Math 251: Multivariate Calculus, Sections 16, 17, 18

Last updated: April 30th, 2008

This is Andrew Baxter’s website for his Spring 2008 sections of Math 251. Important announcements and class information will be posted here, as well as links to helpful websites.

Announcements --- Office Hours --- Homework --- Maple --- Study Sheets --- Links

Announcements

Syllabus available.
Study Sheets have been posted.
As promised, 15.1, Problem 8. 14.8, Problem 19 is here.
The solution to the quiz is available now. Get it here.
There is a change in office hours for the rest of the semester.
A fifth Maple assignment (for at most 5 points extra credit) has been posted below.
Please complete the Maple Assignment Evaluation that I emailed the class about. It's completely anonymous, but it will really help me out.
There was a review session on Wedneday, May 7th. It was held 6-8pm in SERC 205.
Office Hours No Thursday Office Hours. Sunday 1-4 Hill 605. Monday 6:30-7:45 in Student Activity Center.

Office Hours

No Thursday Office Hours. Sunday 1-4 Hill 605. Monday 6:30-7:45 in Student Activity Center.

Homework

Problem Numbers

Please remember to staple the homework.
Answers copied from the Solutions Manual will receive no credit. Please write solutions in your own words.

Maple Assignments

If you want to work through Lab 0 some more, you can find the pages here. You can ignore the "TeX Source" links. Be sure you've worked through the "Playing with Graphs" section, as all of the labs will require you to graph something.

Try your hand at the Maple Skill Check. See the solutions.

There are two sites which have been created to help you cope with common Maple issues:

Common Maple Errors gives help deciphering common error messages.
Common Lab Problems gives help dealing with when Maple gets bogged down due to Auto-Save and with common printing problems.

Bonus Maple Assignment: You can get up to 5 extra credit points toward your Maple grade by completing this assignment on Lagrange Multipliers.

Instructions.
Data. (Warning: this is not cut-and-paste friendly, so be careful)
Background information. (This has strange line-breaks and is not cut-and-paste friendly).

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Study Sheets

I have created a few study sheets to help you mentally organize some course material and to supplement the lecture and recitation.

Graphs Review - This incorporates information from throughout the course, so at any given time only some of it will be relevant.
Parameterization by Arc Length.
Change of Variables (15.9) - The Multivariate Calculus version of u-substitution.
Cylindrical and Spherical Coordinates (12.7) - Conversion Formulas
Line Integrals (16.2) - Distinguishing the types of line integrals.