Dr. Jean Nicolas Pestieau
Assistant Professor - Mathematics
Shinnecock 223
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(631) 548-3585
· MA 21 – Survey of Mathematical Reasoning
1 – Basic Set Theory 2 – Introduction to Logic 3 – Inductive Reasoning
Exam 1 (Avg = 66) Exam 2
(Avg = 66) Exam 4
(take-home)
Exam 3 (Avg = 71)
How
Big is Infinity?.. Check out this these introductory notes
on transfinite arithmetic and the cardinality of infinite sets.
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· MA 22 – Survey of Contemporary
Mathematical Topics
1 – Number Theory 2
– Probability Theory 3
– Geometry 4 – Group
Theory
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· MA 27 – Algebra II
Course
Outline
1 – Elementary Algebra Review
2 – Linear Equations and Inequalities in One Variable
Exam 1
3 – Linear Equations and
Inequalities in Two Variables
4 – Systems of Linear
Equations and Inequalities
Exam 2
5 – Polynomials and Exponents
6 – Rational
Expressions
Exam 3
7 – Rational Exponents and Roots
8 – Quadratic
Equations
Exam 4
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· MA 36 – Finite Mathematics
1 – Introduction to Matrix Algebra
Exam 1 (Avg = 64)
2 – Game Theory
Exam 2 (Avg = 62)
3 – Stochastic Processes (Markov
Chains)
4 – Systems of Linear Equations
Exam 3 (Avg = 47)
Exam 4 (take-home)
5 – Linear Programming
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· MA 61 – Fundamentals of
Precalculus I
1 – Functions and Their Graphs
Exam 1 (Avg = 60)
2 –
Quadratic and Polynomial Functions
3 – Rational Functions
Exam 2 (Avg = 69)
4 –
Exponential and Logarithmic Functions
Exam 3 (Avg = 68)
5 –
Trigonometric Functions
Exam 4 (take-home)
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· MA 64 – Calculus for Non-Science
Majors
1 – Preliminaries on Functions
2 – Differential Calculus
2.1 Limits
and Continuity
2.2 The Derivative
Exam 1 (Avg = 46)
2.3 Applications
Exam 2 (Avg = 40)
3 – Exponential
and Logarithmic Functions
3.1 Properties of Exp(x) and Log(x)
Functions
3.2 Derivatives of Exp(x) and Log(x)
3.3 Applications – Growth and Decay Problems
Exam 3 (Avg = 62)
4 –
Integral Calculus
4.1 Antiderivatives
4.2 Definite Integrals, Areas and the Fundamental
Theorem
Exam 4 (take-home)
4.3 Techniques of Integration
4.4 Applications
5 – Implicit Differentiation
6 – First-Order Separable Differential Equations