Calculus for the Physical and Life Sciences 1 MATH 131, Sections 03 and 04 (Swords 302) Fall 2002

Dr. Gareth Roberts

Office: SWORDS 326
Phone: 508-793-2350
E-mail: groberts@radius.holycross.edu     Please use this address instead of my GROUPWISE account!
Office hours: Mon., Wed. 10 - 11, Tues. 10 - 12 or by appointment.
(See my teaching schedule for other available times.)

Halloween Pictures

Syllabus (Section 03)     Syllabus (Section 04) (PDF Files)

Departmental Statement on Academic Integrity (PDF File)

ClassRoom Worksheets and Computer Labs (PDF files)

• Compound Interest and the Special Number e
• Understanding Rational Functions
• Fun with the Derivative
• Lissajous Figures
• Optimization and Hyperbolic Functions

Homework

• Assignment 1 (due Sept. 11, in class)
• Assignment 2 (due Sept. 18, in class)
• Assignment 3 (due Sept. 25, in class)
• Assignment 4 (due Oct. 9, in class)
• Assignment 5 (due Friday Oct. 18, in class)
• Assignment 6 (due Oct. 23, in class)
• Assignment 7 (due Nov. 6, in class)
• Assignment 8 (due Nov. 13, in class)
• Assignment 9 (due Nov. 20, in class)
• Assignment 10 (due TUESDAY Nov. 26, in class)
• Assignment 11 (due Wednesday Dec. 11, NOON)

Exams

• Exam 1: Wednesday, Oct. 2, In Class     Solutions (PDF file)
• Exam 2: Wednesday, Oct. 30, In Class     Solutions (PDF file)
• Exam 3: Wednesday, Dec. 4, In Class     Solutions (PDF file)
• Final Exam: Section 03 -> Monday, December 16th, 2:30 - 5:30
  Section 04 -> Tuesday, December 17th, 8:30 - 11:30

Useful Links

• Blackboard (Course Management System)
• Graphics for the Calculus classroom
• Java Applets on Chaos and Fractals (Play the Chaos Game, make fractal movies or visualize the iteration of functions!)
• Web Links for Mathematics/Mathematicians History
• The Greek Alphabet (learn how to say and write the symbols frequently found in mathematics literature)
• MathSciNet basic subject search

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