Wolfram Library Archive


All Collections Articles Books Conference Proceedings
Courseware Demos MathSource Technical Notes
Title

Honors Calculus for Biology Majors 1
Author

Alex Suciu
Organization: Northeastern University
Department: Mathematics
Education level

College
Materials

Calculus and its Applications (7th edition) by Goldstein, Lay, and Schneider
Description

This is the first quarter of the three-quarter Honors Calculus Sequence for Life Science Majors. The course serves as an introduction to Calculus, with emphasis on some of the differential equations commonly used by biologists.

Used Mathematica notebooks to provide solutions to exam questions. Also, used online conferencing to announce the availability of sample quizzes and solutions on the web site for the course

Topics:
  • Limits
  • Derivatives
  • Maxima and minima
  • Curve-sketching
  • Differential equations
Subjects

*Mathematics > Calculus and Analysis > Calculus
*Science > Biology
URL

http://www.math.neu.edu/~suciu/mth1733/calcbio.f97.html