Course Website

Math 231, Sections 01 and 04


Welcome to the course website for Math 231, sections 01 and 04. I am Dr. D. Brian Walton, and I will be teaching the course. You can come here for up-to-date information about this course.

You may want to use the BlackBoard information, which I will also keep up-to-date.

Here is the course policy sheet: Handout (PDF) and as HTML webpage.

You can find me in my office, Burruss 026, which is on the basement floor in the corner of the loop. My office hours are:
Monday
 9-10 and 1:30-3:00
Tuesday
 9:30-10:45 and 2:30-3:30
I am also happy to make appointments, so call me at 568-6387 or send me an email.

Basic links to summary documents:

Here is our syllabus and calendar:
August 23 (1-Mon)
 First day of class
Section 0.1, "Numbers and Sets"
August 24 (1-Tue)
 Section 0.1 (finish)
Section 0.2, "Equations"
August 25 (1-Wed)
 Section 0.2 (finish)
Section 0.3, "Inequalities"
HW 0.1 due
August 27 (1-Fri)
 Section 0.3 (finish)
Section 0.4, "Logic"
HW 0.2 due
August 30 (2-Mon)
 Section 0.4 (finish)
HW 0.3 due
August 31 (2-Tue)
 Quiz 1 (0.1, 0.2, 0.3, 0.4)
Section 0.5, "Proofs"
HW 0.4 due
September 1 (2-Wed)
 Section 0.5 (finish)
Section 1.1 "What is a Function?"
September 3 (2-Fri)
 Section 1.2 "Graphs of Functions"
HW 0.5 due
September 6 (3-Mon)
 Clean-up (Finish 1.2 if needed)
Problems day
HW 1.1 due
September 7 (3-Tue)
 Quiz 2 (0.4, 0.5, 1.1, 1.2)
Section 1.3 "Linear Functions"
September 8 (3-Wed)
 Section 1.4 "A Basic Library of Functions"
HW 1.2 due
September 10 (3-Fri)
 Section 1.5 "Combinations of Functions"
HW 1.3 due
September 13 (4-Mon)
 Problems day
HW 1.4 due
September 14 (4-Tue)
 Quiz 3 (1.3, 1.4, 1.5)
Section 1.6, "Transformations and Symmetry"
September 15 (4-Wed)
 Finish 1.6, "Transformations"
Section 1.7, "Inverse Functions"
HW 1.5 due
September 17 (4-Fri)
 HW 1.6 due
September 20 (5-Mon)
 Problems and Review
HW 1.7 due
September 21 (5-Tue)
 Midterm 1 (Section 0.1 - 2.1)
September 22 (5-Wed)
 Section 2.1, "Intuitive Notion of Limit"
September 24 (5-Fri)
 Section 2.2, "Formal Definition of Limit"
September 27 (6-Mon)
 Problems day
HW 2.1 due
September 28 (6-Tue)
 Quiz 4 (2.1, 2.2, 2.3, Test 1)
Section 2.3, "Delta-Epsilon Proofs"
September 29 (6-Wed)
 Section 2.4, "Limit Rules"
HW 2.2 due
October 1 (6-Fri)
 Section 2.5, "Calculating Limits"
HW 2.3 due
October 4 (7-Mon)
 Problems day
HW 2.4 due
October 5 (7-Tue)
 Quiz 5
Section 2.6, "Continuity"
October 6 (7-Wed)
 Section 2.7, "Two Theorems About Continuous Functions"
HW 2.5 due
October 8 (7-Fri)
 Section 3.1, "Tangent Lines and the Derivative at a Point"
(no homework due)
October 11 (8-Mon)
 Problems day
HW 2.6 due
October 12 (8-Tue)
 Quiz 6
Section 3.2, "The Derivative as an Instantaneous Rate of Change"
HW 2.7 due
October 13 (8-Wed)
 Overview of Sections 3.1 and 3.2
HW 3.1 due
October 15 (8-Fri)
 No Class (Fall Semester Holiday), Midterm Grades
October 18 (9-Mon)
 Review for Midterm
HW 3.2 due
October 19 (9-Tue)
 Midterm 2
October 20 (9-Wed)
 Section 3.3, "Differentiability"
October 22 (9-Fri)
 Section 3.4, "The Derivative as a Function"
HW 3.3 due
October 25 (10-Mon)
 Section 3.5, "Basic Differentiation Rules"
October 26 (10-Tue)
 Quiz 7
Section 3.6, "Three Theorems About Tangent Lines"
HW 3.4 due
October 27 (10-Wed)
 Section 3.7, "The First Derivative and Function Behavior"
HW 3.5 due
October 29 (10-Fri)
 Section 3.8, "The Second Derivative and Function Behavior"
November 1 (11-Mon)
 Problems Day
HW 3.6/3.7 due
November 2 (11-Tue)
 Quiz 8
Section 4.1
HW 3.7 (wrap-up due)
November 3 (11-Wed)
 Section 4.2
HW 3.8 due
November 5 (11-Fri)
 Section 4.3
HW 4.1 due
November 8 (12-Mon)
 Problems Day
HW 4.2 due
November 9 (12-Tue)
 Quiz 9
Section 4.4
November 10 (12-Wed)
 Section 4.5
HW 4.3 due
November 12 (12-Fri)
 Section 5.1
HW 4.4 due
November 15 (13-Mon)
 Review for Midterm
HW 4.5 due
November 16 (13-Tue)
 Midterm 3
November 17 (13-Wed)
 Section 5.1
November 19 (13-Fri)
 Section 5.2
HW 5.1 due
November 22 (14-Mon)
 Section 5.3
November 23 (14-Tue)
 Quiz 10
Section 5.4 and 6.1
HW 5.2/5.3 (joint) due
November 24 (14-Wed)
 No Class (Thanksgiving)
November 26 (14-Fri)
 No Class (Thanksgiving)
November 29 (15-Mon)
 Section 6.2
November 30 (15-Tue)
 Quiz 11
Section 6.3
HW 5.3/5.4 (joint) due
December 1 (15-Wed)
 Section 6.4
HW 6.1/6.2 (joint) due
December 3 (15-Fri)
 Last Day of Class
HW 6.3 due
December 8 (Wed)
 Final Exam 8 am - 10 am (Section 01)
December 10 (Fri)
 Final Exam 10 am - 12 pm (Section 04)