Assignments

Note all assignments, unless otherwise stated, are due by the next class day.

July: 6, 7  8, --- 12, 13,  14, 15, --- 19  20, 21, 22, --- 26, 27, 28, 29.

August: 2, 3, 4, 5.

• July 6:
  1. Mail to stecher@math.tamu.edu the single line which consists of the following message: Last name, First name "tab" Nickname "tab" e-mail address Note: the "tab" statement is not to appear in the message. It is an instruction. That is after you enter your name hit the "tab" key.

     In a separate mailing send me a gif or jpg image of yourself.

  2. Write a file which includes your name, what you expect to learn in this course, what your hobbies are, and what you will or did do this summer for fun. I also want in this file the web address of a web site you found interesting, and a description of at least 10 UNIX commands. Make a hard copy of this file, i.e., paper, and turn it in before class ends on the 7^th.
• July 7:
  1. Copy the file "sample.tex", LaTeX it, and get a hard copy of the postscript version.
     Latex version, Postscript

     Note: If your system does not have a postscript viewer, you will not be able to "see" the postscript version of the document sample.tex.

     Figure out how the LaTeX commands in the sample.tex document control the final result which is the sample.ps file. The commands to "TeX" something up will vary from system to system. On Calclab there are two commands that have to be issued. They are: "latex sample.tex", this creates the file sample.dvi (device independent); the second command is "dvips sample.dvi", this command creates the file sample.ps. To view the last file type in the command "ghostview sample.ps".

  2. Create a simple LaTeX document. The file you created listing some UNIX commands would be a good one to put into LaTeX format. Hand in a hard copy of the TeX and postscript files you created by the end of class Thursday.
  3. Read Chapter 2 of Lamport's "LaTeX User's Guide".
  4. Skim read the first chapter of the "LaTeX Companion".
  5. Read through section 2.2 of Chapter 2 of the "LaTeX Companion".
• July 8;
  1. Finish Yesterday's reading assignments.
  2. Read sections 3.1 - 3.4 of Lamport's manuel.
  3. Read Chapter 4 of the "LaTeX Companion".
  4. Compose a document, with LaTeX thank you, which demonstrates some of the material you just read. Hand in both the .tex document and a hardcopy of its postscript version on Monday.
  5. You will need to let me know by Monday the mathematician whose work you wish to write about.

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• July 12;
  1. Finish Thursday's assignment and hand in the written portion of the assignment.
  2. Read sections 3.5, 3.6 and all of Chapter 6 from Lamport's manual.
  3. Some remarks about handing homework in.
     1. Fasten your papers together.
     2. The top sheet should not be what you get from the print center.
     3. In fact, I want your top sheet to look like.
  4. Figure out how to get your cover sheet to look like it's supposed to, and compose a LaTeX document which demonstrates more of what you have learned.
• July 13;
  1. Finish yesterday's assignment and hand in the written part before 3:30 today.
  2. Compose a LaTeX document which uses a lot of the material in Chapter 6 of Lamport's manual. I'll collect this Thursday.
  3. Read Chapter 3 of the LaTeX Companion.
• July 14;
  1. No class today, but I suggest you spend the class hours playing with LaTeX.
  2. Read Chapter 5 and sections 8.1 -- 8.4 in the LaTeX Companion.
• July 15;
  1. Finish reading Chapter 8 of the LaTeX Companion.
  2. Read Chapter 4 of Lamport's manual.
  3. Work on your Project.
• July 19;
  1. Turn in your project at the beginning of class.
  2. Read Chapter 5 of Lamport's manual.
  3. Your second project, which will be due Monday, August 2, will be to develop a lecture which includes a Maple demo, about some aspect of calculus. The Maple demo should be an integral part of the lecture, and must also add to the lecture. That is, the demo should add something to the content of the lecture that cannot be easily accomplished without technology. Be sure to go to the projects page to get more details of what is required for the second project.
• July 20:
  1. Compose a LaTeX document in which you demonstrate many of the different things you can do in LaTeX. Be sure to include something from your readings of the last few days.
  2. Start playing with Maple. Be sure you know how to solve a system of equations, differentiate, integrate, sum sequences, and plot.
• July 21:
  1. Turn in yesterday's LaTeX assignment.
  2. Start creating a Maple worksheet in which you solve a system of linear equations, plot a function, a parametric curve, use textplot, integrate, and differentiate.
• July 22:
  1. Continue working on your Maple worksheet. In addition to the topics I mentioned in yesterday's assignment add the following: use the sequence (seq) command, solve a differential equation (initial value problem) and plot the solution. When you solve your differential equation, in addition to any exact solution that Maple can find, I also want you to construct a numerical approximation to the exact solution by using the numeric option with the dsolve command. Be sure that you plot the numerical approximation to this solution too (check out the odeplot command. In the worksheet construct a procedure a student of calculus would find useful.
• July 26:
  1. Finish your assignment from last Thursday.
  2. In the Maple worksheet you're working on add the following, construct a transcendental function which has an infinite number of zeros, and more than 2 zeros in the interval from 0 to 6. Use Maple to find all of the zeros your function has in the interval from 0 to 6.
• July 27:
  1. Finish your Maple worksheet, and hand it in tomorrow, July 28^th. Do not loose your worksheet as I may want you to send it to me as an electronic document.
• July 28:
  1. Read this page to see what an HTML document looks like.
• August 2:
  1. Turn in your second project.
  2. For each of the talks given today write a critique of the talk, in LaTeX. I am particularly interested in how well Maple was used in the presentation, and how you feel it could have been better used. Each critique is to be on a separate sheet or sheets of paper. The beginning of your critique should contain the name of the person who gave the presentation, your name, and the date of the presentation.
  3. Today's talks were given by
     Amy Main,
     Bret Taylor,
     Minyoung Kim, and
     HangSoo Kim.
• August 3:
  1. Turn in your critiques on yesterday's presentation.
  2. Go to the project page to see more detailed instructions regarding the third project.
  3. Todays presenters are:
     Sarah Heukensfeld,
     Jennifer Gregory,
     Jongseo Lee,
     Sung Tae Moon.
• August 4:
  1. Today's presenters are:
     Jenseok Koh,
     Xiaofei Zhang,
     Wendy Lee Poling,
     Jun Zhao.
• August 5:
  1. I want each of you to write a one page critique of how I taught this course. Please give some thought as to how this course could be improved. Mr. Koh has my permission to turn in a two page critique. Your critique is due in my office by 2:00 p.m. Friday, August 6.
  2. The critiques of today's presenters are also due in my office by 2:00 p.m. Friday.
  3. Today's presenters are:
     Robert Main,
     Cheng Peng,
     Shengquan Wang,
     Seongmin Yim,
     Xudong Yao.
  4. I will place your graded projects in a cardboard box outside of my office, Milner 126, by 2:00 p.m. Monday, August 9.

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Enjoy what's left of the summer.

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