Mathematics 5
Winter Term 2002
The World According to Mathematics
Dwight
Lahr and David Rudel
Weekly Schedule: Week #2
Readings:
Lahr— 1.3
through 2.3.
Exercises:
Due Monday 1/7: |
•Install Maple on your
computer. •Try some of the examples
in the Maple primer. Look ahead to the Maple assignment due Wednesday. |
Due Wednesday 1/9: |
•Exercises 1.3: 2dfh, 3,
4ac, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 •Exercises: 1.4: 1, 2, 3,
4, 5, 6 •Read Chap 2: intro.
dialogue •Read 2.1, 2.2 •Getting Started with
Maple— hand in a printed copy of
your output from the command: plot([sqrt(1-x^2),1-x],x=0..1,y=0..1); What are the areas of the
regions that are shown? |
Due Friday 1/11: |
•Exercises: 1.4: 7, 8, 9,
11, 13 •Exercises: 2.1: 1, 2, 3,
6, 7 •Exercises: 2.2: 2, 3 •Read 2.3 |
Friday discussion:
In
the discussion this week, we will discuss different ways to go about reaching
conclusions and making decisions.