Worksheets for Third Quarter Calculus
Tamara Olson
- Differential Equations
- Solutions to Differential Equations
- Slope Fields
- Euler's Method *
- Separation of Variables
- Newton's Law of Cooling
- Modeling with Differential Equations
- The Logistic Model of Population Growth *
- Pendulum (system of two linear differential equations)
- Lanchester's Model for Armies (the Battle of Trafalgar) *
- Taylor Series
- Introduction to Taylor Series *
- Geometric Series and You *
- Geometric Series
- Euler's Identity *
- Estimating the Error in Taylor Series *
- Vectors and Matrix Manipulations
- Dot Products and Projections
- Gaussian Elimination (Row Reduction)
- Matrix Examples in Upper Echelon Form
- Matrix Basics *
- Elementary Row Operation Matrices
- Matrix Transformations in 2 Dimensions
- Matrix Transformations in 3 Dimensions
- Determinants
- Inverses
- Eigenvectors and Eigenvalues (Exploring their properties)
- Eigenvectors and Eigenvalues (Finding them and using them) *
- Orthogonal Matrices in 2-D (graphical)
- Rotation of coordinates in 2-D
- Orthogonal Matrices *
- Last-Day Summary
- Worksheet to accompany the Summary Lecture
(linear, homogeneous, second-order ODEs) *
- Sorry! That's all I have right now.
* Worksheets marked with an asterisk were developed in large part
by David Olson.
All of these worksheets are under continual revision.
If you'd like an updated
version of any of these, just send me email.
To download the Mathematica notebooks, hold the Shift key
while you left-click on the link.
If you have any suggestions for corrections, additions,
or improvements, please let me know.
trolson@mtu.edu
Tamara Olson
Dept. of Mathematical Sciences
Michigan Technological University