Duke University
Mathematics 032L
Laboratory Information
Math 032L - Section 7
Tuesday 10:40am - 12:25pm
Carr Building Room 114

Lab Instructor: Michael Kozdron
Office: Physics 025
Telephone: 660-2832
E-mail: kozdron@math.duke.edu
Home Page: http://www.math.duke.edu/~kozdron/index.html

Lab Assistant: Judy Goldfarb
E-mail: jg4@duke.edu

Lab Schedule
January 19 Probability and Geometric Series
January 26 Functions Defined by Integration
February 2 Test 1
February 9 World Population
February 16 Normal Data Sets I; Gateway
February 23 Normal Data Sets II
March 2 Air Pollution; Gateway Makeup
March 9 Test 2
March 16 Spring Break - No Class
March 23 Taylor Approximations
March 30 Oscillations in Physiology
April 6 Fourier Analysis of Musical Sound
April 13 Limited Immunity in Economics
April 20 Test 3
April 27 To Be Determined

Lab Grade
Your lab grade will be determined on the basis of lab reports and lab quizzes. With each lab there will be associated either a lab report or a lab quiz. At the end of each lab period you will be told what is expected of you for the next period. If a lab report is required, one report per group is due at the beginning of the next lab period. If there is to be a quiz, it will be held during the first twenty minutes of the next lab period. Students are expected to come prepared to all classes. This means having brought all your supplies and having read the lab manual in advance.

Lab Report
When required to submit a written report, it is expected that all members of the group contribute to, and proofread, the final submission. If the report is not stapled and complete, then it will not be accepted.

Furthermore, it is expected that the lab reports are presentable and are written in complete and grammatically correct English sentences. Consequently, typing mathematics is necessary. Microsoft Word, which is available on the OIT IBM PC public computer cluster machines, is adequate for the purposes of preparing the final lab report. Alternatively, you may use LATEX to typeset your paper. It is available on the OIT UNIX public computer cluster machines.

Lab Quiz
If a quiz is held it will be closed-book and each student will write his or her own quiz. Calculators will be allowed. The quiz will test an understanding of the content of the lab and may involve concepts or calculations similar to the ones done during the lab period.

Calculator Expectations
The labs will require the use of a scientific graphing calculator. Although many calculators are adequate for the purposes of the lab, the calculator of instruction will be the TI-83. This means that all lab demonstrations will be conducted using the TI-83. I will also be able to provide technical advice only for users of the TI-83. This is because I am not proficient with any other calculator, including the HP48G series.

However, if you own a calculator other than the TI-83 which conforms to the calculator specifications outlined on pages 85 to 90 of the Duke Laboratory Calculus Coursepack, and you are proficient with it, then you are certainly welcome and encouraged to use it in the lab.

Extra Help
The Mathematics Department operates a Help Room where students can get assistance on a drop-in basis. It is staffed by calculus teachers, lab instructors, and assistants. The Help Room is located in Room 08A of the West Duke Building on East Campus.

The hours of operation are available from the first-year calculus web site.

If you need extra help, please stop by the Help Room first. I will be available there on Tuesdays from 8:00pm to 10:00pm. Judy will be available on Wednesdays from 5:00pm to 6:00pm.

However, if you are around the Physics Building, or if your questions are not satisfactorily answered in the Help Room, feel free to stop by my office. Alternatively, if you would like to schedule an appointment, then just e-mail me.

Duke Honor Code
It is expected that all students abide by the Duke University Undergraduate Honor Code.

Michael's 32L Page
Michael Kozdron
1/21/1999