MATH 171: Calculus I Computer Laboratory,
Section 002
Boise State University, Fall 2003
Homework
0) Work through Maple's "New User's Tour."
To access it, open Maple, click on "Help" (upper right-hand corner),
and select "New User's Tour." Don't bother (unless you want to)
with topics 7 through 10
(Differential Equations, Linear Algebra, Statistics and Finance, Programming).
You're not trying to master anything specific at this time; just try to get a
flavor of Maple and its capabilities. Complete this before the class
on 4 September.
Each homework assignment is due at 1:40 p.m. on its due date.
1) pp. 47-48. Exercises 6, 10, 18. Due 11 September.
2) pp. 50-52. Projects: "Road Construction" and "Best Race Time."
Due 18 September.
3) pp. 71-72. Exercises 1, 5, 8. Due 25 September.
4) Write a Maple program (that includes a Maple proc)
that solves f(x)=0 via Newton's method.
You may model your work after the
implementation of the bisection method
that we discussed in class. When you hand in your work, include output
for computing the square root of 3 with initial guess 2. Your output should
show the value of x at each iteration of Newton's method.
Due 9 October.
5) p. 115. Exercises 1, 3, 5. Due 23 October.
6) p. 116. Exercises 8, 9, 11. You may find it helpful to use
the "implicitplot" command, a discussion of which may be found on pp. 75-76.
Due 30 October.
7) pp. 116-117. Exercises 13f, 13g, 19, 23.
For 13f and 13g, prove (using pencil
and paper) that the answers given by Maple are correct.
Due 6 November.
8) pp. 116-117. Exercises 13d, 13h, 24, 26.
For 13d and 13h, prove (using pencil
and paper) that the answers given by Maple are correct.
Due 13 November.
9) pp. 118. Exercise 27.
Due 20 November.
10) Exercises 1 and 3 on the
handout that will be distributed in class.
Due 4 December.
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