Calculus I (M170) at Mercyhurst

Instr:	Dr. Roger Griffiths
Office:	Zurn Hall 213A
Phone:	824-2123
Email:	griffiths.roger@gmail.com (don't use my Mercyhurt email - it is not reliable)
Text:	Calculus Late Transcendentals Combined; 9^thED, by Anton, Bivens, Davis;

Notes:

Welcome, I hope you had a great summer.

Why understanding mathematics is essential:

If one does not understand or refuses to deal with mathematics, one has fatally impaired one’s ability to comprehend the natural sciences, because not only are the ideas of the natural sciences expressed in mathematical form, but also the relationships among those ideas are established with mathematical reasoning.
It's Time To Start...Ready...Go!

My current Schedule

Google: Don't be Evil!! According to news reports, Google is about to cut a deal with Verizon that would end the Internet as we know it. The reported Google-Verizon deal would allow giant corporations to control what websites are load quickly and easily on the Internet and dump everyone else onto an Internet slow lane.
As a student, you need to be involved in preventing this, PLEASE sign the letter to Google Founders Sergey Brin and Larry Page and Google Chairman Eric Schmidt:
either:

What is Ubuntu?

Ubuntu is an operating system built by a worldwide team of expert developers. It contains all the applications you need: a web browser, office suite, media apps, instant messaging and much more. Ubuntu is an open-source alternative to Windows and Office. Read more > > >

Your open access to the web is at stake - Debunk the Junk! Submit comments to the FCC to Protect Free Speech. Net Neutrality protects Free Speech!

Patent Absurdity

A new documentary film "Patent Absurdity" is set to expose how the judicial activism that led to the patenting of software has broken the US patent system's promise of promoting the progress of science and useful arts. This has ramifications for students, in the harm being done to software developers and the wider economy.

INTERNATIONAL DAY OF CLIMATE ACTION was October 24

Check out the photos of the worldwide events at www.350.org/.

350.org is an international campaign dedicated to building a movement to unite the world around solutions to the climate crisis--the solutions that science and justice demand.

The case against Microsoft and proprietary software

Juniors & Seniors take note

Portfolios: the Hidden Weapon of Job Seeking

Software - Open Source

(Free Software generally under the terms of the Free Software Foundation's GNU General Public License)

- OpenOffice.org is a multilingual office suite and an open-source project. Compatible with all other major office suites, the product is free to download, use, and distribute (and much better than that expensive virus you are probably currently using).
The open source web browser.
- GIMP is an acronym for GNU Image Manipulation Program. It is a freely distributed program for such tasks as photo retouching, image composition and image authoring.
The R Project for Statistical Computing - R is a free software environment for statistical computing and graphics.
XPPAUT a tool for numerically solving differential, difference, or delay equations
Maxima - a sophisticated computer algebra system
Octave is a high-level language, primarily intended for numerical computations (similar to Matlab).
Iode - free, but you will need Octave (see link below) or Matlab to use (phase plane utility).
SAGE: Open Source Mathematics Software - Creating a viable free open source alternative to Magma, Maple, Mathematica, and Matlab