MA1161 R07
	Fall '04 Tamara Olson

Syllabus

Homework

some answers?

Review Sheets

Informative Handouts

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

Stuff to memorize:

• Differentiation Formulas
• Derivative and Integral Formulas

Mathematica Stuff

• Derivatives of Polynomial and Power Functions

  The Mathematica notebook, algderiv.nb, contains mathematica commands used to generate the handout used in class.

• 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. Use this to check your homework for 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.
  
  

• Using Derivatives

  Homework help for section 4.1 can be found in the notebook sec4_1.nb
  
  

• 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 (mostly from Spring '02 MA1160):

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 (Spring '02): postscript or pdf

• Final Exam (Fall '02): postscript or pdf

• Final Exam (Spring '04):
• Final Exam (Fall '04): pdf

  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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