MA225 B1 - Multivariate Calculus

MA225 B1 - Multivariate Calculus - Spring 2011

Lecture: T,Th 2:00-3:30pm in CAS 211

Discussions:

B2: Wed 10-11am in CAS B18A
B3: Wed 11am-12pm in CAS 222
B4: Thurs 10-11am in PSY B37
B5: Thurs 11am-12pm in SAR 218

Welcome to the MA225 B1 course webpage! If you need any information that you can't find here, please email me.

Contact Information

Instructor: Margaret Beck
Office: MCS 233
Phone: 617-358-3314
Email: mabeck -at- math.bu.edu
Office Hours: Mondays 2-3:30pm, Tuesdays 8:30-10am, or by appointment.

Teaching Fellow: Man-Ho Ho
Office: MCS 167
Phone: 617-353-6535
Email: homanho -at- math.bu.edu
Office Hours: Mondays 11am-1pm.

Announcements

Practice final exam: .pdf of practice exam and .pdf of solutions.

Remaining office hours: My remaining office hours for the semester will be

Friday, May 6, 3:30-5pm
Monday, May 9, 9:30-11am

Man Ho's remaining office hours are

Tuesday May 10, 11am-1pm

Final Exam: Will take place on Thursday, May 12, 9-11am, in PHO 206 (PLEASE NOTE THE LOCATION - THIS IS NOT OUR USUAL LECTURE ROOM), which is the photonics building located at 6-8 St. Mary's Street. Please make sure you bring a photo ID to the exam. The exam will be cumulative, covering all material from the course: 9.1-9.7, 10.1-10.5 (except curvature, normal and binormal vectors in 10.3), 11.1-11.8 (Lagrange multipliers with only one constraint), 12.1-12.4, 12.6-12.9 (change of variables in two dimensions only), and 13.1-13.9.

Course Info

Syllabus and detailed course info is here, or as a [.pdf] file.
Textbook: "Calculus: concepts and contexts," 4th Ed., by James Stewart, 2010. ISBN number 0-495-55742-0.
Grading policy: grades will be based on homework (10%), quizzes given during discussion (20%), two in-class midterms (20% each), and the final exam (30%).
Extra help: if you need some, please ask me or Man-Ho! See syllabus for other ways to obtain it.

Homework Assignments

9.1: 3, 5, 7a, 9a, 11, 15, 19a, 25, 29, 33, 39 (assigned Jan 18, due Jan 26/27)
9.2: 5, 7, 15, 21, 23, 25, 33 (assigned Jan 18, due Jan 26/27)
9.3: 1, 3, 9, 13a, 17, 21a, 25, 27, 31, 35, 41 (assigned Jan 20, due Jan 26/27)
9.4: 1, 3, 9, 15, 23, 29, 31, 33, 39 (assigned Jan 20, due Jan 26/27)
9.5: 1, 5, 9, 15, 19, 23, 29, 31, 33, 43, 55, 57, 61 (assigned Jan 25, due Feb 2/3)
9.6: 7, 11, 13, 15, 17, 19, 21, 25, 27 (assigned Jan 25, due Feb 2/3)
9.7: 5a, 9a, 13, 15, 17, 21, 25, 27, 33 (assigned Jan 27, due Feb 2/3)
10.1: 1, 3, 9, 11, 17, 19-24, 25, 27, 37, 39 (assigned Jan 27, due Feb 2/3)
10.2: 5, 13, 15, 21, 25, 31, 37, 39, 47, 53 (assigned Feb 1, due Feb 8/9)
10.3: 3, 11, 13, 15 (assigned Feb 1, due Feb 8/9)
10.4: 7, 13, 17, 21, 23, 31 (assigned Feb 1, due Feb 8/9)
10.5: 1, 3, 5, 13-18, 19, 21, 23 (assigned Feb 3, due Feb 8/9)
11.1: 1, 7, 15-18, 19, 23, 27, 35-40, 41, 45 (assigned Feb 3, due Feb 8/9)
11.2: 1, 5, 9, 11, 13, 15, 19, 23, 27, 31, 33, 35, 37 (assigned Feb 8, due Feb 23/24)
11.3: 3, 5, 7, 9, 27, 39, 43, 47, 49, 55, 65, 69, 71 (assigned Feb 10, due Feb 23/24)
11.4: 1, 3, 15, 17, 23, 31, 33, 41, 43 (assigned Feb 10, due Feb 23/24)
11.5: 3, 9, 11, 13, 21, 25, 27, 31, 43, 47 (assigned Feb 17, due Feb 23/24)
11.6: 5, 15, 19, 23, 25, 27, 33, 43a, 51, 53 (assigned Feb 24, due Mar 2/3)
11.7: 3, 13, 17, 27, 31, 37, 41, 47 (assigned Feb 24, due Mar 2/3)
11.8: 5, 9, 19, 25, 31 (assigned March 1, due March 9/10; Note: I originally wrote #41 here, but that was a typo. It should have said #31. This should not affect anything that was graded.)
12.1: 1, 11, 13, 17 (assigned March 1, due March 9/10)
12.2: 1, 9, 11, 17, 19, 21, 23, 29, 31, 35, 37 (assigned March 3, due March 9/10)
12.3: 7, 9, 15, 21, 23, 29, 35, 45, 47, 53 (assigned March 8, due March 23/24)
12.4: 5, 9, 11, 13, 19, 21, 23, 25, 27, 31 (assigned March 10, due March 23/24)
12.6: 1, 5, 7, 9, 11 (assigned March 22, due March 30/31)
12.7: 11, 13, 15, 21, 27, 33 (assigned March 24, due April 6/7)
12.8: 7,9,11,19,21,23,35,37 (assigned March 24, due April 6/7)
12.9: 15, 17, 19, 23, 25, 27 (assigned March 29, due April 6/7)
13.1: 3,5,9, 11-14, 15-18, 21, 29-32 (assigned April 5, due April 13/14)
13.2: 3-21 odd numbered problems only (assigned April 7, due April 13/14)
13.3: 1, 5-19 odd, 25 (assigned April 14, due by noon on April 21 -- please hand in during discussion on April 20 or put in Man Ho's mailbox in the main office of the math department in 111 Cummington St.)
13.4: 1-13 odd, 27 (assigned April 14, due by noon on April 21 -- please hand in during discussion on April 20 or put in Man Ho's mailbox in the main office of the math department in 111 Cummington St.)
13.5: 3, 7, 9-12, 15, 17, 19, 21, 25, 33, 37 (assigned April 19, due April 27/28)
13.6: 5, 11, 15, 17, 21-31 odd, 35 (assigned April 28, due May 4-5)
13.7: 1-9 odd, 11a, 15, 19 (assigned May 3, you do not need to turn it in)
13.8: 3-13 odd, 17, 19, 25, 27, 29 (assigned May 3, you do not need to turn it in)

Quiz/Midterm/Exam info

Quiz 1 (Feb 2/3): covered 9.1-9.6, .pdf of quiz and .pdf of solutions.
Midterm 1 (Feb 15): covered sections 9.1-9.7, 10.1-10.5, and 11.1. .pdf of midterm and .pdf of solutions.
Quiz 2 (March 9/10): covered 11.2-11.7, .pdf of quiz and .pdf of solutions.
Midterm 2 (March 31): covered sections 11.2-11.8, 12.1-12.4, and 12.6. .pdf of midterm and .pdf of solutions.
Quiz 3 (April 27/28): covered 12.7-12.9, 13.1-13.4.pdf of quiz and .pdf of solutions.

Miscellaneous

Calc I/II reveiw from discussions Jan 19-20: problems and solutions.