Math 161F Class Page
Fall 2000

Syllabus | Calendar | Blackboard | Group Work and Integrity | Participation Grade

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*Labs
Lab 1, due Friday, Sept. 15
Lab 5, due Friday, Sept. 22
Lab 3, due Tuesday, Oct. 3
*Readings
17th Century mathematics and mathematical notation, due Wed., Oct. 4
The Relation of Mathematics to Physics, due Fri., Dec. 1
 
* Links
Selected homework solutions:
Section 4.7: Exercises 40, 54
Integration
Applet demonstrating Archimedes' use of polygons to get approximate area of unit circle
Professor Pruim's links to Newton's Method demos
Functions:
An applet plotting a particle's position, velocity or acceleration along a line.
Limits:
Numerical investigation of a certain type of limit.
Practice: Given e (specified value), find d algebraically. Solutions provided.
Practice: Given e (left unspecified), find d. Solutions provided.
Drill on finding horizontal and vertical asymptotes. Solutions provided.
Derivatives:
An applet for visualizing the movement of secant lines toward the tangent line.
Drill on finding derivatives from the definition of derivative.
Differentiability implies continuity, but the converse is not true.

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Department of Mathematics and Statistics, Calvin College

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