Math 251 (Multivariable Calculus), Sections 1-6, Fall 2006 (Rutgers University)

http://sites.math.rutgers.edu/~zeilberg/math251.html
Last Update: Jan. 3, 2007.

Note: this webpage is specific for Sections 1-6. For general information, and the Maple labs. see http://sites.math.rutgers.edu/courses/251/math251.html (Math 251 General Information) .

Added Jan. 2 2007: The Whole World in now welcome to Dr. Z.'s Crystal-Clear Multivariable Calculus Handouts.

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Added Dec. 7, 2006: By popular demand, you can now dowload the attendance quizes (and some of the answers) from the Attendance Quizes Directory (For example, qDec7.pdf is the "quiz" given on Dec. 7).

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Added Oct. 17, 2006: How To Still Have a Chance to Get an A Even if you Bombed Exam I

TEXT: Calculus, Early Transcendentals, Fifth Edition, 2003, by James Stewart.

Professor

Dr. Doron ZEILBERGER ("Dr. Z") [Office: Hill 704; E-mail: zeilberg at math dot rutgers dot edu [Note: You MUST have MathIsFun in the message] ; Office hours: by appointment only].

Teaching Assistants

Sections 1-3: Mr. Scott Schneider [Office: Hill 608 (732-445-8214); E-mail: scottsch at math dot rutgers dot edu; Office hours: Thur. 12:00-1:40pm].
Sections 4-6: Ms. Lara Pudwell [Office: Hill 608 (732-445-8214); E-mail: lpudwell at math dot rutgers dot edu; Office hours: Wed. 2-3, Thu. 1:30-3:30].

Times and Places

Sections 1-3: MTh2, SEC 118.
- Sect. 1 recitation: T1, SEC 217.
- Sect. 2 recitation: T2, SEC 212.
- Sect. 3 recitation: T3, SEC 218.
Sections 4-6: MTh3, SEC 117
- Sect. 4 recitation: F1, ARC 108.
- Sect. 5 recitation: F2, ARC 204.
- Sect. 6 recitation: F3, ARC 206.

Free Tutoring for all Sections (in lieu of office hours)

Early Bird session: Hill 705, Mondays and Thursdays 7:40-8:30am
Late Bird session: Hill 705, Mondays and Thursdays 9:10-10:00am

GRADE: The max. number of points is 500, with the following breakup.

Input from Recitation Leader (on his/her discretion, some combination of Maple workshops and quizes) 100 points.
2 Midterm Exams: 100 points each.
Final: 200 points.

460-500: A ; 430-459: B+ ; 400-429: B ; 370-399: C+ ; 325-369: C ; 280-324: D ; 0-279: F . No Curve!.

VERY IMPORTANT:

Attendance is strictly mandatory and enforced!
It is also mandatory to take notes of everything I say in class. Please buy a SINGLE-SUBJECT notebook, and write on the cover: Calc III Classnotes. Also write your name and E-mail (in case it gets lost). Don't use it for any other subjects.
Also prepare a brown envelope and title it: Calc III Homework. The homework is to be inspected by the Recitation Leader. It will not be graded carefully, but the Recitation Leader's weekly quiz will contain homework-style problems, so if you do all your homework, you should ace the quiz.
Take careful notes during the lectures (and recitations, of course, but use a different notebook for that), and do all the homework.
If you have a justified absence, then in your notebook, in the space where you would have taken classnotes, date it, explain why you were absent (e.g. tape-in doctor's note, or a signed statement: "I swear on my honor that I felt so bad that I couldn't make it"), and then in your own handwriting copy all the worked-examples from the corresponding section(s) of the book.
Every lecture will end with a 10-minute informal "quiz", asking you to do some problems covered in that day's class. It doesn't count towards the grade, but I use it first, to check attendance (it is more efficient than calling 90 names), but more important, to make sure that you know how to do the problems, and in case that many people didn't get it, I'll try to do a better job in reviewing it. After each lecture I will send E-mail to everyone, with the complete solutions, and you should decide whether or not you got it right. If you didn't, you should make every attempt to come to the next free tutoring session (Hill 705, MTh 7:40-8:30am or 9:10-10:00am).

Lecture Schedule

M 9/4 Labor Day       ;   Th 9/7: 12.1, 12.2

M 9/11: 12.3, 12.4     ;   Th 9/14: 12.4, 12.5

M 9/18: 13.1, 13.2     ;   Th 9/21: 13.3, 13.4

M 9/25: 14.1, 14.2     ;   Th 9/28: 14.3, 14.4 

M 10/2: 14.5           ;   Th 10/5: 14.6

M 10/9: 14.7           ;   Th 10/12: EXAM 1 (through 14.6)

M 10/16: 14.8          ;   Th 10/19: 15.1, 15.2

M 10/23: 15.3          ;   Th 10/26: 15.4, 15.9

M 10/30: 15.7          ;   Th 11/2:  12.7, 15.8

M 11/6:  16.1, 16.2    ;   Th 11/9: 16.2

M 11/13: 16.3          ;   Th 11/16: 16.4

M 11/20: EXAM 2 (up to [and including] 16.3)     ;   Tuesday 11/21: 16.5

M 11/27: 15.6, 16.6    ;   Th 11/30: 16.7

M 12/4: 16.8           ;   Th 12/7:  16.9

M 12/11: Review        ;   Th 12/14, 8:40am-1:10pm, Marathon Review [ARC 103]

Maple Labs

Maple Labs 1,2,3,4 (see Math 251 General Information http://sites.math.rutgers.edu/courses/251/math251.html ), are assigned by Mr. Schneider and Ms. Pudwell weeks of 9/18, 10/2, 10/16, 10/30. They are due two weeks later.

Mandatory Homework for Math 251 Sections 1-6

Due every recitation. See http://sites.math.rutgers.edu/~zeilberg/homework251.html

Final

Secs. 1-3: 8:00-11:00 AM, Dec. 15, 2006, in classroom (SEC 118).
Secs. 4-6: 12:00-3:00 PM, Dec. 21, 2006, in classroom (SEC 117).