CALCULUS for the Physical and Life Sciences 2 MATH 132, Section 02, Spring 2006 MWF 9:00 - 9:50, Tu 9:30 - 10:20, Haberlin 322

Professor Gareth Roberts

Office: SWORDS 326
Phone: 508-793-2350
Office hours: Mon. 1 - 2, Tues. 10:30 -12, Wed. 12 - 1, Fri. 8 - 8:50 or by appointment.
(See my teaching and research schedule for other available times.)

NOTE: All files are PDF format unless otherwise noted.

Important Information

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

Computer Labs and Handouts

• Introduction to MAPLE Computer Labs (word document)
• Numerical Integration (Due Tuesday, Feb. 28th)
• Fun with Solids of Revolution (Due Friday, March 17th) (word document)
• Polar Graph Paper
• What's Harmonic about the Harmonic Series?
• Slope Fields (Due Friday, May 5th, 5:00 pm)

Homework

• Assignment 1 (due Jan. 25, in class)
• Assignment 2 (due Feb. 1, in class)
• Assignment 3 (due Feb. 8, in class)
Assignment 4 (due Feb. 15, in class)
• Assignment 5 (due March 1, in class)
• Assignment 6 (due Friday, March 17, in class)
• Assignment 7 (due March 22, in class)
• Assignment 8 (due April 5, in class)
• Assignment 9 (due April 12, in class)
• Assignment 10 (due Friday, April 21)
• Assignment 11 (due Tuesday, May 2, in class)

Exams

• Exam 1: Thursday, Feb. 23, 6:00 - 7:30 pm (Haberlin 238)     Solutions (PDF file)
• Exam 2: Thursday, March 30, 6:00 - 7:30 pm (Haberlin 238)     Solutions (PDF file)
• Exam 3: Thursday, April 27, 6:00 - 7:30 pm (Haberlin 238)     Solutions (PDF file)
• Final Exam: Saturday, May 13th, 8:30 - 11:30 am (Haberlin 322)
  

FINAL EXAM Review Session

• Thursday, May 11th, 12:30 - 2:00, SWORDS 359

Please come prepared with specific questions.

Office Hours For Exam Week

• Tuesday, May 9th, 1:00 - 2:30 pm
• Friday, May 12th, 1:00 - 2:30 pm

Useful Links

• ODE software (Java or Matlab versions by John Polking)
• Student Companion Site for our textbook (web quizzes, online supplement)
• 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)

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