241 MM - 775-2379
Math Dept Office: 120MM - 775 2785

Meets Winter Quarter 2001
11:00 - 11:50 M
11:00 - 12:15 T TH , 105 BH
11:00 - 11:50 W F

Office Hours: 12:00 W, 3:30 T TH
You don't need an appointment to see me during office hours; but it is safer to make an appointment if you want to see me at other time.

No make-up exams will be given

COURSE CONTENT:
Differential calculus. What is the relation of the instantaneous speed to distance traveled? What is the relation of marginal effort to "average"? The fundamental concept of the differential calculus is the local approximation of a relation by a linear relation. In technical terms, a relation is usually specified by a function. The graph of the function is a curve. The curve is "locally" a straight line (tangent); the slope of the line is the "derivative". The Calculus as a discipline was put together by Newton as a means of explaining how Kepler's laws of planetary motion can be deduced from a few simple differential equations.

To do well in this course: Do all of the labs. Do all of the problems. If you can do the problems without looking at the book, then you understand the material.