Math 115 - Homework 1

Due in recitation the week of September 12.

Reading: Sections 14.1 of [C].

Maple :

  • Download and go through: Calculus in three dimensions "Lines and planes in three dimensions, quadric surfaces".
  • Core Problems : Section 14.1 of [C].

    Other problems (an (M) next to the problem means "do with Maple"):

    Sample Exam Questions:


    Texts :

  • [C] Thomas’ Calculus Early Transcendentals Custom Edition for the University of Pennsylvania Pearson 2011. ISBN 10: 1-256-32659-3 ISBN 13: 978-1-256-32659-5.
  • [P] Schaum's Outlines Series "Probability", 2nd edition, by Seymour Lipschutz, McGraw Hill ISBN 0-07-135203-1 or 0-07-175561-0.
  • [H] "Linear Algebra" by Jim Hefferon, St. Michael's College; text dowloadable for free from http://joshua.smcvt.edu/linalg.html/.