Math 156 - Applied Honors Calculus II - Fall 2024
Math 156 is a calculus 2 class designed for STEM majors
(though all majors are welcome).
The prerequisite is a score of 4 or 5 on the AP
Calculus exam (AB or BC) or equivalent.
For more details see the course
description.
all sections meet MonTuesWedFri in 4096 East Hall
(except for sections 3 and 4 on Tuesdays)
section 1, 9-10am, Nizhum Rahman
section 2, 10-11am, Robert Krasny
section 3, 11am-12pm, Allen Wu, Tues in 1866 EH
section 4, 12-1pm, Allen Wu, Tues in 3096 EH
section 5, 1-2pm, James Wheeler
Information
organization,
topics,
schedule,
lecture notes : complete to Wed Nov 20
2023 lecture notes
Homework
hw1 due: Tues Sept 3
Cesaria Evora
hw2 due: Tues Sept 10
Louis Armstrong
hw3 due: Tues Sept 17
Nina Simone
hw4 due: Tues Sept 24
Jacqueline du Pre
hw5 due: Fri Oct 4
Aretha Franklin
hw6 due: Fri Oct 11
Monte Alexander
hw7 due: Tues Oct 22
Gordon Lightfoot
hw8 due: Tues Oct 29
Gil Scott Heron
hw9 due: Fri Nov 15
Dion DiMucci
hw10 due: Mon Nov 20
Leonard Cohen
Exams
1st midterm exam, Wed Sept 25, 6-7:30pm,
1324 East Hall,
review sheet,
solutions
2nd midterm exam, Wed Nov 6, 6-7:30pm.
1324 East Hall,
review sheet,
solutions
review classes
Mon Nov 4 at 4-5pm in 269 Weiser (AW)
Mon Nov 4 at 5-6pm in 2866 East Hall (RK)
Tues Nov 5 at 5-6pm in 3866 East Hall (NR)
Tues Nov 5 at 6-7pm in 3866 East Hall (JW)
final exam, Thurs Dec 12, 8-10am
Study Groups
The Science Learning Center
offers
study groups
for Math 156 students.
The groups meet weekly to review course material.
"You need the willingness to fail all the time.
You have to generate many ideas and then you have to work very hard only to discover that they don't work. And you keep doing that over and over until you find one that does work." -
John Backus, lead developer of Fortran
Links
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parabola movie 1,
parabola movie 2 at DTW,
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parabolas at the Michigan League
trig substitution by Hanliang Guo
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Desmos demonstration of Euler's method
by James Wheeler
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videos from Khan Academy by Salman Khan
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videos from MIT Open Courseware
by Herbert Gross
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University of Michigan policy on granting AP credit
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Advanced Placement homepage
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torus cover illustration from Physics Today, Feb 2005
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information on majoring or minoring in math
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Undergraduate Math Club
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Proof Without Words: Double Sum for Sine and Cosine
by Hasan Unal, The College Mathematics Journal, Vol. 41 (2010) p. 392
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Proof Without Words: Sine Sum Identity
by Long Wang, The College Mathematics Journal, Vol. 45 (2014) p. 190
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Research on Student Notetaking
by D. DeZure, M. Kaplan & M. A. Deerman
[pdf]
Occasional Paper No. 16,
Center for Research on Learning and Teaching, University of Michigan
[CRLT]
"... Research on student notetaking shows that taking notes in class
and reviewing those notes (either in class or afterward)
have a positive impact on student learning. ..."
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student fellowships, summer programs, etc.
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Portrait of Leonhard Euler
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Leonhard Euler: His Life, the Man, and His Works by Walter Gautschi, SIAM Review, vol. 50, no. 1 (March 2008), pp. 3-33
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Euler and Infinite Series
by Morris Kline, Mathematics Magazine, vol. 56 (1983) pp. 307-314
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Euler's solution of the Basel problem,
an alternative solution using light from 3Blue1Brown
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a video about e by the Mathologer
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Max Planck: the reluctant revolutionary
by Helge Kragh, Physics World, December 2000, pp. 31-35
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Why is Maxwell's Theory so hard to understand?
by Freeman Dyson
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How Imaginary Numbers Were Invented