Math 1290 Calculus for the Natural Sciences
Spring 2001
Prof. Peckham
Homework, Labs and Tests
- Set 1 Due Monday Jan. 22:
- Read Preface (p. xiv), intro to Ch. 1, Section 1.1
- Do Precalc/Algebra Review Sheet (not to hand in)
- Section 1.1 Problems, p. 10:
2a,3a,4a, 5,14, 21,24, 25a, 26a, 28, 30, 32a, 33a, 34a, 35b, 36
- Set 2 Due Friday Jan. 26:
- Read Section 1.2. Read Examples 5,8,9 especially carefully.
- Section 1.2 Problems, p. 32:
14, 28, 30, 33, 48, 49, 51, 61, 62
- Lab 1 Introduction to Excel. Mon. Jan. 22. Due Tuesday Jan. 30.
- Set 3 Due Friday 2/2/2001:
- 1.2: 64bc,74
- Read Section 1.3. We will treat 1.3.2 more in Lab 2.
- 1.3: 3,4,9
- 1.5: 5 If you get answers that "overflow" your calculator, just indicate
"overflow" for your answer.
- Read Sections 2.1 - 2.3
- 2.1: 1,5,13,17,21,25,35,47,59
- 2.2: 1
- 2.3: 1,4,9,17
- Lab 2 Transformation into straight lines? Mon. 2/5/2001.
Due Thursday 2/8/2001.
- Set 4 Due Monday 2/12/2001:
- Read Sections 2.4-2.5 and 3.1-3.6.
- 2.4: 7,18,19
- 2.5: 2,5,7,9,16
- 3.1: 2,5,9,12,14,21,26,30,35
- 3.2: 1,4,7,8,12,15,23
- 3.3: 1,5,6,9,17,19
- 3.4: 1,3,4,10,12,13,18,47
- 3.5: 1,2,5
- 3.6: 1,4,5,6
- Quiz 1 Wednesday Feb. 14, 2001.
Preview of Test 1, but fewer questions.
- Test 1 Friday Feb. 16, 2001
Ch 1, 2, 3.1-3.6.
Does not include implicit
differentiation or related rates in Sec. 3.4.
- Lab 3 Intro to Mathematica. Mon. 2/19/2001. Due Monday 2/26/2001 -> Tues. 2/27.
- Set 5 Due Friday 2/23/2001 -> Mon. 2/26:
- 3.4: 21,22,30,39,46
- 3.5: 16
- 3.6: 22
- 3.7: 1,8,13,14,29,30
- Set 6 Due Friday 3/2/2001:
- 4.1: 1,7,9,11,12,13
- 4.2: 1,5,21,28
- 4.3: 1,4,5,19,21,26,35
- Set 7 Due Friday 3/9/2001:
- 4.4: 1,15,22
- 4.5: 1,7,8,21
- 4.6: 2,3
- 4.7: 1,4,11,13,19,23
- Lab 4 Differentiation Problem Solving with Mathematica. Mon. 3/5/2001.
Due Friday 3/9/2001.
Spring Break March 12-16
- Set 8 Due Friday 3/24/2001:
- 5.1: 1a,2,12, 20, 29, 30 (Use result in Example 3 in part b),
33,34, 40,41,46,47,
53,60,67,69,72
- Quiz 2 Tuesday 3/27/2001. Preview of Test 2,
but fewer questions.
- Lab 5 Integration with Mathematica. Mon. 3/23/2001. Due Monday 4/2/2001.
- Test 2 Thursday March 29, 2001.
Chapters 3,4, Sec. 5.1.
- Set 9 Due Friday 4/6/2001. (moved to Monday 4/9/2001)
- Read: Sec. 5.2 (skip example 2 through Liebnitz's rule),
Sec. 5.3 except for 5.3.4. Sec. 6.1 all, Sec. 6.2 through Example 5
only, Sec. 6.3 Example 6 only, Sec. 6.4 through Example 2 only.
- 5.2: 1,2,11,16,23,37,40,55,59
- 5.3: 1,2,17,22,26,28
- 6.1: 1,6,28,34,39
- 6.2: 3,10
- 6.3: 23
- 6.4: 1,5
- Lab 6 Intro to Differential Equations. IN MONH 209!!!!!!
TUES.!!! 4/10/2001. 11-12 open in MonH239 Due Fri. 4/13/2001.
- Set 10 Due Thursday 4/19/2001.
- Read Sections 7.1 and 7.2.
- 7.1: 2,9,10,11,17,20,22 (do phase line only - other part done for Lab 6)
- 7.2: 1ab, 5ab (use eq. 7.49), 6abc, 9ab, 11, 14 (due after Test 3),
20ab, 24ac (except for
comparing part c to part b).
In addition,
- include a phase line
for each problem assigned in Sec. 7.2: dots at equilibria, arrows in between.
In problem 9, there should be two phase lines, one for part (a) and another
for part (b).
- Use the phase lines to obtain sketches of solutions to the differential
equations. Include one solution corresponding to each equilibrium,
and one solution which starts between each equilibrium.
- Quiz 3 Monday 4/23/2001. -> Wed. 4/25/2001 Preview of Test 3,
but fewer questions.
- Lab 7 Differential Equations, 2nd lab. IN MONH 209
TUES. 4/24/2000. 11-12 open in MonH239. Due Mon. 4/30/2001.
- Test 3 Thursday 4/26/2001 -> Friday 4/26/01 in Campus Center 130.
Chapters 3?, 4?, 5, 6, Sec. 7.1-7.2.
- Set 11 Due Wednesday 5/2/2001:
- Review Set - Suggested Chapter Review Problems:
- Ch 1: 2 (exponential growth)
- Ch 2: 15 (predator-prey encounters)
- Ch 3: 36ad (radioactive decay)
- Ch 4: 7 (Monod growth rate), 8 (logistic growth)
- Ch 5: Read only: 1 (total river flow), 2 (average biomass growth)
- Ch 6: 1,3 (both u-substitutions)
- Ch 7: 1 (heating/cooling)
- Final Exam, Tues. May 8, 12-2pm Cina 308. Cumulative: Sections we covered
in Chapters 1 - 7, class material, lab material
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