Mathematics 5

Winter Term 2006

The World According to Mathematics

 

                                                                                                            Dwight Lahr

 

Weekly Schedule: Week #2

 

Readings:

 

Lahr—  1.3 through 2.3.

                                   

 

Exercises:

 

Due Monday 1/9:

•Exercises 1.3: 2dfh, 3, 4ac, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9

•Install Maple on your computer.

•Start Maple: Download and try the examples in the worksheet in the Maple section of the m5 website. Then type ?plot You should get a help screen. Reading it, look ahead to the Maple assignment due Wednesday and see if the syntax makes sense.

Due Wednesday 1/11:

•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 1/13:

•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.