Worcester Polytechnic Institute

MA1023P - Calculus III
Maple Worksheets - A99



Worksheet Description
Intro #1 Brief introduction to Maple. (Your computer will try to start Maple if you download this file.)
Intro #2 Some exercises connected to Intro1.
Lab #0 This is the worksheet for your first lab (August 31). It is an introduction to some basic Maple commands with exercises for a bonus lab report.
Lab #1 Your first real lab assignment. The worksheet includes commands to generate and plot Taylor polynomials. The report for this lab is due next Monday (9/13/99) in lecture.
Note: You can earn three bonus points on the lab if you hand it in at the start of lecture on Friday (9/10/99).
Lab #2 Working with Newton's method. The worksheet includes commands to run Newton's method and to plot comains of attraction for functions with multiple roots.
Lab #3 Working with infinite series. You will get to work with the integral test for convergence and plotting the sequence of partial sums.
A little chaos Just for fun... a worksheet that plots chaotic sequences arising when you look for fixed points.
Lab #4 Polar Expeditions: Plotting polar curves and computing area insider curves given in polar coordinates.
Project Description This worksheet contains a basic description of the project, the requirements for your report, and the deadlines. There is also some mathematical background and some Maple tools that can be useful in your work.





Maintained by: Art Heinricher, <heinrich@wpi.edu>
Last modified: Fri Oct 1 08:39:17 EDT 1999