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Math Notes -- Handouts

This page will provide links to my notes on mathematics.  As I teach certain topics, I have created handouts to help students through some of the more difficult topics.  I've taught a wide variety of courses, and the handouts reflect that.  While they are available elsewhere on my website in the courses I teach, this will provide a central location to access them by topic.  When a key to the additional practice problems is available, it is also linked.  Many of the handouts also include instructions for using the TI-83/84 calculator to solve or visualize the problems.

The Basics

How to Plot Points in Two Dimensions, key
Algebraic Equations & Algebraic Expressions, key
Sets of Numbers, key, worksheet, key
Percent Increase/Decrease Problems, key
General Word Problem Solving Strategy
Factoring
Identifying Polynomials
Mixture Problems in 2 & 3 variables
Solving Quadratic Equations
Graphing Systems of Inequalities
Solving Systems of Linear Equations: Which Method to Use?
Long Division of Polynomials
Graphing, Evaluating Functions, and Solving Systems of Linear Equations

College Algebra, Pre-Calculus & Trigonometry

Matrices
Sequences
Solving Exponential and Logarithmic Equations
Rational Functions
Transformations
Graphing Real Zeros
Complex Numbers in the TI
Partial Fractions, key
Conic Sections, key
Polar Coordinates, key
Doing Proofs with Trigonometric Identities, key
Domain & Range of Trigonometric Functions & Inverses, key
Solving Trigonometric Equations, key
Bearings Problems
Complex Numbers
Unit Circle

Statistics and Probability

Venn Diagrams and Set Notation
Counting
Maximum Likelihood Functions
Which test is this?
TI-84 One-Way ANOVA Tests
TI-84 χ^2 Distribution Function
TI-84 F Distribution Function
TI-84 Geometric Distribution Function
TI-84 χ^2 Goodness of Fit Test
TI-84 Linear Regression T-Intervals
A Brief Survey of Statistical Symbols
TI-83/84 Binomial Distribution
Confidence Intervals – One Sample
Correlation and Regression
Counting Formulas in TI-83/84
Creating Graphs by Hand
Descriptive Statistics For Grouped Data
TI-83/84 Descriptive Statistics
TI-83/84 Entering Data
Expected Values
Basic Statistical Formulas
TI-83/84 Hypothesis Testing
TI-83/84 Normal Distributions
Statistical Graphs in the TI-83/84
TI83/84 Correlation: LinRegTTest
TI-83/84 Contingency Tables
TI-83/84 Hypothesis Testing: Two Dependent Sample Means
TI 83/84 Hypothesis Testing: Two Independent Sample Means
TI 83/84 Hypothesis Testing: Two Proportions
Venn Diagrams and Probability
Simulations -- Excel(xlsx) -- Minitab(mpx)

Calculus -- Single Variable

Table of Integrals
Single Variable Differentation Review, key
Single Variable Integration Review, key
Definite Integrals: Estimating Area Under a Curve
Integration by Parts, key
Partial Fractions, key
Solids of Revolution
Riemann Sums Methods, key
Trig Substitution, key
Integration by Substitution
How do I know what integration rule to use?, key
Work
3-D Surfaces
Derivative Tables
Functions as Power Series, key
Sequences, key
Series Tests, key
Taylor Polynomials, key
Taylor Polynomials II, key
Exploring the Sine Function
Deriving the Arc Length Formula

Calculus -- Multivariable

Coordinate Systems Formula Sheet
Multivariable Differentiation Review, key
Multivariable Integration Review, key
Mass & Center of Mass
Chain Rule, key
Del-Notation, key
Relative Extrema in Two or More Variables
Implicit Differentiation, key
Jacobians and Change of Variable
Lagrange Multipliers, key
Limits in 2 or more variables, key
Line Integrals, old
How to Plot points in 3D
Tangents & Normals, key, old
Triple Integrals
Vector Fields & Potential Functions
Representing 3D surfaces in 2D graphs
Gradients and Level Curves
Limits of Integration in 2D & 3D
Surface Integrals
Formula Sheet
Solids of Revolution
3-D Surfaces

Linear Algebra

Matrices
Find the eigenvalues for a 2x2 matrix (Excel)
Find the characteristic polynomial for a 3x3 matrix (Excel)
Loop Current Problems
Systems of Linear ODEs
Eigenvalues & Eigenvectors, key
Inner Products, key
Linear Transformations, key
Performing Matrix Operations on the TI-83/84
Writing Proofs
Coordinate Systems
Discrete Dynamical Systems, key
Writing the Matrix of a Linear Transformation
Markov Chains, key
Homogeneous Solutions and Nullspaces
Vector Spaces and Subspaces, key (#20 is an error in key, is a subspace)

Differential Equations

Laplace Transforms Table, worksheet, key
Systems of Springs
Bernoulli Equations, key
Characteristic Equations, key
Solving (First Order) Homogeneous Equations, key
Hyperbolic Trig Functions, key
Laplace Transforms, formulas (old)
Series Solutions
Spring Problems, key
Concentration Problems, key
How to recognize the different types of differential equations, key
Undetermined Coefficients, key, worksheet, key
Eigenvalues and Eigenfunctions, key
Sketching Fourier series, key
Higher Order Derivatives
Slope/Direction Fields
Euler’s Method
Reduction of Order
Singular Points
Systems of Linear ODEs

Business Calculus and Finance

Math of Finance
Definite Integrals: Estimating Area Under a Curve
Integration by Parts (some handouts, like this one, have versions free of trig functions for use in business calculus; they are linked here)
Implicit Differentiation
How to Plot points in 3D
Integration by Substitution
How do I know what integration rule to use?

Liberal Arts Math Topics

 

Discrete Math

Logic Gates

Other

How to Draw the Greek Letters

 

 
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