Math 131 information and links      University of Maryland, College Park

Course information:

Math Department Course Outline

Syllabus part 1: Course information page, Tim Pilachowski’s sections (textbook, academic honesty and grading information)

Syllabus part 2: Course schedule, Fall 2012, Tim Pilachowski’s sections (important dates, including exams)

Instructor & TA Info (Fall 2012)

You are welcome to attend any of these hours, even those for another TA.

01** Discussions meet Wednesday with their Mathematics TA and Friday with their Life Science TA.

02** Discussions meet Monday with their Mathematics TA and Wednesday with their Life Science TA.

The Instructors and TAs are:

Karin Melnick

Instructor 01**

karin@math.umd.edu

Tu 4-5:30, Th 3:30-5, MTH4412

Tim Pilachowski

Instructor 02**

TJP@math.umd.edu

MWF 11-noon, TuTh 10-11, MTH3316

Jinxin Xue (01**)

Wed 0111-21-31-41

jxue@math.umd.edu

MTuW noon-1, MTH1305

Elise Larsen (01**)

Fri   0111-21-31-41

ealarsen@umd.edu

M 10:30-11:30, F noon-1 & 4-5, BPS3221

Hechao Sun (02**)

Mon 0211-21-31-41

hcsun@umd.edu

Tu 2-5, MTH3301

Yonathan Cwik (02**)

Wed 0211-21-31-41

yocwik@umd.edu

Th 1-4, HJP1340

Resources:

Testbank archives of past exams Search the testbank for MATH131, leaving Instructor, Year and Term as “Any”. MATH141 and MATH221 will be of some limited usefulness.

All tests are in Acrobat (.pdf) format, and many print well. For ones that don’t, you can choose the “Select Image” tool, highlight each page as a block, copy it, paste it as a picture into a blank word-processing page, and print from there.

Math Success walk-in tutoring

Mathematics Department walk-in tutoring schedule —Tutors of Math 141 and 221 may be able to spend some time with you, once they deal with students in their courses. However, your prime source for Math Dept. help will be the Instructors’ and TAs’ office hours listed above.

Learning Assistance Service

Office of Multi-Cultural Student Education (OMSE)

Mathematics Tutorial Databank  (online tutorials – Follow the Math 140 – Calculus I link or the Math 141 – Calculus II link.)

Additional handouts:

Pilachowski's Rules of Mathematics

Need a reminder about basics? What Is a Fraction?, Fraction Computation

Tim Pilachowski's Calculus jingles

function composition

Lecture outlines and other resources:

Lecture 1.1-7.6

Lecture 8.1, Lecture 8.2, Lecture 8.3, Lecture 8.4, Chapter 8 summary – things you should know

Lecture 10.1, Lecture 10.2, Lecture 10.3, Lecture 10.4, Lecture 10.5, Chapter 10 summary

            10.1 extra Gauss-Jordan algorithm (provided by Tim Pilachowski)

            10.5 extra Eigenvalues and Eigenvectors (provided by Justin Wyss-Gallifent)

            Samples for Exam 1 131 exam1s1, 131 exam1s2 and solutions for 131 exam1s2 (provided by Justin Wyss-Gallifent)

Lecture 9.1, Lecture 9.2, Lecture 9.3, Lecture 9.5, Chapter 9 summary

Lecture 11.1, Lecture 11.2, Lecture 11.3, Lecture 11.4, Chapter 11 summary

            11.1-2 extra Exponential, Limited and Logistic Growth (provided by Tim Pilachowski)

            11.4 extra Linear Systems of DEs (provided by Justin Wyss-Gallifent)

11.5 extra Nonlinear Systems of DEs (provided by Justin Wyss-Gallifent)

            Samples for Exam 3 131 exam2s1, 131 exam2s2 and solutions for 131 exam2s1, solutions for 131 exam2s2 (provided by Tim Pilachowski)

Lecture 12.1, Lecture 12.2, Lecture 12.3, Lecture 12.4, Chapter 12 summary

            12.3 handout 131 12.3 supplement conditional probability & Bayes Theorem (provided by Tim Pilachowski)

Lecture 13.1, Lecture 13.2, Lecture 13.3, Lecture 13.x Central Limit Theorem, Chapter 13 summary

            13.x handout The Central Limit Theorem and solutions for Central Limit Theorem supplement (provided by Tim Pilachowski)

            Samples for Exam 3 131 exam3s1, 131 exam3s2 and solutions for 131 exam3s2 (provided by Justin Wyss-Gallifent)

Chapter 14 Document (i.e. “textbook”) Discrete Dynamical Systems (provided by Addison-Wesley/Pearson Publishing)

Lecture 14.1, Lecture 14.2-14.3, Chapter 14 summary

            Samples for the Final Exam 1 131 examfs1, 131 examfs2 (provided by Justin Wyss-Gallifent)

solutions for 131 examfs1 (provided by Tim Pilachowski), solutions for 131 examfs2 (provided by Justin Wyss-Gallifent)