MACM 204: Computing with Calculus Fall 2017
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Instructor: Dr. Michael Monagan. Email mmonagan@cecm.sfu.ca
            Office TLX 10501  Phone (778) 782-4279

Office hours: Mondays at 2:00-4:00pm and Fridays at 1:00-3:00pm

Meet: Lecture on Tuesdays 4:30pm in BLU 10921
      Lab on Wednesdays at 2:30pm (D101) or 3:30pm (D102) in AQ 3148.1
 	
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
    for download from Cambridge University press for US $18.  It gives 
    detailed explanations for how Maple works and includes lots of examples.

Course website: http://www.cecm.sfu.ca/~mmonagan/teaching/MACM204F17
    [ 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 #3
Final exam: Sunday December 10th, 7:00-10:00pm, Room AQ 3144

About the course.
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The course teaches you how to use a mathematical software package Maple
to explore calculus and study mathematical models and perform mathematical
experiments.  We will use Maple for calculus in one variable, two variables,
for graphing functions, curves, surfaces, 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 by writing 
programs to run a variety of mathematical experiments that involve
programming simple loops and using arrays.

Maple
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- All assignments and the final exam will be done in Maple.
- Maple is available in the assignment labs, open labs and library at SFU
  but I recommend that you buy a copy so you can use your laptop.
- You can buy Maple 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: AP76814-3D44A  which saves you $25.
  This is the full version of Maple which you can keep indefinitely.
- Instruction on the use of Maple will be provided by the instructor in the
  lab (AQ 3148.1) 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 - please bring a memory
  stick with your Maple worksheet on it so that I can correct it with you.

Cheating Policy
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- Do not copy another students' work or copy solutions posted on the internet
  or elsewhere.  If you do, you will get zero for the entire assignment.
- Do not give your assignment solutions to another student.
  If you do, and they copy them, you will get zero for that assignment.
- Please do not post your solutions on the internet.  If you do and I catch you
  I will give you zero for all assignments and recommend to the university
  that you receive a "fail for academic dishonesty" on your transcript.