Math 563 Page for Fall 2000

Announcements

• Check out this nice gallery of various surfaces.
• John Oprea has an errata Web page for our textbook. Some nice graphics (soap bubbles) are also available.

General Course Information

• Instructor: Takashi Kimura
• Office: MCS 234
• Phone: (617)353-1486

• Course Description/Syllabus
• Lecture: MWF 11-12
• Room: MCS B31
• My Office Hours: MW 12-1 F 1-2

Course Materials

• How to download and open Mathematica notebooks from this Web page.
• Mathematica tutorial (notebook file)

• Notebook from 9/20/00 lecture.
• Mathematica tutorial (notebook file)
• Frenet Frame package tutorial files:
  Download both of the following files but open only the first one in a Mathematica notebook. The second file is used by the first notebook file.
  • tutorial (notebook file)
  • package (input file)
• Curvature package and tutorial files:
  Download both of the following files but open only the first one in a Mathematica notebook. The second file is used by the first notebook file.
  • tutorial (notebook file)
  • curvature.m package (input file)
• Here's the notebook of the solution to the infamous ellipse problem from the midterm.

Homework Assignments

• Graded homeworks will be returned in class. Unclaimed homework will be put in a box outside my office.
• Homework solutions will be put on reserve in the Science-Engineering library after the homeworks are graded.

• Homework #1: Due Mon 9/25
  • 1.3.4, 8, 11, 13, 14, 17, 20
  • 1.4.3
  • 1.5.8, 12
• Homework #2: Due Fri 10/6
  • 2.1.8, 9, 13
  • 2.2.1, 3, 6, 7 (Note typo in 2.2.6: Both S(x_u) and S(x_v) should have + signs instead of - signs.)
  • 2.3.3, 6, 7
• Homework #3: Due Mon 10/23
  • 2.4.1, 2, 4
  • 3.1.3, 4, 5, 7, 8
  • 3.2.1, 2
• Homework #4: Due Mon 11/13
  • 3.3.3, 4
  • 3.4.6
  • 4.2.1, 2, 4
  • 4.3.2,3
• Homework #5: Due Mon 11/20
  • 4.5.1
  • 5.1.1, 2, 4, 6
  • 5.2.1, 2, 5, 10, 12
• Homework #6: Due Fri 12/8
  • 5.4.1, 2, 3, 7, 10, 12
  • 5.5.1, 6, 8, 9

Exams

• Exam #1: Due Monday 10/23.
  • This is exam #1.
  • It may appear blurry on the screen but it will print ok.
• Exam #2: Due Monday 12/18 in my office (MCS 234) at 10am sharp.
  • This is final exam.