.22
  

• Supplementary Problems: 5.28-5.31, 5.34, 5.35, 5.37-5.49, 5.51, 5.52, 5.60, 5.61,5.66

Exam 3 - will cover the last 14 classes where we'll go over the last part of Chapter 5, Chapters 6 and 7.

Chapter 5 - Surface problems:

• Solved problems: 5.19,5.20, 5.21, 22
  

• Supplementary problems: 5.60, 5.61, 5.66
  

Chapter 6:

• Solved problems: 6.1, 6.2, 6.4, 6.6, 6.7, 6.8, 6.9, 6.12, 6.13, 6.16, 6.18, 6.20, 6.21, 6.22, 6.23, 6.30, 6.31, 6.32
  

• Supplementary problems in Chapter 6: 6.37-6.44, 6.48, 6.54-6.62, 6.65, 6.67, 6.69, 6.71
  

Chapter 7:

• Solved problems: 7.1-7.8, 7.10-7.14, 7.18-7.24, 7.27-7.30 in class.
  

• Supplementary problems: 7.37-7.39, 7.42-7.44, 7.46, 7.47, 7.60-7.69
  

  Last updated 8/25/2009