FOUNDATION COALITION MATH 152, SPRING 1998 (TUESDAY-THURSDAY SCHEDULE)

Last modified Sat 25 Apr 98

• Week 16
  • 16.T: Vectors in 3D, cross product, determinants; Applied max/min problems I
  • 16.R: Applied max/min problems II
  • Homework

• Week 17
  • 17.M: Orthonormal vectors and the radial and angular components of velocity and acceleration (dvi version or pdf version or TeX version ). Beforehand, you may want to review the Web pages on vectors and polar coordinates.
  • 17.T: Differentials and linear approximations
  • 17.R: Newton's method; Inverse functions and their derivatives
  • Homework

• Week 18
  • 18.M: Newton's method and Maple programming (dvi version or pdf version or TeX version )
  • 18.T: Exponential and logarithmic functions and their derivatives
  • 18.R: Exponential growth and decay problems; Inverse trig functions
  • Homework

• Week 19
  • 19.M: Compound interest (dvi version or pdf version or TeX version )
  • 19.T: Indeterminate forms, L'Hospital's rules
  • 19.R: EXAM 4
  • Homework

• Week 20
  • 20.M: Your choice: <--(READ ME) Applied max/min problems with Maple or Logarithmic distribution of empirical data
  • 20.T: Integration by parts
  • 20.R: Volumes I
  • Homework

• Week 21
  • 21.M: Far-out integrals I (dvi version or pdf version or TeX version )
  • 21.T: Volumes II
  • 21.R: Centroids and moments of inertia I
  • Homework

• Week 22
  • 22.M: The centroid of Texas (CalcLabs pp. 223-224 -- no separate handout)
    If you need to refer to the instructions for the Area of Texas lab from last semester, the current version is available on the Alpha math syllabus page.
  • 22.T: Centroids and moments of inertia II
  • 22.R: Differential equations: Direction fields, Euler's method
  • Homework

• Week 23
  • 23.M: Euler's method (CalcLabs pp. 185-187 -- no separate handout)
  • 23.T: First-order equations: Separable, linear
  • 23.R: EXAM 5
  • Homework

• Week 24
  • 24.M: Rate of chemical reactions (dvi version or pdf version or TeX version )
  • 24.T: Second-order homogeneous equations, hyperbolic functions
  • 24.R: Second order nonhomogeneous equations; Applications of second-order ODEs
  • Homework

• Week 25
  • 25.M: Two-dimensional motion of a projectile with drag (dvi version or pdf version or TeX version )
  • 25.T: Taylor expansions
  • 25.R: Mean value theorem, Taylor's theorem
  • Homework

• Week 26
  • 26.M: The pendulum equation and Maple's dsolve command (dvi version or pdf version or TeX version )
  • 26.T: Logic; Inequalities; Limits I
  • 26.R: Limits II
  • Homework

• Week 27
  • 27.M: Projectile drag studied by perturbation theory (dvi version or pdf version or PostScript version or TeX version )
  • 27.T: Limits at infinity, infinite limits, asymptotes; Improper integrals
  • 27.R: EXAM 6
  • Homework

• Week 28
  • 28.M: A flask of blood (definition of limit) (dvi version or pdf version or TeX version )
  • 28.T: Sequences and infinite series
  • 28.R: The integral test, p-series, comparison tests, alternating series
  • Homework

• Week 29
  • 29.M: Far-out integrals II (dvi version or pdf version or TeX version )
  • 29.T: Absolute convergence; Ratio and root tests; Power series I
  • 29.R: Power series II; Historical perspective
  • Homework

• Week 30
  • 30.M: Visualizing infinite series (dvi version or pdf version or TeX version )
  • 30.T(``F''): English class meets at 9:10 to discuss Grabiner, ``The Changing Concept of Change''