| MTH 141 Calculus I |
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Text: Hughes-Hallet, et. al., Calculus, (SECOND Edition)
Supplement: Cheung, et. al., Getting Started with Maple
Prerequisites: MTH 111 or equivalent
Calculators: A graphing calculator is required. (TI-85 recommended but
others may be suitable too.)
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1. See link under Course Info for Exam 3 Information 2. Room assignments for Exam 3 (12/2, 6:00 PM) are: secs 1,3,4,7 BISC Aud, secs 2,5,6,8 Independence Aud 3. The Final Exam will be Mon 12/21, 8AM-11AM in Chafee 271 (all sections) |
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Exams and Evaluation
There will be three exams given outside of class,
evenings at 6:00 PM, on Oct. 7, Nov. 4, and Dec. 2.
A comprehensive final exam will be given during the regular final exam period.
Locations will be announced in class. The exams will count 100 points each,
the final 200 points, and 100 points will be based on work your instructor
assigns in class. This may include collected homework, quizzes on the homework
and readings, or projects.
The exams will reflect the variety of the homework problems. Do not expect
to be asked merely to solve homework problems with the numbers changed.
The best way to prepare for the exams, and to develop confidence in
your ability to solve problems, is to work on the homework problems as
suggested. Your class may be slightly behind or ahead at any given time.
Some problems may be done in class or as homework,
as your instructor chooses.
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We will use Maple V Release 5 in this course. Maple is a powerful
mathematics software system with which you can plot graphs, perform algebraic
manipulations, do numerical calculations, and write programs. You will learn
to use Maple in MTH141 and continue using it in further mathematics
courses. Your calculus text came bundled with a book,
Getting Started with Maple that will serve as a Maple reference and
introduction. We will schedule Maple training sessions during the semesters. See
the news box above for information.
The Maple software is available in the campus computer labs and can be purchased
from the
RI Book Company at Kingston Emporium at a special highly discounted price for use on your personal
computer.
Our work with Maple will be organized into Maple Worksheets which you
will be able to download from this site and will also be available in the
campus computer labs.
Click below to download an introductory worksheet.
Save the file to either your hard drive (if you have
Maple on your own computer) or a floppy disk if you will be using Maple elsewhere (most
likely in one of the campus labs). You can then start Maple and open the saved file.
How to use Maple in URI computer labs
How to submit first worksheet as homework
How to submit worksheets AFTER the first as homework
Download
introductory Maple Worksheet (intro41.mws) .
Download
"More on Plotting"(moreplot.mws)
Download
"Rates of Change"(rates41.mws)
Download
"Using Derivatives"(usederiv.mws)
Download "Optimization Problems:Finding fast routes"(faster.mws) .
Download
"The Definite Integral"(defint.mws)
Download
"Maple Summary"(summary.mws)
Maple presentation (temporary) .
If you have Maple on your computer you can configure your browser to launch
Maple whenever you download a
worksheet. You must indicate to your browser that a file with extension .mws
should launch the application WMAPLE.EXE which is probably located at
\MapleVR5\bin.wnt\. If you are using Internet Explorer, respond
to the dialog box by indicating that you want to open the file from the
current location.
MathView Notebooks for MTH 141
MathView is another mathematics software package which you may find useful
and entertaining, with especially good graphics features.
It is available in all campus computer labs. Moreover, you can
download a special file which will allow you to run (but not modify) MathView notebooks from your
home computer. You only have to do this download once. Click on the following
line for instructions.
If you have tested and installed the Mathview plugin you can use the
following MathView notebooks.
Course Information
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