CALCULUS for the Physical and Life Sciences 1 MATH 131, Section 02 (1:00 - 1:50) and MATH 131, Section 04 (9:00 - 9:50) Fall 2005

Professor 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. 10 - 11, Tues. 10:30 -12, Wed. 11 - 12, Fri. 10 - 11 or by appointment.
(See my teaching and research schedule for other available times.)

NOTE: All files are PDF format unless otherwise noted.

Important Information

• Syllabus (Section 02)
• Syllabus (Section 04)
Text: Calculus, Fourth edition, by Hughes-Hallett, Gleason, McCallum, et al.
• College Academic Honesty Policy
• Departmental Statement on Academic Integrity (Section 02)
• Departmental Statement on Academic Integrity (Section 04)

Computer Labs

• Introduction to MAPLE Computer Labs (word document)
• Using MAPLE to Visualize Functions (Due Monday, Sept. 19th)
• A New Derivative? (Due Friday, Oct. 7th)
• Hyperbolic Functions (Due Monday, Nov. 7th)
• Optimization and Firebreaks (Due Friday, Nov. 18th)
• Lissajous Figures (Due Monday, Dec. 5th)

Homework

• Assignment 1 (due Sept. 7, in class)
• Assignment 2 (due Sept. 14, in class)
• Assignment 3 (due Sept. 21, in class)
• Assignment 4 (due Oct. 5, in class)
• Assignment 5 (due Friday Oct. 14, in class)
• Assignment 6 (due Oct. 19, in class)
• Assignment 7 (due Nov. 2, in class)
• Assignment 8 (due Nov. 9, in class)
• Assignment 9 (due Nov. 16, in class)
• Assignment 10 (due TUESDAY Nov. 22, in class)
• Assignment 11 (due TUESDAY Dec. 6, in class)

Exams

• Exam 1: Wednesday, Sept. 28, 6:00 - 7:30 pm (Haberlin 103)       Solutions (PDF file)
• Exam 2: Wednesday, Oct. 26, 6:00 - 7:30 pm (Haberlin 103)       Solutions (PDF file)
• Exam 3: Wednesday, Nov. 30, 6:00 - 7:30 pm (Haberlin 103)       Solutions (PDF file)
• Final Exam: Section 02 -> Saturday, December 10th, 2:30 - 5:30
                          Section 04 -> Friday, December 16th, 8:30 - 11:30

FINAL EXAM Review Sessions

• Section 02: Thursday, Dec. 8th, 2:00 - 3:30, SWORDS 328
• Section 04: Wednesday, Dec. 14th, 12:30 - 2:00, SWORDS 328

Please come with specific questions.

Useful Links

• Graphics for the Calculus classroom
• MathWorld (online mathematics encyclopedia)
• 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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