Math 106 - Spring 2006
Calculus For Business and Economics


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Instructor Ben Steinhurst
Email steinhurst at math dot uconn dot edu. (When you send an email message, please identify yourself at the end.)
Office hours Monday 12:00 - 1:30
Wednesday 10:00 - 11:30
Course info
Lecture Section 12: T/Th 8:00−9:15 AM, ARJ 245. Section 11: T/Th 9:30−10:45 AM, ARJ 405.
Midterm:
1. February 14. In class.
2. March 30. In class.
Final: TBA
 
Text Calculus: Aplications and Technology 3rd-ed by Edmund Tomastik.
Other references Dr. Gross' Math106 website.


Course handouts
Recent Announcements
8 Feb 2006: Find times and places for review sessions here.


Brief course description:

Course Notes: Note that the suggested homewok assignments on Dr. Gross' website and the homework assigned in my sections will not always be the same. Check here for the accurat assignments.

Prerequisites: Math 101 and Math 105 or equivalent.

Course grade:  This will be based on the following weighting:

Homework: Homework assignments will be posted on the bottom of this web. Due dates will be marked on each assignment. No late homeworks will be accepted. Quizes: Quizes will in general be given every thursday at the beginning of class. No make up quizes will be given.

Projects: Projects will be assigned during the course of the semester as time and material present themselves.

Exams: TBA

  • If you need exam accomodations based on a documented disability, you need to speak with both the Center for Student Disabilities and the course instructor within the first two weeks of the semester.


  • Due Week of Homework Assignment
    1.Jan. 21
    1.1: p18. 1, 3, 5, 7, 11-31 odd, 31-38 all, 43-55 odd, 65, 77, 96, 98
    A.6: p636. 2, 4, 10, 12, 26, 31, 36, 42
    A.7: p650. 2-8 even, 19, 20, 23, 24
    1.2: p42. 1, 3, 5, 7, 13, 31, 33, 35, 37, 39, 40, 55, 56, 69, 79
    2.Jan. 28
    1.3: p67. 1, 3, 9-39 odd, 16, 32
    1.4: p75. 1, 3, 5, 7, 8, 15, 17, 18, 19, 31, 33, 35, 37, 39, 40
    1.5: p89. 1-43 odd, 38, 40, 49, 53, 55, 57
    3.1: p156. 1-6, 9, 11, 13, 14-17, 20, 21, 23, 27, 31, 33-36, 39, 43, 47, 49
    3.Feb. 4
    3.2: p179. 1, 3, 9, 11, 13, 19, 23, 27, 33, 35, 38-40
    3.3: p198. 3-5, 9, 13(3,5 only), 17, 19, 21, 23, 26-32, 36, 37, 39, 43, 48
    4.Feb. 11
    None. Exam on Feb. 14.
    5.Feb 18
    None due to cancelled class.
    6.Feb 25
    4.1: 239. 1-11, 15, 21, 23, 27, 35, 37, 39, 43, 45, 55, 61, 63, 65, 67, 71, 73, 75
    4.2: p251: 3, 5, 9, 11, 17, 21, 23, 25, 27, 33, 35
    Additional: Read how the book derives the Quitient Rule from the Product Rule and write in complete sentences the reasoning that makes it work.
    6.Mar 2
    None due to vacation.
    7.Mar 9
    None due to vacation.
    8.Mar 16
    5.1: p307. 9, 10, 11, 15, 21 - 25, 29, 35, 38, 51
    5.2: p323. 1, 3, 6, 7, 8, 9, 13 - 31 odd, 41, 45, 49, 51, 78, 80, 81
    5.3: p339. 1 - 5, 9, 11, 16, 17, 18
    5.4: p347. 1, 3, 6, 11, 13, 14, 17, 29, 31, 35
    9 Apr.
    6.1: All from Dr. Gross' Website
    6.2: All from Dr. Gross' Website as well as 32, 33, and 34
    10. Thursday April 20 6.3: 3, 6, 11ab
    6.4: 6 (n = 4, 8, 16), 29, 30, 49
    6.5: 3, 5, 18, 33, 34
    7.2: 1, 3, 5, 13, 21, 22, 24

    Credit: I respectfully stole the code for much of this page from Keith Conrad.