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Calculus I Math 250 Patrick Staley. Agenda. Student Biographical Info Attendance Instructor Biographical Info Syllabus and Website Calculus Overview Preliminaries Crashers. Student Biographical Info. Name (pronunciation) Major Occupation or Career Goal Feelings about Mathematics
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Agenda • Student Biographical Info • Attendance • Instructor Biographical Info • Syllabus and Website • Calculus Overview • Preliminaries • Crashers
Student Biographical Info • Name (pronunciation) • Major • Occupation or Career Goal • Feelings about Mathematics • Any special information for instructor
Patrick Staley • Major interests—digital photography, dancing, web stuff, computer simulations, problem solving with mathematics, statistics • Career—mathematics teacher, application of computers to navigation, aircraft design, risk assessment, digital images, etc • Attitude—like math, biology, learning
Calculus Overview • Falling body problem/slope of a line • Area (volume) problem/area under a curve • The Duality • Newton and Leibniz claims
First Assignment • Buy the Text book • Read “Preparation” (pages 1-26) • Acquire TI-84/83/86/85 calculator • Review Trig Basics • Do assigned problems pages 37-38 • Prepare for a Quiz on P1-P3 and Trig
Crashers • Name & ID number on the crash list • Lottery number (1-10) on the crash list