LINKS TO HOUR EXAM RESULTS AND OTHER NEWS FLASHES WILL APPEAR HERE.¹

This is a link to FINAL EXAM AND COURSE GRADES for these sections.

The newly revised Maple Lab 4 is now linked to this page. Please see the due dates for Labs 3 & 4 (use the same link).

Here is a link to a worked-out second hourly from a previous semester.

Here is a link to a discussion of the first hourly given Oct. 11th, 2001. This is in turn linked to a worked version of the examination.

Here is a link to a discussion of the second hourly given Nov. 29th, 2001. This is in turn linked to a worked version of the examination.

Here is a link to a final examination from a previous semester, without answers. Disregard the fact that it is labeled "final examination solutions;" the solutions have been expunged.

Here is a link to a worked-out version of that final. In turn, follow this link to an ugly, monochrome and unsatisfactory Picture for Problem 7, which makes best sense printed in "landscape" position.

Look toward the bottom of the 251 Course Home Page for links to many more exams. Another entertaining link with many exam samples is Professor Greenfield's Home Page. Here is an example of one of his finals.

Suggested solutions for the final exam are now available.

Warning: This information does not necessarily apply to any other section. Consult your own teachers. 

The general Math 251 Course Webpage contains some general course information, links to other sections of this course, and links to relevant web sites (for example, to a Maple orientation for Math 251).

• Textbook:
• Required: James Stewart, Calculus: Early Transcendentals, 4th ed., Brooks-Cole (1999), ISBN# 0-534-36298-2.
• Rutgers University Academic Integrity Policy
• Lecturer: Bertram Walsh. (Click on the name for home page giving office hours.) Click for email here.
• Recitation Instructor: Richard Mikula; office hours Thu3 = 1130-1300 ET in Hill 618 (Busch).² Click for email here.

• Course Materials: (with the exception of the syllabus and problem lists, most linked names will be .pdf files, usually read on an Acrobat reader)
• Syllabus

• Examination Announcements and Materials:
• First Hour Exam:
• Second Hour Exam:
• Final Examination:

• USEFUL GENERAL INFORMATION can be found in such places as
• A new edition mapleins.pdf of the Rutgers Maple instructions, in Acrobat .pdf format.
• An old edition mapleinst.html of the Rutgers Maple instructions, in .html format. You might prefer this format, but be alert for changes that resulted when the older version of Maple was replaced by Maple VII.
• A very fancy set of Maple instructions from the University of Kentucky mathematics department.
• MAPLE ASSIGNMENTS
• To be announced. The second recitation, Tuesday, September 11th, will be an introduction to Maple. It might help you to bring a copy of one of the Maple instruction handouts listed directly above.
• Maple Lab -1 ("minus-one"), very much like Lab 0 but with answers to the most frequently asked questions and some change of organization.
• A seed file for Maple Lab -1. Note: This file will download as gibberish unless you hold down the SHIFT key while you click on the link. But if you do that, then it will download as a .mws = Maple Worksheet file, ready for your use. If you did it wrong the first time, just try again, overwriting the garbage file.
• This seed file for Maple Lab 0 has been superseded by the files above. If you have already written up Maple Lab 0, do not repeat your work! Just turn in your Maple Lab 0. The new Maple Lab -1 differs only in the order (and verbosity) of the problems.
• The Maple Lab 1 text. Please remember that this lab is (finally) due on November 8th.
• The Maple Lab 1 seed file.
• A page of suggestions for Maple Lab 1 implementation.
• The Maple Lab 2 text.
• The Maple Lab 2 seed file.
• The Maple Lab 3 text.
• The Maple Lab 3 seed file.
• NEW! The Maple Lab 4 text.
• NEW! The Maple Lab 4 seed file. (Remember to hold down SHIFT when you click to save .mws files.)

NEW! (12/06) In view of all the trouble students (and faculty) have had with Maple in its various guises, we'll accept late hits--absolutely last late hits--on all Maple labs still outstanding at the final examination.

Attendance is required at all lectures and recitations. The information in this Web page is unofficial (except for Announcements, above). Official assignments and other information about the course, such as the dates of exams, will be given in class. There will be two midterm exams (see syllabus for approximate times) and a final exam. Quizzes will be given in lecture or recitation. Your course grade will be computed with the following weights:
 

Late assignments will not be accepted. Make-up exams will be given only at the discretion of the instructor.

Everyone has questions that don't get answered in the classroom. (If you don't ever have any, then it's a good rule of thumb that you're not thinking hard enough about your course.) When this happens, there are several places to turn for help. First of all, your lecturer and recitation instructor have office hours, and you're not getting your money's worth at Rutgers if you need help but haven't visited office hours. Discussing questions with fellow students can be extremely valuable. Remember, of course, that plagiarism is absolutely forbidden; after these discussions, when you write up assignments and put your name on them, you are certifying that you wrote them up in your own words and by yourself. (Do be careful to do your Maple lab reports exactly according to the instructions.) Beyond these resources, you can visit one of the Math and Science Learning Centers on campus (Busch: Allison Road, 445-3123/3898; Douglass: Chemistry Building 3rd Floor, 932-8991), where walk-in tutoring is available at specified hours, or one of the Learning Resource Centers. At these centers your tutor will not necessarily be someone from the mathematics department. Or you can hire a paid tutor; the mathematics department (445-2390) maintains a list of tutors.

If you need help, seek it out promptly and participate actively. If you find that

• you're struggling but still telling yourself that you can learn the course without talking to others who know the subject, or
• you're afraid to "look stupid" or "show your ignorance" by asking questions, or
• you're sure you can catch up in the last couple of weeks of the semester,

Much of the text and all of the allocutions on this page were shamelessly lifted from Professor Lyons' section web page. The lecturer thanks Professor Lyons for allowing him the use of this material.

² This change was recorded 10/16/2001. Please check Mr Mikula's home page for a possible update, and be sure you didn't miss the exam-period office hours posted at the top of the web page.