Holy Cross Mathematics and Computer Science
MATH 132 -- Calculus for the Physical and Life Sciences 2, section 1, Spring 2008
Syllabus and Schedule
Information and Announcements
- Final Exam for our section will be given in Swords 328, Thursday, May 8 at 2:30pm.
- Review session: Tuesday, May 6 at 7:00pm in Swords 328.
Solutions
Examples, Class Notes, Etc.
Assignments
- Problem set guidelines
- Problem Set 1 -- due in class on Friday, January 25:
- 5.1/1, 12, 17, 20 (Extra Credit: 24)
- 5.2/3, 8, 21, 26, 34, 37, 49
- 5.3/2, 7, 12, 17, 22, 27, 38, 47, 50, 64
- Problem Set 2 -- due in class on Friday, February 1.
- Section 5.4/2, 5, 8, 10, 11, 15, 18, 19, 21
- Section 5.5/2, 5, 7, 10, 13, 16, 19, 21, 22, 25, 28, 31, 40, 43, 46, 51, 61.
- Problem Set 3 -- due in class on Friday, February 8.
- Section 5.6/5, 8, 11, 14, 17, 20, 23, 26, 34, 37, 42, 45
- Section 5.7/1, 2, 5, 6, 7, 11, 14.
- Problem Set 4 -- due in class on Friday, February 15.
- Lab Day 1 -- writeups are due in class on Friday,
February 22.
- Problem Set 5 -- due in class on Friday, February 29 (Leap Day!).
- Problem Set 6 -- due in class on Friday, March 14.
(Selected answers.)
- Lab Day 2 -- writeups are due in class on Friday,
March 28.
- Problem Set 7 -- due in class on Friday, April 4. (Selected
answers.)
- Lab Day 3 -- writeups are due in class on Monday, April 7.
- Problem Set 8 -- due in class on Friday, April 11.
- Problem Set 9 -- due in class on Friday, April 18.
- Lab Day 4 -- writeups are due in class on Monday, April 21.
- Optional extra credit Problem Set 10 -- due no later than
5:00pm on Wednesday, April 30 (selected answers).
Related Links
- Our textbook's web site
-- includes a good algebra review section, challenge problems, notes on the history
of calculus, etc.
- 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
The links for assignments and other handouts shown above with the
notation (.pdf) lead
to documents in PDF format. To read and print these, you will need to have
Adobe Acrobat Reader installed on your computer. This is available at no
cost from Adobe.
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