Undergraduate Math Journal Index

Calculus


Mathematical Journal articles suitable for use by undergraduate classes
Calculus I | Calculus II | Calculus III | Calculus IV | Articles referred to from Larson Text

Calculus I
Hat Derivatives, CMJ, Jan 2002, pg 32
Good Rational Approximations to Logarithms, CMJ, May 2001, pg 172

Models for Growth, CMJ, September 2001, pg 258

Tangents Without Calculus, CMJ, November 2000, pg 406

Where Do Functions Come From, CMJ, March 2002, pg 107

Do Dogs Know Calculus, CMJ, May 2003, pg 178

Clarifying Compositions with Cobwebs, CMJ, May 2003, pg 196..  Describing a graphical way to illustrate the composition of functions.  Students should use software to implement the examples in the article and then create some similar examples with another collection of functions.

Calculus II
Dipsticks for Cylindrical Storage Tanks, CMJ, November 2001, pg 352

Calculus III
What's Harmonic Abouth the Harmonic Series, CMJ, May 2001, pg 201

Convergence-Divergence of p-series, CMJ, May 2001, pg 206

Olivier and Abel on Series Convergence:  An Episode from Early 19th Century Analysis, MM, December 1999, pg 347

A Tale of Two Series, CMJ, March 2002, pg 99

Convergence-Divergence of p-series, CMJ, September 2002, pg 314

Tangent Line Transformations, CMJ, March 2003, pg 105

A series that converges and diverges, CMJ, March 2003, pg 135

Investigating Possible Boundaries Between Convergence and Divergence, CMJ, November 2002, pg 405.  Shows that the harmonic series is not a "boundary series" between convergent and divergent series.

Calculus IV
Mixed Partial Derivatives and Fubini's Theorem, CMJ, March 2002, pg 126

Partial Differentiable, Yes: Continuous, No, CMJ, January 2000, pg 42

Examining Continuity, Partial Derivatives and Differentiability with Cylindrical Coordinates, CMJ, January 2003

The Murder Mystery Method for Determing Whether a Vector Field is Conservative, CMJ, May 2003, pg 228.  Testing for conservative vector field by attempting to construct potential function first.