Mathematics 251: Multivariable Calculus

Rutgers University, Fall 2008

Anders Buch (asbuch at math dot rutgers period edu)

TTh5, Tuesday and Thursday 3:20 PM - 4:40 PM in Hill-116

Course web site:

http://sites.math.rutgers.edu/~asbuch/calc251_f08/
Watch this page for announcements!

Text:

Rogawski, Calculus Early Transcendentals, W. H. Freeman, 2008, ISBN-10: 0-7167-7267-1.
This book has been augmented with some Rutgers "local matter," which is also available at http://sites.math.rutgers.edu/courses/151-152/lm.pdf.

Office Hours:

Tuesday and Thursday 4:20 - 5:20 in Hill Center 234.

Grading:

Weekly quizzes: 10%
Maple assignments: 10%
Midterm 1, Thursday, October 9 in class: 20%
Midterm 2, Thursday, November 13 in class: 20%
Final exam, Monday, December 22, 12:00-3:00 PM in Hill-116: 40%
Note: The duration of the final may be less than 3 hours.

Recitation classes:

Instructor: Amit Priyadarshi
Section 07: W2, 10:20 AM - 11:40 AM in SEC-202
Section 08: W3, 12:00 PM - 1:20 PM in ARC-108
Section 09: W4, 1:40 PM - 3:00 PM in SEC-206
Note: Each recitation class will have a 10 minute quiz.

Maple Assignments

There will be 4 graded Maple Labs during this course.
Details can be found on Amit Priyadarshi's 251 page.
Maple Lab 1: Due Wednesday, October 1, in recitation.
Maple Lab 2: Due Wednesday, October 22, in recitation.
Maple Lab 3: Due Wednesday, November 5, in recitation.
Maple Lab 4: Due Wednesday, December 3, in recitation.

Syllabus:

LectureText sectionsHomework problems
112.1 Vectors in the Plane
12.2 Vectors in Three Dimensions
12.1: 5, 9, 11, 15, 21, 40, 47
12.2: 11, 13, 19, 25, 27, 31, 51
212.3 Dot Product and the Angle Between Two Vectors
12.4 The Cross Product
12.3: 1, 13, 21, 29, 31, 52, 57, 63
12.4: 1, 5, 13, 20, 25, 26, 43, 44
312.5 Planes in Three-Space 12.5: 1, 9, 11, 15, 25, 31, 53
413.1 Vector-Valued Functions
13.2 Calculus of Vector-Valued Functions
13.1: 5, 13, 15, 18
13.2: 4, 14, 30, 31, 33, 41, 49
513.3 Arc Length and Speed
13.4 Curvature
13.5 Motion in Three-Space
13.3: 3, 9, 13, 14
13.4: 1, 7, 17, 21
13.5: 3, 6, 32
614.1 Functions of Two or More Variables
14.2 Limits and Continuity in Several Variables
14.1: 7, 20, 23, 27, 36, 40
14.2: 5, 15, 27, 35
714.3 Partial Derivatives
14.4 Differentiability, Linear Approximation and Tangent Planes
14.3: 3, 19, 21, 39, 47, 50, 53
14.4: 3, 4, 7, 15, 27, 33
814.5 The Gradient and Directional Derivatives 14.5: 7, 13, 27, 31, 33, 37, 39, 43
914.6 The Chain Rule 14.6: 1, 5, 7, 17, 20, 23, 27, 30
1014.7 Optimization in Several Variables 14.7: 1, 3, 7, 17, 19, 24, 25, 27, 29
1114.8 Lagrange Multipliers: Optimizing with a Constraint 14.8: 2, 7, 11, 13, 15
12Midterm 1 (October 9)
1315.1 Integration in Several Variables 15.1: 10, 15, 23, 25, 33, 37, 44
1415.5 Double Integrals over More General Regions 15.2: 3, 5, 11, 25, 32, 37, 43, 45, 49, 59
1515.3 Triple Integrals 15.3: 3, 5, 11, 15, 17, 25, 33
16 12.7 Cylindrical and Spherical Coordinates
15.4 Integration in Polar, Cylindrical, and Spherical Coordinates
12.7: 1, 5, 23, 31, 41, 43, 48, 53
15.4: 1, 5, 9, 19, 23, 27, 31, 37, 39, 42, 47, 51, 59
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1815.5 Change of Variables 15.5: 1, 5, 14, 15, 21, 29, 33, 37
1916.1 Vector Fields 16.1: 1, 3, 10, 17, 23, 27
2016.2 Line Integrals 16.2: 3, 9, 13, 21, 27, 35, 39, 40
2116.3 Conservative Vector Fields 16.3: 1, 5, 9, 13, 17, 19, 21
22Midterm 2 (November 13)
2316.4 Parameterized Surfaces and Surface Integrals 16.4: 1, 5, 8, 11, 19, 21, 37
2416.5 Surface Integrals of Vector Fields 16.5: 1, 6, 9, 12, 15, 17, 23
2517.1 Green's Theorem 17.1: 1, 3, 6, 9, 12, 23, 27
2617.2 Stokes' Theorem 17.2: 1, 5, 9, 11, 19, 23
2717.3 Divergence Theorem 17.3: 1, 5, 7, 11, 14, 15, 18
28Review