Holy Cross Mathematics and Computer Science
MATH 131 -- Calculus for the Physical and Life Sciences, section 1, Fall 2004
Syllabus and Schedule
Examples, Class Notes, Etc.
Assignments
- Problem Set 1:
Section 1.1/2,5,10,12,14,18,22,24,26;
1.2/2,11,12,16,22,30,35;
1.3/2,4,6,10,15,16,20,26,34;
Due: Friday September 10
- Problem Set 2:
Section 1.4/6,8,10,19,26,30,36,37,38;
Section 1.5/6,13,16,18,26,28,32,34,41;
Section 1.6/6,8,10,12,14,22,25;
Due: Friday September 17
- Lab Day 1 -- lab class
on Tuesday, September 14, writeups
due: Monday September 20
- Problem Set 3: Section 1.7/13,18;
Chapter 1 Review/10, 16, 28, 29;
Section 2.1/2, 7, 13, 14, 16;
Due: Friday September 24
- Problem Set 4: Section 2.2/2, 9 (a) and (b) only,
10 (a) and (b) only, 16, 18, 19, 29, 31, 37, 38;
Section 2.3/1, 9, 10, 16, 21, 22, 24, 30
Due: Friday October 1
- Discussion 1 -- Class Wednesday,
September 29.
- Problem Set 5: Section 2.4/1,4,8,14,19,20,34,35;
Section 2.5/2,6,14,18;
Section 2.6/2,4,12,14,22;
Due: Friday October 8
- Lab Day 2 -- lab class
on Monday, October 4, writeups
due: Wednesday October 13
- Problem Set 6:
Section 2.7/2, 10, 11, 14;
Section 3.1/16, 18, 20, 22, 24, 44, 57, 60;
Section 3.2/2, 4, 26, 38, 45;
Due: Friday October 15
- Problem Set 7:
Section 3.3/2, 20, 31, 32, 40, 42
Section 3.4/8, 10, 18, 22, 24, 26, 30, 32, 36, 38,
40, 50, 52, 64, 70
Due: Friday October 22
(Important: See note below regarding this
week's problem set.)
- Discussion 2 -- will be
done in class on Monday, October 18.
- Problem Set 8:
Section 3.5/14, 22, 38, 50, 52
Section 3.6/8, 26, 34, 36, 44
Due: Friday October 22
- Lab Day 3 --
writeups due Monday, November 8.
- Problem Set 9:
Section 3.6/48, 51
Section 3.7/2,4,8,10,21,22,24,30
Section 3.8/2,6,8,12,14,16,18,22,28,30,32,33
Due: Friday November 5
- Problem Set 10:
Section 3.9/4, 8
Section 3.10/2, 6, 10, 12
Section 4.1/6, 12, 26, 28, 36, 38, 40, 42
Due: Friday November 12
- Discussion 3
-- writeups due Monday, November 15.
- Lab Day 4
-- writeups due Wednesday, November 17.
- Problem Set 11:
Section 4.2/16, 20
Section 4.3/4, 6, 8, 14
Section 4.5/4, 6, 10, 13, 14, 16
Chapter 4 Review/31
- Discussion 4
-- writeups due Monday, November 22.
- Problem Set 12:
Section 5.1/2, 6, 8, 12(M)
Section 5.2/6, 12(M), 22, 24, 28, 30, 32
Section 5.3/10, 12, 14
Due: Friday December 3
Notes:
- The problems marked (M) require a calculator or Maple.
Here is some sample Maple code for computing the left-hand
sum for the function f(x) = e-x2 on the interval
[0,1], using a partition with 100 smaller intervals:
with(Student[Calculus1]);
evalf(RiemannSum(exp(-x^2),x=0..1,method=left,partition=100));
- This will be the final problem set of the semester.
Information and Announcements
- Review Session for Final Exam in our regular classroom starting
at 10:00am on Friday, December 10. To help you prepare:
- The final exam for this course will be given in our regular
classroom, Swords 328, from 2:30 to 5:30pm on Monday, December 13.
Related Links
- On-line tutorial
on pre-calculus mathematics from West Texas A&M University.
- A treasure
trove of calculus-related sites on the Internet.
- For when you need a laugh.
- Biographical information on Isaac
Newton
- Biographical information on Gottfried
Leibniz
- Biographical information on Bernhard
Riemann
Downloading Information
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notation (.pdf) lead
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