Dr. Mann's M408D, Fall 2010
Homework Assignments for Sequences, Series, and Multivariable Calculus
Each homework assignment for this course will include both Quest problems that must be submitted online and handwritten problems that must be submitted on paper in discussion section meetings.
You will find the handwritten homework problems farther down on this webpage. You will login to Quest each week to access the Quest homework problems. Homework assignments will be posted by 8:00 am on each Thursday.
1) Handwritten Homework Information
The handwritten portion of each homework assignment is due in discussion section on Thursdays, with the exception of Homework 8 which is due on Tuesday, October 19.
In order to receive credit for the handwritten portion of your homework assignments, you must show all of your work, the homework paper must be stapled with no ragged edges (such as those on papers torn from a spiral notebook), your exercises must be well labeled, neat, and in order, and your assignment must be turned in at the beginning of the discussion section meeting.
2) Quest Homework Information
Read the comments below regarding Quest Homework VERY carefully and ACT on all the instructions.
The Quest portion of each homework assignment is due at 8:00 am on Thursdays, with the exception of Homework 8 which is due at 8:00 am on Tuesday, October 19.
All homework assignments for this course, as well as the exams, will involve some problems generated via Quest from a data bank of questions developed specifically for the course. These questions are based for the most part on ones in the text adopted for the course. Each question in the bank is really an algorithm that produces many different versions of the same question, hence is ideally adapted to producing individualized homework assignments and exams.
At the heart of Quest is a generic, but very sophisticated, computer program that takes the data bank and generates homework assignments which you download from the web, work on, and then return your answers again using the web. Answers can be returned one at a time or several at a time. These answers are checked by the computer, and you are then notified immediately of the correctness (or incorrectness!) of your answer. Multiple attempts at answering a given question are allowed, though there is a penalty for incorrect answers; a correct answer submitted at a later attempt scores less than one that is correct at the first attempt. After the due date of an assignment, you can download from the web complete worked solutions to your particular version for study in preparation for later parts of the course and for exams. Quest also keeps track of your scores on the various assignments and exams so that you know what your performance is at any stage during the course.
Since the numerical values in the questions in your homework assignment will be different from those in the same assignment for other students, you can work jointly with other students in understanding and solving homework problems. Some homework questions have several parts that lead you through a particular way - frequently the best, but not the only, way - of solving a specific problem.
DOWNLOAD AND SUBMIT HOMEWORK: Most questions have 5 or more possible answers, but there are some numerical questions requiring a numerical answer. To be scored as correct, a numerical answer must be within 1% of the computer's answer. Numerical answers must be in decimal form.
You will be told immediately whether your answer is correct or not. If your answer is wrong, additional tries are allowed as indicated with the question.
It is your responsibility to submit your homework before the due date. No late homework is accepted. The web may be slow at times, especially when thousands of students are submitting their HW at the last minute. It advisable to submit answers as you work the problems throughout the week. Waiting until the last minute or hour may result in an inability to submit answers.
RANDOMIZATION: In each question on a homework (or exam) every student is assigned the same generic question as you, but for other students the specific numerical values in that question need not be the same as yours.
DYSFUNCTIONAL PROBLEMS: While every attempt has been made to eliminate mathematical errors, typos, and ambiguities from questions, such errors will inevitably be found. If you think a problem is dysfunctional, please send E-mail to gilbert@math.utexas.edu. Suggestions for improvements to the system in general, or to specific questions, dysfunctional or not, will be appreciated.
Handwritten Problems for Homework 1, Due Thursday, Sept 2
Sections 7.8 #60
Section 8.8 #6
Section 12.1 #26
Handwritten Problems for Homework 2, Due Thursday, Sept 9
Section 12.2 #27
Section 12.3 #23
Handwritten Problems for Homework 3, Due Thursday, Sept 16
Section 12.4 #18
Section 12.5 #20
Section 12.6 #11
Handwritten Problems for Homework 4, Due Thursday, Sept 23
Section 12.7 #11
Section 12.8 #17, 19
Handwritten Problems for Homework 5, Due Friday, Oct 1
EXTENSION: THE HANDWRITTEN PORTION OF THIS HOMEWORK IS DUE AT THE BEGINNING OF FRIDAY'S LECTURE CLASS.
Section 12.9 #27
Section 12.10 #43
Section 12.11 #8 (Find the 3rd degree Taylor Polynomial. You do not need to give the graph.)
Handwritten Problems for Homework 6, Due Thursday, Oct 7
Section 11.1 #15
Section 11.2 #16
Handwritten Problems for Homework 7, Due Thursday, Oct 14
Section 11.3 #37
Section 11.4 #18
Section 13.1 #29
Handwritten Problems for Homework 8, Due Tuesday, Oct 19
Section 13.2 #35
Section 13.3 #53
Handwritten Problems for Homework 9, Due Thursday, Oct 28
Section 13.4 #33
Section 13.5 #53
Section 13.6 #33
Handwritten Problems for Homework 10, Due Thursday, Nov 4
Section 14.1 #12
Section 14.2 #5
Section 15.1 #24, 29
Handwritten Problems for Homework 11, Due Thursday, Nov 11
Section 15.2 #11
Section 15.3 #84
Handwritten Problems for Homework 12, Due Thursday, Nov 18
Section 15.4 #39
Section 15.5 #41
Section 15.6 #36
Handwritten Problems for Homework 13, Due Thursday, Dec 2
Section 15.7 #4
Section 15.8 #40
Section 16.1 #10
Section 16.2 #24
Section 16.3 #40