• Textbook:

    • VECTOR CALCULUS, by Marsden & Tromba, WH Freeman & Co., 5th Edition, 2003, ISBN: 07167-49920.

  • Office Hours (updated on April 1, but subject to further changes):

    • Tuesday 3-4pm, Wednesday 3-4pm, or by appointment.

  • Tentative syllabus:

    • Calculus of several variables: vector algebra in 3-space, partial differentials. Multiple integrals of various types, integral theorems and applications. Applications: Taylor's theorem, Implicit function theorem, Maxima and minima and Lagrange multipliers.

  • Blackboard

  • Grading Policies:

    • The course grade is based on the total number of points from a one-hour midterm examination (tentatively scheduled on March 8), homework & quizzes, and the final exam (scheduled on May 2, 5-7pm, in Room 714 Silver Center). The points are distributed as follows: Homework and quizzes - 100 points total; Midterm - 100 points; Final Exam - 200 points.

    Homework will be assigned weekly. You are encouraged to discuss homework problems with your fellow students. Working in groups makes the explanation of approaches and solutions a part of the process and helps you learn. Your goal is to find solutions and to communicate your work in a convincing manner.

    While I encourage you to use calculators on homework, I will NOT be allowing the use of calculators on the exams.

    The points for homework/quizzes will be distributed as follows: half of 100 total points will be based on homework, the other half being the sum of your quiz scores: there will be 3 quizzes, but only your best 2 will count for your grade, 25 points each.

  • Announcements:

    • The first quiz is scheduled on April 5 (this will cover Chapter 5), the second on April 19 (this will cover Section 6.2). Each quiz will consist of 2 problems in the last 20 minutes of the class. This will warm you up for the final exam.
    No calculators/cheetsheets/cellphones will be allowed during quizzes and final exam.

    A little something about the final exam: it is scheduled on May 2, 5-7pm, in Room 714 Silver Center; it is cumulative (including topics we covered before the midterm); the questions in the final exam will be very similar to quiz and homework questions.
    Piece of advice: RELAX, you'll have plenty of time to solve all exam problems...provided that you have an idea of what's going on in this class. In preparing for the final, try to use your time efficiently: it's always better to have a deep understanding of certain topics (even though you might end up not covering all of the class material), then to cram through various topics and forget everything before the exam.
    I'll be in my office on Monday, May 1, 2-4 pm, trying to answer your questions or concerns.

  • Homework:

    • Additional policies about the homework: First, late homework will NOT be accepted. Secondly, I must request that homework be presented neatly and properly stapled -- loose sheets are easily lost. If your work is illegible, you stand to loose points. Homework will be collected  every Wednesday -- you may submit it in class, or hand it to me in my office before class (during regular office hours). I shall select a few problems from the homework that will actually be graded. Of the maximum points  on a homework, 60% will be for correctness (of the the problems graded), and 40% will be for completeness (i.e. whether or not all problems assigned have been done).
               Assignments: 
                HW1 (Due on 02/01): §1.1: 8, 9, 13, 15, 18, 22. §1.2: 2, 3, 6, 14, 16, 18. §1.3: 3, 5, 6, 11, 15(a,d), 16. §1.5: 8, 11, 12, 18, 19.
                HW2 (Due on 02/08): §2.1: 2, 8, 12, 28. §2.2: 6, 8, 12(a,b), 17. §2.3: 1(c), 2(c), 3(c), 4(d), 5, 9, 15, 17.
                HW3 (Due on 02/15): §2.4: 2, 3, 11, 16, 18. §2.5: 8, 12, 13, 16, 28. §2.6: 2(c), 3(a), 4(a), 5(c), 9, 16(a).
                HW4 (Due on 02/22): §3.1: 9, 12, 16, 21(a), 22(a,c). §3.2: 3, 5, 6.
                HW5 (Due on 03/01): Hand in the following problems from §3.3: 5, 7, 11, 21, 24, 25, 27, 30, 33.
               Based on previous knowledge from Calc III try the following problems from §3.4 (but don't hand them in): 2, 4, 12, 13, 15, 28, 29.
               You should be able to solve all of these by the time of our first and only midterm scheduled March 8.
                HW6 (Due on 03/29): §5.1: 1, 3, 4, 6, 9, 10. §5.2: 2, 3, 4, 12.
                HW7 (Due on 04/05): §5.3: 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 7, 9, 10. §5.4: 1(a,b,c), 2(b,c), 3, 7.§5.5: 1, 2, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 11, 18, 28.
                HW8 (Due on 04/12): §6.2: 1, 2, 5, 9, 13, 15, 19, 21, 23, 26.
                HW9 (Due on 04/19): §7.2: 1, 2, 3, 6, 10, 15, 16, 17.
                HW10 (Due on 04/26): try the following problems (but don't hand them in !!!) from: §8.1: 1, 2, 3, 5, 7, 13, 19; and §8.3: 2, 3, 13, 14, 15.