{"id":7,"date":"2025-06-26T18:03:36","date_gmt":"2025-06-26T18:03:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/courses.lsa.umich.edu\/krasny\/?page_id=7"},"modified":"2025-09-23T20:00:30","modified_gmt":"2025-09-23T20:00:30","slug":"home","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/courses.lsa.umich.edu\/krasny\/","title":{"rendered":"Fall 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-h-2-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">Math 156 &#8211; Applied Honors Calculus II<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Math 156 is a Calculus II class designed for STEM majors (though all majors are welcome). The prerequisite is a score of 4 or 5 on the AP Calculus exam (AB or BC) or equivalent. For more details see the course\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/dept.math.lsa.umich.edu\/~krasny\/math156_description.pdf\">description<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\" \/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">all sections meet MonTuesWedFri in 4096 East Hall<br>section 1, 9-10am, Robert Krasny<br>section 2, 10-11am, Robert Krasny<br>section 3, 11am-12pm, Yu-Sheng Lee<br>section 4, 12-1pm, Yu-Sheng Lee<br>section 5, 1-2pm, Ke Wang<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\" \/>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Information<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/courses.lsa.umich.edu\/krasny\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/202\/2025\/06\/math156_organization.pdf\">organization<\/a>,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/courses.lsa.umich.edu\/krasny\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/202\/2025\/06\/math156_topics.pdf\">topics<\/a>,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/courses.lsa.umich.edu\/krasny\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/202\/2025\/06\/math156_schedule.pdf\">schedule<\/a>,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/courses.lsa.umich.edu\/krasny\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/202\/2025\/06\/math156_notes.pdf\">lecture notes<\/a>&nbsp;: complete to Wed Dec 4<br><a href=\"https:\/\/courses.lsa.umich.edu\/krasny\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/202\/2025\/06\/math156_notes_thanksgiving.pdf\">Thanksgiving notes<\/a>,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/courses.lsa.umich.edu\/krasny\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/202\/2025\/06\/math156_5_books.png\">5 books<\/a><br><a href=\"https:\/\/courses.lsa.umich.edu\/krasny\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/202\/2025\/06\/math156_notes_2023.pdf\">2023 lecture notes<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\" \/>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Homework<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/courses.lsa.umich.edu\/krasny\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/202\/2025\/09\/math156_hw01.pdf\" data-type=\"attachment\" data-id=\"231\">hw1<\/a>\u00a0due: Tues Sept 3\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?reload=9&amp;v=dNVrdYGiULM\">Cesaria Evora<\/a><br><a href=\"https:\/\/courses.lsa.umich.edu\/krasny\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/202\/2025\/06\/math156_hw02.pdf\">hw2<\/a>\u00a0due: Tues Sept 10\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=2LDPUfbXRLM\">Louis Armstrong<\/a><br><a href=\"https:\/\/courses.lsa.umich.edu\/krasny\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/202\/2025\/06\/math156_hw03.pdf\">hw3<\/a>\u00a0due: Tues Sept 17\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=inNBpizpZkE\">Nina Simone<\/a><br><a href=\"https:\/\/courses.lsa.umich.edu\/krasny\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/202\/2025\/06\/math156_hw04.pdf\">hw4<\/a>\u00a0due: Tues Sept 24\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?reload=9&amp;v=F7P6YBc9KFA\">Jacqueline du Pre<\/a><br><a href=\"https:\/\/courses.lsa.umich.edu\/krasny\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/202\/2025\/06\/math156_hw05.pdf\">hw5<\/a>\u00a0due: Fri Oct 4\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=LuT8gA9KT6I\">Aretha Franklin<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\" \/>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Exams<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">1st midterm exam, Wed Sept 25, 6-7:30pm,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/courses.lsa.umich.edu\/krasny\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/202\/2025\/06\/math156_1324_East_Hall.pdf\">1324 East Hall<\/a>,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/courses.lsa.umich.edu\/krasny\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/202\/2025\/06\/math156_exam_midterm1_review.pdf\">review sheet<\/a>,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/courses.lsa.umich.edu\/krasny\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/202\/2025\/06\/math156_exam_midterm1_review_sol.pdf\">solutions<\/a><br>2nd midterm exam, Wed Nov 6, 6-7:30pm,&nbsp;<a 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The groups meet weekly to review course material.