MA1160 R04
	Fall '02 Tamara Olson

Syllabus

Homework

Final exam information

Final exam scoop

Basic Skills Test

• Information
• Sample Tests: Search with (Department = MA:Math); do NOT specify instructor, course, or section

Informative Handouts

• Study suggestions
• How to read your text
  
  
• Computer lab information
• Mathematica trouble-shooting guide

Stuff to memorize:

• Differentiation Formulas
• Derivative and Integral Formulas

Mathematica Stuff

• Polynomial and Power Functions

  The Mathematica notebook, poly.nb, contains mathematica commands which can be used with section 1.6. To download this to your account, hold the Shift key while you click the left mouse button.
  
  

• Random quiz generators:

  These Mathematica notebooks will generate random differentiation quizzes for practicing symbolic differentiation. To download any one to your account, hold the Shift key down while you click the left mouse button.
  • Sections 3.1 - 3.3 (power and exponential functions)
  • Sections 3.1 - 3.5 (powers, exponentials, trig. functions)
  • Sections 3.1 - 3.6 (powers, exponentials, trig., natural logs, inverse trig.)
    ^Run this notebook to generate practice tests for test #3.^
  
  

• Implicit Differentiation

  The Mathematica notebook, impfun.nb, contains mathematica commands which can be used with section 3.7. To download this to your account, hold the Shift key while you click the left mouse button.
  
  

• Newton's Method

  The Mathematica notebook, newton.nb, contains mathematica commands which can be used with Appendix D. To download this to your account, hold the Shift key while you click the left mouse button.
  
  

• Families of Functions

  The Mathematica notebook, parameters.nb, contains mathematica commands which can be used with section 4.2. To download this to your account, hold the Shift key while you click the left mouse button.
  
  

• Families of Curves

  Homework help for section 4.2 can be found in the notebook sec4_2.nb
  
  

• Riemann Sums

  Mathematica code for computing Riemann sums is in riemann.nb

Calculator links:

• Riemann Sums for HP, TI, Casio, Sharp, from John Courtney at MSU
• TI: TICalc.org, Tutorials for TI's, TI Student Page, TI Homepage
• Casio

Other links:

(Not all links have been tested -- let me know if some aren't working.)

• Units and conversions
• ``Visual Calculus'' tutorials
• The MTU Math Learning Center in Fisher 128
  • Walk-in help: 3-5pm M-Th and 7-9pm Su-Th
• David Olson's Study Skills Links

Review Sheets

These documents are in postscript or pdf format.

• Test #1: html or postscript or pdf (Chapter 1)

• Test #2: postscript or pdf (Chapter 2)

• Test #4: postscript or pdf (Chapters 3 and 4)

• Test #5: html
• Test #5 summary: html

After downloading one of the postscript (.ps) files to your account:
to view the file using ghostview, enter "ghostview filename.ps" in a console window
to print the file, enter "lpr filename.ps" in a console window

Scoop from Spring '02:

These documents are in postscript or pdf format.

• Test #1: postscript or pdf (Chapter 1)

• Test #2: postscript or pdf (Sections 2.1-3.3)

• Test #4: postscript or pdf (Chapters 3 and 4)

• Test #5: postscript or pdf (Chapters 5 and 6)

• Final Exam: postscript or pdf

After downloading one of these postscript (.ps) files to your account:
to view the file using ghostview, enter "ghostview filename.ps" in a console window
to print the file, enter "lpr filename.ps" in a console window

For more instructions on how to view and print the postscript documents on the Sun Rays, click here.

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