MACM 204: Computing with Calculus Fall 2018 =========================================== Lecture: Tuesdays 2:30pm in SECB 1014 Lab: Wednesdays at 2:30pm (D101), 3:30pm (D102) and 4:30pm (D103) in AQ 3148.2 Instructor: Dr. Michael Monagan. Email mmonagan@sfu.ca Office K 10501 Phone (778) 782-4279 Office hours: Mondays 2-3pm, Tuesdays 10-11am and Fridays at 2-3pm Marker and lab assistant: Garrett Paluck. Email gpaluck@sfu.ca Textbook: No required text. For those who would like to have a Maple reference text I recommend "Understanding Maple" by Ian Thompson which is available from Cambridge University press for about $25, more for the print version, less for a Kindle version. It gives detailed explanations for how Maple works and includes lots of examples and covers Maple commands we will use. Course website: http://www.cecm.sfu.ca/~mmonagan/teaching/MACM204F18 I will post Maple handouts, assignments and solutions there. Assessment: 5 assignments (50%), Final exam (50%) Assignments should be printed and handed into dropoff box: 3a outside AQ 4115 Final exam: Thursday December 13th, 12:00-3:00pm. In AQ 3144. About the course. ================= The course teaches you how to use the mathematical software package Maple to explore calculus and study mathematical models and perform mathematical experiments. We will use Maple for calculus in one and two variables, for graphing functions, curves, surfaces, and sets of points, etc. We will learn how to model physical systems with differential equations and use Maple to solve them and visualize their solutions. We will also see the LinearAlgebra and GraphTheory packages. The course will also strengthen your programming skills; you will write a variety of programs that involve programming simple loops and using arrays. Maple ===== - All assignments and the final exam will be done in Maple. - Maple is available in the assignment labs, open labs and library at SFU You may also buy your own copy of Maple for your laptop. - You can buy a copy of the Maple 2018 Student Edition for $75 + taxes from Maplesoft ( http://www.maplesoft.com ). Go to Maplesoft's web store at https://webstore.maplesoft.com and use the promotion code: AP76814-25850 which saves you 25% off the normal price which is $99. This is the full version of Maple which you can keep indefinitely. - Instruction on the use of Maple will be provided by the instructor and TA in the lab (AQ 3148.2) on Wednesdays. You must attend the lab. - Help for Maple commands and operations is available from inside Maple. A set of Maple notes is available on the course website for reference. - You can ask me for help with Maple in my office during office hours. Please bring a memory stick with your Maple worksheet on it with you. Cheating Policy =============== - Do not copy another students' work or copy solutions posted on the internet or elsewhere. If you do, you will get zero for the whole assignment. - If you find solutions to previous assignment problems on the internet, e.g. on course hero, beware that they are probably my solutions and I will not be happy if you copy my solutions. - You may help another student with any assignment problem. But do not simply give your assignment solutions to another student. If you do, and they copy them, you will get zero for that assignment too. - Please do not post your solutions on the internet e.g. on course hero. If you do and I catch you I will fail you and assign you an FD grade. The solutions are my solutions, I own them. They are not yours.