MATH 0006 - Precalculus: Trigonometric Functions and Complex Numbers

Winter 2018


Course outline

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Course information

Instructor: Dr. Lucy Campbell

Lectures:

Wednesdays and Fridays, 10:00 - 11:30 AM, starting January 10.
See Carleton Central for the room.

Tutorial:

Fridays, 11:30 AM - 12:30 PM, starting January 19.
See Carleton Central for the room.

Office hours: Wed, 12:15-2:15 PM, or by appointment. My office is 4269 in the Herzberg Building.


Topics:

Angles and the unit circle, radian measure. Definitions of trigonometric functions. Fundamental relations, Law of Sines and Cosines. Analytic trigonometry, graphs, inverse functions. Trigonometric identities and equations. Applications in science and engineering. Complex numbers in polar form, de Moivre's Theorem, n-th roots of complex numbers.

Textbook:

Trigonometry, by Michael Corral (free book, downloadable at http://www.mecmath.net/trig)


More information:

If you plan to take this course and want more information, you can send me e-mail at campbell(at)math(dot)carleton(dot)ca.

Academic Accommodation:

You may need special arrangements to meet your academic obligations during the term.

Pregnancy or Religious obligation: Write to me with any requests for academic accommodation during the first two weeks of class, or as soon as possible after the need for accommodation is known to exist.

Academic accommodations for students with disabilities: The Paul Menton Centre for Students with Disabilities (PMC) provides services to students with Learning Disabilities (LD), psychiatric/mental health disabilities, Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD), Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD), chronic medical conditions, and impairments in mobility, hearing, and vision. If you have a disability requiring academic accommodations in this course, please contact PMC at 613-520-6608 or pmc@carleton.ca for a formal evaluation. If you are already registered with the PMC, contact your PMC coordinator to send me your Letter of Accommodation at the beginning of the term, and no later than two weeks before the first in-class scheduled test or exam requiring accommodation (if applicable). After requesting accommodation from PMC, meet with me to ensure accommodation arrangements are made. Please consult the PMC website for the deadline to request accommodations for the formally-scheduled exam (if applicable).


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