Day 19 in Mat360

Today:

• Announcements

  • I haven't graded the numerical portion of the exam yet.

  • Homework from Muller is due Friday.

  • I'm planning on being gone Friday (funeral); former chair and applied mathematician Gail Mackin will be in to cover for me. Please come and make her welcome!

  • We need to start thinking about Projects....

• Short quiz over 3.1

• Section 3.1:
  • section 3.1 worksheet

  • section 3.1 summary
    • Notation issues....
    • Lucky Lagrange....

  • Problems from section 3.1:
    • An example, showing the problem with Taylor polynomials.
    • #1d, 3d, p. 115
    • #5d, 9d, p. 115
    • How does the error term come about? Generalized Rolle's theorem.

Links:

• Who was Lagrange?