Electronic Proceedings of the Seventh Annual International Conference on Technology in Collegiate MathematicsOrlando, Florida, November 17-20, 1994Paper C028
Some Interesting Examples of the Use of Computer Algebra Systems in Introductory Courses |
Abi Fattahi
Department of Mathematics
Whittier College
Whittier, CA 90608
USA
Phone: (310) 907-4807
Fax: (310) 698-4067
afattahi@whittier.edu
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The author has used Maple in teaching calculus and other introductory
courses in the last five years. Selected examples of weekly lab exercises
and projects will be discussed. These include a complete analysis of the
number of trailing zeros in n! and devising an algorithm for calculating
this number, use of Maple's plotting routines to draw interesting graphs,
and a discussion of pattern recognition and discovery of formulas using
computer algebra systems.
Keyword(s): Maple, calculus, integrals
