Homework 1
Homework 1: Due Friday 15 September For many of the
problems for which I state that no explanation is necessary, it still
might be a good idea to show your work and/or explain your
reasoning.
Autobiography: Write a brief paragraph (or send me an email)
describing the math classes you've taken previously. Be sure to
indicate where you took those classes: high school, COA, another
college. Feel free to mention any other information about your math
background that might be relevant, interesting, and/or amusing. (10
points).
Chapter 1.1:
- 2. (5 points) No explanations necessary.
- 4. (5 points) No explanations necessary.
- 5. (5 points) No explanations necessary.
- 11. (10 points)
- 13. (10 points)
- 20. (5 points)
- 22. (10 points)
Chapter 1.2:
- 2. (5 points)
- 6. (5 points)
- 10. (10 points) No explanations necessary.
- 16. (10 points)
- 17. (10 points)
- 23. (10 points)
Computer Problem:
Maple should be on the desktop of all Macs and PCs in the computer
labs. Double click on the icon and, after a little bit of whirring, a
maple icon will appear. Maple commands are fairly intuitive, but they
do take a little getting used to. Maple has some pretty good built-in
tutorials. A decent tutorial on plotting with maple can be found here;
ignore the stuff about putting titles on plots, though. For Maple
help from a real live human, talk to Shiva Polefka or me.
- Use Maple to plot f(x) = 4x^2, and then print out the plot.
(Hint, Maple doesn't understand 4x^2, but it does understand 4*x^2.)
(10 points)
- Use Maple to plot a cool function, and then print out the plot.
Be sure to say why you think the function is cool. (10 points)
Bonus:
- 1.2: 22
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