MTH243 Multivariable Calculus

Fall 2001

Instructor: Lubos Thoma
Office: Tyler Hall 214, tel: 874.4451
Email: thoma@qwes.math.cmu.edu
Class Schedule: MWF 11 pm, Fogarty 028 (FGTY 028)
Office hours: MWF noon - 1:00 pm and by appointment

Important dates -- exams, quizes, maplesheets:

Quiz 1: Wednesday September 19, 2001.
Quiz 2: Friday September 28, 2001.
Your first maple homework is due on Monday, October 1, 2001, by 5:00 pm. Here is a link to the maple sheet: graphs.mws. Please submit your maple homework electronically: here. (MTH243_01)
Exam 1 will be given on Thursday October 4, 2001 in PASTORE 124, 6.00 -- 7.30 PM. Here is a link to a practice exam: practice exam 1 -- answers.
Quiz 3: Friday October 26, 2001. The quiz will cover Sections 13.1--13.5.
Quiz 4: Friday November 2, 2001. The quiz will cover Sections 13.6 and 14.1.
Exam 2 will be given in Quinn Auditorium on Wednesday November 7, 6.00 -- 7.30 pm.
The exam will cover sections in Chapters 13, 14, which we covered, and integrating functions over rectangular regions (which is the first half of Section 15.2).
Here is a link to practice problems: postscript | pdf. You can find additional practice problems on the main web page.
MAPLE: Your second maple homework is due on Monday, November 5, 2001, by 5:00 pm. Here is a link to the maple sheet: tangent.mws. Please submit your maple homework via email as an attachment to my email address: thoma@math.uri.edu
MAPLE: Your third maple homework is due on Wednesday, November 21, 2001, by 5:00 pm. Here is a link to the maple sheet: doubint.mws. It is worth 30 points. Please submit your maple homework via email as an attachment to my email address: thoma@math.uri.edu
Quiz 5 will be given in class on Monday November 19, 2001. (15 points.)
A graded homework has been assigned and is due on Friday November 30, 2001 (in class). (20 points.) In case you need another copy of it, here are the relevant files: postscript | pdf.
MAPLE: Your fourth (and last) maple homework is due on Friday, December 7, 2001, by 5:00 pm. Its topic are parametric curves and surfaces and it is worth 20 points. Here is a link to the maple sheet: parsur.mws. Please submit your maple homework via email as an attachment to my email address: thoma@math.uri.edu
Exam 3 will be given in Quinn Auditorium on Wednesday December 5, 6.00 -- 7.30 pm.
Here is a link to practice problems: html | postscript | pdf. --- SOLUTIONS
A review/help session will be held on Monday December 3, 6 -- 7pm in Tyler 106.
The exam covers integration (sections 15.1, 15.2, 15.3, 15.5, 15.6), parametric curves and surfaces (sections 16.1, 16.2, 16.3), vector fields and line integrals (sections 17.1, 17.2, 18.1, 18.2).
Final Exam is scheduled on December 14, 11:30-2:30, Biological Sciences Auditorium.

The couse main webpage with a detailed schedule and up-to date information.
We will follow the older edition of the "Multivariable Calculus" textbook. Here is the relevant schedule.

Printable syllabus: postscript pdf

Maple help: