Math 110 Introduction to Mathematical Software

Instructor	Bob Bradshaw
E-mail	bbradshaw@ohlone.edu
Prerequisites	Advisory only: Eligible for Calculus I. Please discuss this with me if you are not.
Class	This is a self-paced class and there are no official class meetings. Please contact me if you have questions.
Assignments	You can do the assignments for Maple or Mathematica. Feel free to experiment with the software. You may want to pursue a different aspect of the software from the outline given on the website. Please tell me if you want to pursue this type of idea. Assignments are all on this website.
Final	The final can be taken at any time. Contact me when you are ready. It is an open note final. It will take about two hours and you take it in the Math Learning Center.
Grading	Credit/No Credit only. A grade of CR will be given to those students who successfully complete 90% of the assignments and successfully complete the final.
Materials	There is no requirement to purchase either books or software. All necessary materials are on the website. If you wish to purchase the software, the student version is available in the Ohlone College Bookstore. The software has a brief printed manual and a complete on-line manual.
Recommended Books - Maple	Michael Kofler, Maple: An Introduction and Reference, Addison-Wesley, 1997. ISBN 0201178990 (out of print) André Heck, Introduction to Maple, 3rd edition, Springer, 2003. ISBN 0387002308
Recommended Books - Mathematica	Bruce F. Torrence and Eve A. Torrence, The Student's Introduction to Mathematica: A Handbook for Precalculus, Calculus, and Linear Algebra, Cambridge University Press, 1999. ISBN 0521594456 (hardcover/280 pages) ISBN 0521594618 (paperback/280 pages) Nandy Blachman and Colin P. Williams, Mathematica: A Practical Approach, 2nd Edition, Prentice Hall, 1999. ISBN 0132592010