Advanced Placement Calculus MATH 136-04 (O'Neill 123) Fall 2006

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. 10 - 11, Tues. 10:30 - 12, Wed. 10 - 11, Fri. 8 - 9 or by appointment.
(See my teaching schedule for other available times.)

Important Information

• Syllabus (PDF File)
• Text: Single Variable Calculus, Concepts & Contexts Third ed., James Stewart
• Departmental Statement on Academic Integrity (PDF File)
• College Academic Honesty Policy (PDF File)

Computer Lab Projects (PDF files)

• Lissajous Figures (due Sept. 18)
• Newton's Method (due Oct. 23)
• Fun with Solids of Revolution (due Nov. 17, Word document)
• Machin's Formula and the Value of Pi (Extra Credit, due Dec. 5)

Exams

• Exam 1: Wednesday, Sept. 27, 9:00 - 9:50 am
• Exam 2: Wednesday, Nov. 1, 9:00 - 9:50 am
• Exam 3: Wednesday, Nov. 29, 9:00 - 9:50 am
• Final Exam: Saturday, Dec. 9, 8:30 - 11:30 am

Useful Links

• ODE software (Java or Matlab versions by John Polking)
• Graphics for the Calculus classroom
• MathWorld (online mathematics encyclopedia)
• The Joy of Pi website
• 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
• Java Applets on Chaos and Fractals (Play the Chaos Game, make fractal movies or visualize the iteration of functions.)

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