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\" \/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;You need the willingness to fail all the time. You have to generate many ideas and then you have to work very hard only to discover that they don&#8217;t work. And you keep doing that over and over until you find one that does work.&#8221; &#8211;&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/John_Backus\">John Backus<\/a>, lead developer of Fortran<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\" \/>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Links<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed aligncenter is-type-video is-provider-mivideo wp-block-embed-mivideo\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe title=\"math156_parabola_1\" id=\"kaltura_player\" src='https:\/\/cdnapisec.kaltura.com\/p\/1038472\/embedPlaykitJs\/uiconf_id\/54883762?iframeembed=true&amp;entry_id=1_jsfeo31f&amp;config%5Bprovider%5D=%7B%22widgetId%22%3A%221_5utflvil%22%7D&amp;config%5Bplayback%5D=%7B%22startTime%22%3A0%7D' style=\"width: 1280px;height: 720px;border: 0;\" allowfullscreen webkitallowfullscreen allow=\"autoplay *; fullscreen *; encrypted-media *\" sandbox=\"allow-downloads allow-forms allow-same-origin allow-scripts allow-top-navigation allow-pointer-lock allow-popups allow-modals allow-orientation-lock allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox allow-presentation allow-top-navigation-by-user-activation\" mozAllowFullScreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed aligncenter is-type-video is-provider-mivideo wp-block-embed-mivideo\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe title=\"math156_parabola_2\" id=\"kaltura_player\" src='https:\/\/cdnapisec.kaltura.com\/p\/1038472\/embedPlaykitJs\/uiconf_id\/54883762?iframeembed=true&amp;entry_id=1_ugssfxwc&amp;config%5Bprovider%5D=%7B%22widgetId%22%3A%221_ggmqhs0q%22%7D&amp;config%5Bplayback%5D=%7B%22startTime%22%3A0%7D' style=\"width: 1280px;height: 720px;border: 0;\" allowfullscreen webkitallowfullscreen allow=\"autoplay *; fullscreen *; encrypted-media *\" sandbox=\"allow-downloads allow-forms allow-same-origin allow-scripts allow-top-navigation allow-pointer-lock allow-popups allow-modals allow-orientation-lock allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox allow-presentation allow-top-navigation-by-user-activation\" mozAllowFullScreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/courses.lsa.umich.edu\/krasny\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/202\/2025\/06\/math156_parabola.pdf\">parabolas<\/a>&nbsp;at the Michigan League<br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=rI1f762o6Jc\">trig substitution<\/a>&nbsp;by Hanliang Guo<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.desmos.com\/calculator\/oe0hphgofl\">Desmos demonstration of Euler&#8217;s method<\/a>&nbsp;by James Wheeler<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.khanacademy.org\/\">videos from Khan Academy<\/a>&nbsp;by Salman Khan<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/ocw.mit.edu\/resources\/res-18-006-calculus-revisited-single-variable-calculus-fall-2010\/\">videos from MIT Open Courseware<\/a>&nbsp;by Herbert Gross<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/admissions.umich.edu\/apply\/first-year-applicants\/ap-ib-credit\/ap-guidelines#LSA\">University of Michigan policy on granting AP credit<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/apcentral.collegeboard.com\/apc\/Controller.jpf\">Advanced Placement homepage<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/courses.lsa.umich.edu\/krasny\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/202\/2025\/06\/math156_pt_cover02_2005.pdf\">torus&nbsp;<\/a>cover illustration from Physics Today, Feb 2005<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/lsa.umich.edu\/math\/undergraduates.html\">information on majoring or minoring in math<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/lsa.umich.edu\/math\/undergraduates\/extracurricular-activities\/math-talks\/math-club.html\">Undergraduate Math Club<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.jstor.org\/stable\/10.4169\/collmathj.41.5.0392\">Proof Without Words: Double Sum for Sine and Cosine<\/a>&nbsp;by Hasan Unal, The College Mathematics Journal, Vol. 41 (2010) p. 392<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.jstor.org\/stable\/10.4169\/college.math.j.45.3.190\">Proof Without Words: Sine Sum Identity<\/a>&nbsp;by Long Wang, The College Mathematics Journal, Vol. 45 (2014) p. 190<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>Research on Student Notetaking<\/em>&nbsp;by D. 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