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Spring 2020

Online assignments (and registration) are posted through:

WileyPlus (online book and assignments)

2D Function Plotter (With pdf or eps output)

3D Point and Plane Plotter

3D Plotter

3D Plotter (in flash) similar to the plotter that comes with Mac OS and companion Contour Plotter

3D Parametric Plotter

 

DPgraph sofware (for PC or Linux -- or Mac with WineBottler)

 

 

Wolfram Alpha (Web Mathematica and too much more!)

 

Double Integral Region of Integration Plotter

Phase Plane/ dfield Plotter (Another research solution from Tony)

Phase Plane (vector flow) plotter.

 

MIT Lagrange Plotter

 

Book Assignments and Handouts:

Date
Title
Description

1/13

 
1/13
  • Register with WileyPlus (use the Legacy format) (you can register at no cost for 14 days - even if you are on the waitlist)
  • 12.1 Reading Wiley Plus
  • Find some historical fact about one of the gentlemen shown on the opening slides. Then find a historical math figure you're interested in and tell me something about her/him. You can submit this in writing or by e-mail.
Intro to 3-space
1/14 Class Notes for 12.1  
1/14 Due 1/16
1/15 Octant cdf model  
1/15
  • 12.2 Wiley Plus (Due 1/16) and book questions 12.2 9-13 (Due 1/21)
  • Use a graphing utility (linked above) to make graphs for each of the equations in this document. You may use the document itself or create your own document (e.g. GoogleDoc) or send your answers (with the corresponding formula) in the body of an e-mail.
  • 3D Graphs (pdf if you can't open word file)
Due 1/16
1/16- 17
  • Chp 12.2: 5, 6, 7, 18, 19, 20, 21, 27, 28, 30, 42
  • Chp 12.3: 1-4, 6-8, 9, 10, [15], 16, 17, 18, 20, 21, 22, 25, 26, 27, 37, 40, 41, 48, 55
Due 1/21
1/17 Examples
1/21
  • Complete collecting data from CL on age, mileage, and price for 20 cars of the same make, model and sub-model.
Due 1/22
1/21  
1/22 Due 1/23
1/23
  • Chp 12.4: 3 – 9, 14, 18 – 20, 21, 23, 25, 27
  • Perform multiple regression on used car data you collected from CL. Remember that the year of manufacture should be subtracted from 2019 to get Age. Also be careful not to include commas in your data. See examples for data entry, and resulting formula.
Due 1/24
1/24 cdf player link Wolfram cdf player download  
1/24  
1/24 Due 1/27
1/27 Due 1/28
1/28 Due Before Exam 1
1/28 Due 1/29
  Exam 1 Sols  
1/29 Notes for 13.2  
1/29
  • 13.1: 1-3, 6, 7, 9
  • Chp 13.2: 1, 5, 6, 9 – 11, 14, 1,5 17, 24– 26
Due 1/31
1/30 Dot Product presentation slides  
1/30
  • 13.3 Wiley Plus Reading
  • Chp 13.3: 1, 4, 12, 13, 16, 19, 21, 28, 29, 33, 35
  • Answer the airplane question on 13.2 Notes
Due 2/3
1/31 Projection Slides  
1/31
  • Chp 13.3: 37, 38, 40, 42, 44, 58, 60, 69, 71, 75
Due 2/3
2/3 Presentation Slides  
2/3 Due 2/4
2/4
  • Chp 13.4: 1, 3, 5, 12, 13, 15, 24, 26, 33, 36 Bonus: 41
Due 2/5
2/5 Chp 13 Review: You should be able to do any of 1 - 37, 41,                              44 - 53, 56 2/7
2/5
 

Check this artist out:

painting painting

Michael Schultheis is the artist's name - he trained in math an incorporates mathematical structure into his ideas and his work. Consider his commentary on this piece as we're exploring 3D surfaces.

 
2/6
2/6 2/10
2/10
  • Chp 14.1: 1, 2, 4, 5, 7, 9, 15 – 21, 29, 32, 33, 35
  • Tangent Plane cdf (to visualize)
  • Chp 14.2 Reading Wiley Plus
2/11
2/11 Chp 14.2: 2, 9, 11, 13, 21, 25, 34, 44, 48 2/12
2/12
  • Chp 14.3: 2, 3, 7, 13, 25, 26, 28, 29, 32
  • Chp 14.4 Reading Wiley Plus
2/13
2/13
2/13 Chp 14.4: 4, 11, 17, 20, 21, 28, 29 – 32, 35, 36 2/18
2/18
  • Chp 14.4: 39, 45, 49, 57, 65, 70, 71, 76, 77, 82, 83, 91, 99
  • Chp 14.5: 6, 7, 18, 19
2/20
  Answers to 14.4  
2/19
    Complete
  • Chp 14.4: 39, 45, 49, 57, 65, 70, 71, 76, 77, 82, 83, 91, 97, 99
  • Chp 14.5: 6, 7, 18, 19
2/20
2/20
2/20-21 Chp 14.5: 25, 34, 40, 42, 45, 46, 47, 55, 56, 58, 61, 65, 72 2/24
2/24 Chp 14.6 Lecture Notes (Chain Rule)  
2/24 Chp 14.6: 1, 6, 9, 16, 20, 23, 37 2/25
2/25 Complete Chp 14.6: 3, 4, 9, 14, 16, 20, 22, 23 2/26
2/26 Complete Chp 14.6: 3, 4, 9, 14, 16, 20, 22, 23 2/27
2/27 cdf of surface for second derivative practice  
2/27 2/28
2/28 3/2
3/2
  • Chp 14. 8: 1, 3, 6, 11, 13, 15, 19 (consider using one of the 3D Plotters from above)
3/3
3/3
  • Chp 14 Review Exercises: choose randomly from 5 - 63.
  • Chp 14 Review Problems: Choose randomly from 64 - 67, 69, 71, 73 – 81, 83 – 89, 92, 99, 101, 103
3/4
   
3/4 Notes for 15.1  
3/4
  • Chp 15.1: 2, 3, 4, 6, 7, 10, 14, 19, 23, 26
  • Chp 15.1 (part 2): 28, 30, 33 - 38, 41, 43, 49
Due 13/9
3/9 Due 3/10
3/10 Chp 15.2: 15, 16, 23, 26, 27, 29 Due 3/11
3/11 Chp 15.2: 30, 31, 32, 35, 40, 43 Due 3/12
3/12 Notes for 15.3  
3/12
  • Read Chp 15.3 first three pages
  • Chp 15.3 WP TBA
Due 3/13
3/13
  • Complete in class quiz from 15.3
Due 3/13
3/13 Due 3/16
3/16 Chp 15.3: 25, 28, 30, 31 Due 3/17
3/17 Due 3/18
3/18  
  Exam 3 Solutions  
3/18 Prepare for Exam 3 on 3/20 - write 1 page notes, review 15.1 - 15.3. Focus on constrained optimization (boundary path) and optimization over an open region.(interior critical points)  

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