UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, LOS ANGELES - SPRING 2024
MATH 31B:1 - Integration and Infinite Series
Instructor :  Pablo S. Ocal
Office hours :  W 8:00-8:45 am (MS 6627), W 10:00-10:45 am (MS 6627)
Teaching Assistant :  Haoyang Lyu
Office hours :  TBD
Teaching Assistant :  Mia Zender
Office hours :  R 10:30-11:30 am
Teaching Assistant :  Priyanshu Asthana
Office hours :  TBD
Description

The course on Integration and Infinite Series will treat, among others, methods of differentiation, methods of integration, series and their convergence, and relations between these concepts. The prerequisites required for this course are covered in Math 31A.

The course will have weekly classes on

  • Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays in MS, room 4000A, from 9:00 to 9:50 am.

The book we will be following is Single Variable Calculus (2nd edition) by Jonathan D. Rogawski. We will be covering material in Chapters 7, 8, 9, and 11. You may find all the information you will need on the Syllabus.

Class Notes

The following notes are a formal outline of the material we will be covering. These notes are not comprehensive nor are intended to be a substitute for the textbook or the lectures. If you find mistakes (typographical or other) in these notes, or have comments, please let me know.

The following are additional materials closely related to the class notes.

Tentative Schedule
Apr 1Section 7.1,
Derivative of the Exponential Function.
Apr 3Section 7.2,
Inverse Functions.
Apr 5Section 7.3,
Logarithms and their Derivatives.
Apr 8Section 7.7,
L'Hopital's Rule.
Apr 10Section 7.8, 7.9,
Inverse Trigonometric and Hyperbolic Functions.
Apr 12Section 8.1,
Integration by Parts.
Apr 15Section 8.1, 8.5,
Integration by Parts (continued), The Method of Partial Fractions.
Apr 17Section 8.5,
The Method of Partial Fractions (continued).
Apr 19Section 8.5,
The Method of Partial Fractions (continued).
Apr 22Sections 7.1-7.3, 7.7-7.9, 8.1, 8.5,
Review.
Apr 24Sections 7.1-7.3, 7.7-7.9, 8.1, 8.5,
Midterm 1.
Apr 26Section 9.4,
Taylor Polynomials.
Apr 29Section 8.6,
Improper Integrals.
May 1Section 8.6,
Improper Integrals (continued).
May 3Section 11.1,
Sequences.
May 6Section 11.1,
Sequences (continued).
May 8Section 11.2,
Summing an Infinite Series.
May 10Section 11.2,
Summing an Infinite Series (continued).
May 13Sections 8.6, 9.4, 11.1, 11.2,
Review.
May 15Sections 8.6, 9.4, 11.1, 11.2,
Midterm 2.
May 17Section 11.3,
Convergence of Series with Positive Terms.
May 20Section 11.3,
Convergence of Series with Positive Terms (continued).
May 22Section 11.4,
Absolute and Conditional Convergence.
May 24Section 11.5,
The Ratio and Root Tests.
May 29Section 11.6,
Power Series.
May 31Section 11.6,
Power Series (continued).
Jun 3Section 11.7,
Taylor Series.
Jun 5Section 11.7,
Taylor Series (continued).
Jun 7Sections 7.1-7.3, 7.7-7.9, 8.1, 8.5, 8.6, 9.4, 11.1-11.7,
Review.
Jun 8Sections 7.1-7.3, 7.7-7.9, 8.1, 8.5, 8.6, 9.4, 11.1-11.7,
Final Exam.
Homework

There will be typically weekly homework. The assignments will be posted before Mondays at 9:00 am. The assignments will be due on Gradescope the following week, on Friday at 11:59 pm. The assignments and deadlines will be posted here. You are encouraged to work in groups.

Apr 1Homework 0.
Deadline: Apr 5.
Apr 1Homework 1.
Deadline: Apr 12.
Apr 8Homework 2.
Deadline: Apr 19.
Apr 15Homework 3.
Deadline: Apr 26.
Apr 22Homework 4.
Deadline: May 3.
Apr 29Homework 5.
Deadline: May 10.
May 6Homework 6.
Deadline: May 17.
May 13Homework 7.
Deadline: May 24.
May 20Homework 8.
Deadline: May 31.
May 27Homework 9.
Deadline: Jun 7.
Jun 3Homework 10.
Deadline: Jun 7.
Discussion

There will be typically weekly discussion sessions. These intend to allocate time for you to work on the homework problems with your peers while having readily available feedback. The starred problem will be due on Gradescope on Thursday at 11:59 pm. The deadlines will be posted here. You are encouraged to work in groups.

Apr 2Discussion 1.
Deadline: Apr 4.
Apr 9Discussion 2.
Deadline: Apr 11.
Apr 16Discussion 3.
Deadline: Apr 18.
Apr 23Discussion 4.
Deadline: Apr 25.
Apr 30Discussion 5.
Deadline: May 2.
May 7Discussion 6.
Deadline: May 9.
May 14Discussion 7.
Deadline: May 16.
May 21Discussion 8.
Deadline: May 23.
May 28Discussion 9.
Deadline: May 30.
Jun 4Discussion 10.
Deadline: Jun 6.
Exams

Here the exams and their solutions will be posted. You can find the official UCLA schedule for the final exams here.

Apr 24Midterm 1,
MS 4000A from 9:00 to 9:50 am.
May 15Midterm 2,
MS 4000A from 9:00 to 9:50 am.
Jun 8Final Exam,
TBD.

The following are practice exams that you may use to prepare:

Resources

There are many resources available for a student at UCLA, I encourage you to use them and make the most out of them. Here are some materials specific to this course:

  • The open office hours at the Student Math Center can be found here.
  • The open tutoring of Tau Beta Pi can be found here.
  • The Math Success Program from the Community Programs Office can be found here.
  • The online calculator Wolfram|Alpha can be found here.

Here are some general materials about the Department of Mathematics, the College of Physical Sciences, and UCLA:

  • The Campus Resources document maintained by Britney Robinson can be found here.
  • The Frequently Asked Questions of the Undergraduate Math Council can be found here.

I also encourage you to form study groups with your classmates. However, please keep in mind that you will only learn how to do the exercises if you try them on your own: without trying, looking up the solutions or copying others' work is absolutely useless.

Grading Schemes

You can compute your final grade using the calculator below. Please input the average of your homework assignments (out of 100), the average of your discussion assignments (out of 100), the score of your first midterm (out of 100), the score of your second midterm (out of 100), and the score of your final (out of 100). Then, click "Compute grading schemes" to see the three grading schemes (out of 100).