Math 1A Sections 210 & 218
Instructor: Ole Hald
Lecture: M/W/F 10:00-11:00 Room 1 Pimentel Hall
GSI: Ivan Ventura
Email address: iventura at math dot berkeley dot edu
Office: 830 Evans
Office Hours: M 1:30-2:30 and TH 2:15-3:25, or by appointment
Discussion Sections:
- Section 210: T/Th, 12:30-2, 55 Evans, ccn: 54163
- Section 218: T/Th, 3:30-5:00, 3105 Etchevery, ccn: 54187
Pictures of my classes: Section 210 and Section 218
Here is a rough PDF of the Syllabus, (you can find the homework assignments on here)
If you need help on your homework and you can't reach me or come to my office hours (honestly this shouldn't happen) try seeing these guys (other GSIs for Prof. Hald):
Michaeel Kazi
Daniel Halpern-Leistner
I'll add more
Reminders and Important Dates
- Homework from the previous week is due the following Tuesday (specifically Monday homework is not due the next day)
- There is a quiz every Tuesday (unless otherwise mentioned) covering the material on the homework due that day.
- The week of the final (12/10-12/12) I will have office hours from 1:30-2:30 on Monday and Wednesday. Also there will be a review session on Thursday (See Below)
Midterm 1
- Midterm Exam is on Monday, September 24th (study, study, study) so there will be no quiz on Tuesday, September 25th (or Thursday). There is still homework due Thursday the 27th. Additionally I advise you all to arrive EARLY to the test on Monday so as to assure yourself a comfortable seat for the exam.
- No Calculators are allowed on the exam
- You are allowed one cheat sheet (one side of the page). Hold on to this because this because you will be allowed to use it on the final. Here are some ideas of what you may want to put on your cheat sheet:
- Trig identities
- Sample solutions to δ - ε problems.
- Statements of big theorems like Intermediate Value Theorem, Squeeze theorem
- Statements of big definitions such as the definition of limits or of even functions.
- Properties of limits and derivatives.
- Popular limits like sin(x)/x as x → 0
- Polular derivatives such as the derivative of tan(x)
- Solutions to other homework/worksheet (both his and mine) problems that you found interesting or difficult.
- DO NOT under any circumstances use l'Hôpital's rule or the chain rule on the test since, contrary to popular belief, you don't know this yet.
- We (Michaeel Kazi and I) will hold a review session (see below)
Review Session
- Who: Your GSIs Michaeel Kazi and Ivan Ventura
- What: Review session for the midterm sections 201,210,218, 222
- Where: 60 Evans
- When: Sunday September 23rd, 1pm - 5pm
- Why: Midterm... enough said
- We will try and follow the schedule below, so feel free to show up for the parts that you think would help you the most.
Rough Schedule
- 1:00 - 2:00 Q & A
- 2:00 - 2:45 Practice Test
- 2:45 - 3:30 Practice Test Discussion
- 3:30 - 4:15 δ - ε (Ms and Ns included)
- 4:15 - 5:00 Q & A
- Alright so scoreboard: My class: 50 First midterm: 0. Keep it up guys, next one lets have another good showing.
Midterm 2
- The next midterm is on October 31st (yes that would be Halloween).
- No Calculators are allowed on the exam
- You are allowed one cheat sheet (the opposite side of your previous cheat sheet). Hold on to this because this because you will be allowed to use it on the final. Here are some ideas of what you may want to put on your cheat sheet:
- The Law of cosines c2=a2+b2-2abcos(γ)
- Statements of big definitions such as the definition of e as a limit.
- Properties of the logarithm.
- Popular limits like sin(x)/x as x → 0
- The equations from 3.4 of application of exponential growth and decay.
- Popular derivatives such as the derivative of e^x and ln(x)
- Solutions to other homework/worksheet (both his and mine) problems that you found interesting or difficult.
- We (Michaeel Kazi and I) will hold a review session (see below)
Review Session
- Who: Your GSIs Michaeel Kazi and Ivan Ventura
- What: Review session for the midterm sections 201,210,218, 222
- Where: 60 Evans
- When: Sunday October 28th, 1pm - 5pm
- Why: Another bloody midterm
Final
- The final is on December 13th, from 8-11 am in the Blue Gym (It is in the RSF I hear).
- No Calculators are allowed on the exam
- You are allowed one cheat sheet (the opposite side of your previous cheat sheet). Anything listed above might be useful to know
or have on your cheat sheet. Also consider any of these:
- Volumes that are hard to remember like cones or pyramids.
- Statements of big definitions such as the definition of an integral.
- The formulas for left/right/midpoint approximations of an integral
- Formulas for areas (i.e. AΔ=1/2 a b sin(θ)).
- Solutions to other homework/worksheet (both his and mine) problems that you found interesting or difficult.
- We (Michaeel Kazi and I) will hold a review session (see below)
Review Session
- Who: Your GSIs Michaeel Kazi and Ivan Ventura
- What: Review session for the final sections 201,210,218, 222
- Where: 60 Evans
- When: Tuesday December 11th, 1pm - 5pm
- Why: I'm sure you know already.
Worksheets
Below are links to the worksheets we have had in class: