Welcome to MAT137Y1!
We will post announcements for MAT137 on Quercus. If you utoronto email address is correct on Quercus, you should receive an email by default every time we post a new announcement, and you can always read old announcements.
MAT137 in a nutshell
- Videos. Before each class, you will watch short YouTube videos to learn the basics (about 15 minutes per class). If you do not watch the videos, it is not worth it to attend class.
- Class. We won't lecture in class. Instead, you will spend time working on problems to practice what you learned in the videos, with our help. We won't record classes. We will post the questions we use in class, but no solutions or anything else. The point of class is for you to actively engage with the material, not to watch or read somebody else's solutions.
- Practice problems. We have a collection of problems (with short answers or hints) for each unit for you to further practice on your own after class.
- Assignments (homework). This is where you really solidify your understanding and develop your skills. After getting the basics from videos, and after practicing in class and with practice problems, you are ready to tackle more challenging tasks in assignments. We design them to take you a longer time and to force you to think deeply. Often you will be exploring new questions that we have not taught you, as this is one of the objectives of the course. You will submit assignments for marks.
- Tests are easier than assignments, but you will have limited time and you must work entirely by yourself. The best way to get ready for tests it to watch all the videos and complete all the practice problems.
- Piazza is an online forum where you can connect with other students in the course, you can ask anything, and you can help each other.
- Office hours are your opportunity to ask anything to instructors and TAs. Bring any question, as long as you have done your part first. Bring a question you have spent some time on, share your thought process with us, and we will try to help you.
Our email addresses:
- Qin Deng: qin (dot) deng (at) mail (dot) utoronto (ca)
- Vesselin Dimitrov: dimitrov (at) math (dot) toronto (dot) edu
- Alfonso Gracia-Saz: alfonso (at) math (dot) toronto (dot) edu
- Joel Kamnitzer: jkamnitz (at) math (dot) toronto (dot) edu
- Alessandro Malusà: amalusa (at) math (dot) toronto (dot) edu
- Zicheng Qian: zqian (at) math (dot) toronto (dot) edu
- Sourav Sarkar: ssarkar (at) math (dot) toronto (dot) edu
Classes
You have three weekly hours of class. At UofT they are called "lectures", even though they are dedicated to problem solving, rather than lecturing. (The videos take care of the lecturing part.)
Classes take place on Zoom. To attend
- You need to attend lectures exclusively in the lecture section you are enrolled. If you wish to attend a different section, you will need to change your enrolment first. We cannot allow students to attend a different section because there is a limit in the number of participants in every Zoom meeting.
- You will need a Zoom account. If you are in China and cannot get a regular free account, you can get a Zoom account through UofT.
- You will need to download and install Zoom in your computer before the first day of class.
- The links to register for Zoom lectures are posted in a Quercus announcement:
You will only see the announcement corresponding to your specific section. Do not share this link with anyone. Once you register, you will receive an email with information on how to access the lectures.
To see the schedule of your section, which videos to watch before each class, and the slides your instructor uses, see the section-specific page under
"Resources".
Office hours
Do you have questions? Do you want to talk to us? You are welcome to talk to any instructor or TA in the course. You do not need an appointment: just show up. If you have a math question, make sure you have spent some time on it first, and be ready to explain what have you attempted so we can help you better.
Times are likely to change from week to week. Always check the calendar below for the most up-to-date information.
The Zoom link to access office hours is in a Quercus announcement.
Some office hours are dedicated to the Proof Clinic. They have a separate Zoom link.
Additional help is available from Vic Math Tutors. They also have a separate Zoom link.
Videos and practice problems
We expect you to watch the videos before coming to class. If you come to lecture without having watched them, you won't get much out of it.
To find which videos you need to watch before each class, and to see the questions you worked on during lecture, see your section-specific page under the 'Resources' tab.
If possible, it is always better to watch the videos on YouTube: the videos are arranged on playlists, they are accompanied by descriptions and links to related videos, and they contain proper subtitles. However, for those on you in countries where access to YouTube is restricted, we are also uploading the videos to UofT's Media Library, but without any of those extra features.
Fall term
- Unit 1: Logic, sets, notation, definitions, and proofs.
- Video playlist on YouTube
- Videos on UofT's Media Library:
1.1,
1.2,
1.3,
1.4,
1.5,
1.6,
1.7,
1.8,
1.9,
1.10,
1.11,
1.12,
1.13,
1.14,
1.15
- Practice problems
- Proof-writing practice
- Unit 2: Limits and continuity.
- Video playlist on YouTube
- Videos on UofT's Media Library:
2.1,
2.2,
2.3,
2.4,
2.5,
2.6,
2.7,
2.8,
2.9,
2.10,
2.11,
2.12,
2.13,
2.14,
2.15,
2.16,
2.17,
2.18,
2.19,
2.20,
2.21,
2.22
- Practice problems
- Unit 3: Derivatives.
- Video playlist on YouTube
- Videos on UofT's Media Library:
3.1,
3.2,
3.3,
3.4,
3.5,
3.6,
3.7,
3.8,
3.9,
3.10,
3.11,
3.12,
3.13
- Practice problems
- Unit 4: Transcendental functions.
- Video playlist on YouTube
- Videos on UofT's Media Library:
4.1,
4.2,
4.3,
4.4,
4.5,
4.6,
4.7,
4.8,
4.9,
4.10,
4.11,
4.12,
4.13,
4.14
- Practice problems
- Unit 5: The Mean Value Theorem and its applications.
- Video playlist on YouTube
- Videos on UofT's Media Library:
5.1,
5.2,
5.3,
5.4,
5.5,
5.6,
5.7,
5.8,
5.9,
5.10,
5.11,
5.12
- Practice problems
- Unit 6: Applications of limits and derivatives.
- Video playlist on YouTube
- Videos on UofT's Media Library:
6.1,
6.2,
6.3,
6.4,
6.5,
6.6,
6.7,
6.8,
6.9,
6.10,
6.11,
6.12,
6.13,
6.14,
6.15,
6.16,
6.17,
6.18
- Practice problems
Winter term
- Unit 7: The definition of integral.
- Video playlist on YouTube
- Videos on UofT's Media Library:
7.1,
7.2,
7.3,
7.4,
7.5,
7.6,
7.7,
7.8,
7.9,
7.10,
7.11
- Practice problems
- Unit 8: The Fundamental Theorem of Calculus.
- Unit 9: Integration methods.
- Video playlist on YouTube
- Videos on UofT's Media Library:
9.1,
9.2,
9.3,
9.4,
9.5,
9.6,
9.7,
9.8,
9.9,
9.10,
9.11,
9.12
- Practice problems
- Unit 10: Applications of the integral
- Unit 11: Sequences
- Unit 12: Improper integrals
- Unit 13: Series
- Video playlist on YouTube
- Videos on UofT's Media Library:
13.1,
13.2,
13.3,
13.4,
13.5,
13.6,
13.7,
13.8,
13.9,
13.10,
13.11,
13.12,
13.13,
13.14,
13.15,
13.16,
13.17,
13.18,
13.19
- Practice problems
- Summary of convergence tests for series
- Unit 14: Power series and Taylor series
- Video playlist on YouTube
- Videos on UofT's Media Library:
14.1,
14.2,
14.3,
14.4,
14.5,
14.6,
14.7,
14.8,
14.9,
14.10,
14.11,
14.12,
14.13,
14.14,
14.15
- Practice problems
Assignments
- Assignment 0: precalculus review. You do not need to submit this, but we expect you to complete it during the first two weeks.
Useful links:
We will post each assignment here at least 2 weeks before it is due. You may submit individually or as a group of two.
For students trying to learn latex, we are sharing the latex code. It is not necessary to write your answers in latex.
The 10 assignments:
Class average and grade distribution:
We do not grade on a curve. We assess you on absolute standards, not compared to your peers. Thus, we will not discuss averages or grade distributions. The only thing you need to know is that the assessments are fair, they properly represent the course standards, and we are not making any adjustments. If this were ever not the case, we would let you know.