Math 251H: Multivariable Calculus (Honors Section) - Spring 2018



Notice: The first Recitation session (Thursday Sept 6th) is not in the usual room - it will be in ARC IML 121 (on Busch campus)

Instructor: Joseph Palmer
Email: j.palmer at math.rutgers.edu
Teaching Assitant: Michael Breeling (mjb465 at math dot rutgers dot edu)

Syllabus: link
Schedule: 5:00-6:20pm Mondays and Wednesdays in TIL 257
Textbook: Calculus: Early Transcendentals (Jon Rogawski, Rutgers Edition, ISBN 1-4641-0376-3)
Office Hours: Wednesdays 10am-noon in my office (Hill 340)
TA Office Hours: Wednesdays 2:30-4:30 in Hill 606


The tentative schedule for the course, which will be updated from time to time, is below. Other course information is on the syllabus. Please email me if you have any questions. Homework will be handled through the WebAssign system and is typically due each Friday at 5pm.

You can check your current grade in this course with sakai. Please let me know as early as possible if you think there are any errors on the sakai gradebook.


Grade Breakdown:

Your final grade in the course will be computed as follows:
    Homework:  5%
Maple Labs:5%
Quizzes:10%
Midterm 1:20%
Midterm 2:20%
Final Exam:40%


Homework:

Homework will be handled through WebAssign.


Maple Labs:

Find the maple assignments at the below links and turn them in to the TA. On the weeks these assignments are due (notice this is not every week) they are to be turned in at the start of the recitation session with the TA.

The personalized student data is available on sakai.

Due dates:
Maple Lab 1: Thursday, Sept. 27th
Maple Lab 2: Thursday, Oct. 25th
Maple Lab 3: Thursday, Nov. 8th, instructions
Maple Lab 4: Thursday, Nov. 29, instructions
Maple Lab 5: Thursday, Dec. 6, instructions (note due date)


Tentative Schedule:

Date       Sections       Topics
W: 9/5 12.1, 12.2 Vectors in 2- and 3-dimension
M: 9/10 12.3, 12.4 Dot product and Cross Product of Vectors
W: 9/12 12.5 Planes in 3D (and catch up on other sections)
M: 9/17 13.1, 13.2 Vector-valued Functions
W: 9/19 13.3, 13.4 Arc Length, Speed, Curvature
M: 9/24 14.1, 14.2 Multivariable Functions, Limit, Continuity
W: 9/26 14.3, 14.4 Partial Derivatives, Differentiability, Tangent Planes
M: 10/1 14.5 Gradient and Directional Derivatives
W: 10/3 14.6 The Chain Rule
M: 10/8 14.7 Optimization of Multivariable Function
W: 10/10 14.8 Lagrange Multipliers
M: 10/15 Midterm 1
W: 10/17 15.1 Integration of Multivariable Function
M: 10/22 15.2 Double Integral Over General Regions
W: 10/24 15.3 Triple Integral
M: 10/29 12.7 Cylindrical and Spherical Coordinates
W: 10/31 15.4 Integration in Polar, Cylindrical, and Spherical Coordinates
M: 11/5 15.6 Change of Variables
W: 11/7 16.1 Vector Fields
M: 11/12 16.2 Line Integrals
W: 11/14 16.3 Conservative Vector Fields
M: 11/19 Midterm 2
M: 11/26 16.4 Surface Integrals
W: 11/28 16.5 Surface Integrals of Vector Fields
M: 12/3 17.1 Greens Theorem
W: 12/5 17.2 Stokes Theorem
M: 12/10 17.3 Divergence Theorem
W: 12/12 Catch up and review
Th: 12/20 FINAL EXAM (tentatively in TIL 257, 4:00-7:00pm)