Calulus 2
Welcome to the course page for Math 199, i.e. merit discussion section AD2 as part of Math 231 (Calculus II), Fall 2022.

My name is Yigal Kamel, and I am the TA for this section. Make sure to read through the syllabus for details about the course and grading.

Meeting Information:
Tuesday and Thursday, 9-10:50am, Room 159 in Altgeld.

Office Hours:
Wednesday, 4-5pm, Room 173 in Altgeld.
Friday, 2-2:50pm, Room 304 in English Building.

Email:
ykamel2@illinois.edu

This page is where I plan to make all of the course materials for the Math 199 component of our section available.

Tuesday, 8/23/22
Pancake: 12, Waffle: 8.
Ice breaker, syllabus, fundamental theorem of calculus (see note below), and some calculus I review.

Thursday, 8/25/22
Cat: 7, Dog: 18.
Preparation assignment 1 - Remembering Calculus I   (1 point)
Participation assignment 1 - The "anti" product rule   (3 points)

Tuesday, 8/30/22
Coffee: 11, Tea: 12.
Preparation assignment 2 - Trigonometric substitution   (2 points)
In class we had a general discussion about trig integrals and trig substitution, went over the prep 2 assignment, and we solved the bonus problem.   (2 points)

Thursday, 9/1/22
Green: 16, Orange: 8.
Participation assignment 2 - Integrals with trig functions   (3 points)

Tuesday, 9/6/22
Summer: 13, Winter: 10.
Preparation assignment 3 - Integration techniques   (2 points)
Participation assignment 3 - Practicing integrals   (2 points)

Thursday, 9/8/22
Music: 22, Poetry: 0.
Preparation assignment 4 - The method of partial fractions   (1 point)
Participation assignment 4 - Partial fractions   (3 points)

Tuesday, 9/13/22
Movies: 7, (TV) series: 14.
Preparation assignment 5 - Areas of infinite regions   (2 points)

Wednesday, 9/14/22
Mock exam 1 - Integration   (extra credit: 2 points)

Thursday, 9/15/22
Morning: 10, Night: 12.
Participation assignment 5 - Improper integrals   (3 points)

Tuesday, 9/20/22
Fiction: 15, Non-fiction: 8.
Preparation assignment 6 - Understanding integrals   (2 points)

Thursday, 9/22/22
Walk: 15, Bike: 5.
Participation assignment 6 - Setting up definite integrals   (3 points)
Feedback form 1

Tuesday, 9/27/22
Macaroni: 13, Shell pasta: 5.
Participation assignment 7 - Hydrostatic force   (3 points)

Thursday, 9/29/22
Still (water): 14, Sparkling: 4.
Preparation assignment 7 - The mass of the sun   (2 points)

Tuesday, 10/4/22
Chalk: 6, Dry-erase: 17.
Participation assignment 8 - Computing physical quantities   (3 points)

Thursday, 10/6/22
Sunglasses: 12, Cap: 8.
Preparation assignment 8 - Sequences and series   (2 points)

Tuesday, 10/11/22
Participation assignment 8.5 - Comparison test for series   (3 points)

Thursday, 10/13/22
Fall break: 10, Spring break: 9.
Participation assignment 9 - Examples of series   (3 points)

Tuesday, 10/18/22
Participation assignment 10 - Alternating series   (3 points)

Thursday, 10/20/22
Hero: 9, Villain: 7.
Preparation assignment 9 - Alternating series (and conditional convergence)   (2 points)
Participation assignment 11 - Absolute and conditional convergence   (2 points)

Tuesday, 10/25/22
Espresso: 6, Drip coffee: 15.
Participation assignment 12 - Series of functions   (3 points)

Thursday, 10/27/22
Wood: 9, Metal: 9.
Participation assignment 13 - Towards Taylor series   (3 points)

Tuesday, 11/1/22
Cotton: 16, Polyester: 2.
Participation assignment 14 - "Hands-on" with Taylor series   (3 points)

Thursday, 11/3/22
Lost at sea: 10, Stranded in desert: 8.
Participation assignment 15 - Taylor's theorem   (3 points)

Thursday, 11/10/22
Field of grass: 9, Forest: 11.

Tuesday, 11/15/22
Snow: 13, No snow: 5.
Participation assignment 16 - Parametric curves and calculus   (3 points)

Thursday, 11/17/22
25℉: 11, 115℉: 3.
Participation assignment 17 - Polar coordinates   (3 points)

Tuesday, 11/29/22
Calculus I: 12, Calculus II: 8.
Participation assignment 18 - More polar coordinates   (3 points)

Thursday, 12/1/22
Parametric equations: 13, Polar coordinates: 3.

Tuesday, 12/6/22
Integrals: 12, Series: 5.
Preparation assignment 10 - Back to everything   (2 points)

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Miscellaneous notes/summaries:
8/23/22: A perspective on what the fundamental theorem of calculus says about integrals
9/1/22: Outline for using triangles to determine a good trigonometric substitution
9/22/22: Overview of arclength (take 1)
9/29/22: (discrete) Center of mass (in one dimension)

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