Announcements:  Final Exam is Monday, May 24, 1:00 - 3:00 pm, bring a graphing calculator with the capability of computing LHS and RHS for a specified n and one 3x5 notecard.
 

Review problems:  See assignments page.
Outline of important topics in MC21 (pdf)(postscript)

Tutoring:  Sunday-Thursday, 7-10pm, Olin 319

Course Information (html)

Tentative Schedule:  (postscript) (html-see bottom of course info page)

Assignments  (updated and subject to change - check here often)
4.1-4.5 HW answers: ( html)(pdf) (postscript)
4.6-4.8,5.1 HW answers:  (html)(pdf)(postscript)
5.3-5.5 HW answers:  (html)(pdf)(postscript)
p290 HW answers:  (pdf)(postscript)
3.1-3.3 HW answers (html)(pdf) (postscript)
p186,3.4 HW answers (html)(pdf)(postscript)
6.1,6.2 HW answers (html)(pdf)(postscript)

Links of interest:

• Rectangle Approximation Method
• Animation:  Secant lines approaching tangent line (Paul Garrett, U. of Minnesota)
• Secant Line and Tangent Line (java applet) (you control the secant line)
• Animation:  tangent line moving along a curve (Paul Garrett, U. of Minnesota)
• Surfing Derivatives (java applet) (you control the tangent line)
• A collection of problems with hints and solutions (Oklahoma U.)  The problems are organized around the chapters of a different calculus text, but it is similar in flavor to our text.
• U.S. Population
• World Population
• How quickly does y=2.718^x grow?  If the axes are scaled in centimeters, then:

 

x	y
1cm	~3cm
6cm	~4m (about to go through ceiling)
10cm	~220m (higher than most buildings)
24cm	more than halfway to the moon
43cm (<2ft)	high enough to reach past nearest neighboring star, Proxima Centauri