MCS122 Spring 2000

MCS-122 - Calculus II
Spring 2000

[image--animation of Riemann Sum process]

(Lower and Upper Riemann Sums for the function y=sin(x))
(Graphic by Lawrence S. Husch, U. Tennessee)

Announcements:

Assignments	Reading, Prep Problems and Homework (Homework Answers) Exam Review
Information	Tutoring Sunday - Thursday, 6:30 - 9:30 pm, Olin 319
	Course Description
	Tentative Schedule
	Test Dates March 2, March 23 and April 27, 7:00 pm May 20, 8:00-10:00 am Olin 319,320,321
	Helpful Links Prof. Barbara Kaiser Prof. Moira McDermott Suggestions for reading math, more suggestions

Links:

Taylor Polynomials of the Sin(x) and e^x (java applet, Paul Garrett, UMN)
World Population (US Census Bureau)
Making Population Projections (U.S. Census Bureau)-paragraph two in "Projecting Mortality and Fertility"
The Axiom of Choice (and Banach Tarski)
Banach-Tarski Paradox (cutting a sphere into pieces of larger volume)
Explore the Great Pyramid
Constructing the angle in the Great Pyramid
The Golden Ratio
Macalester College Problem of the Week
eggmath: java applets, more about The Ham Sandwich Theorem and Borsuk-Ulam
Rectangle Approximation Method (java applet)
Don't be fooled by your graphing calculator (calculator difficulties)

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