MA 225 — Fall 2022
Multivariable Calculus


Professor
Name: Maciej Szczesny
Office: MCS 240
Office hours:Tue/Th 2:30-4 MCS 240
E-mail: szczesny (at) math.bu.edu

Teaching Fellow
Name: John Ivanhoe
Office:
Office hours: Mon/Fri 1:30-2:30 pm in Tutoring Room MCS B36 (basement of MCS)
E-mail: jivanhoe@bu.edu
Course info
Lecture (MA 225 B1) :
Tuesday and Thursday, 12:30-1:45 pm, COM 101
Discussion sections:
  • MA 225 B2 - Wed 9:05-9:55 am, PHO 202
  • MA 225 B3 - Wed 1:25-2:15 pm, SOC B63
  • MA 225 B4 - Wed 2:30-3:20 pm, SOC B63
  • MA 225 B5 - Thu 8-8:50 am, PSY B41
  • MA 225 B6 - Thu 9:30-10:20, PHO 201
IMPORTANT: You must be registered for both the MA 225 B1 lecture section as well as for one of the discussion sections (MA 225 B2-B6). You may only attend the discussion section you are registered for.
Text "Calculus: Early Transcendentals 3e" with MyMathLab access by William Briggs, Lyle Cochran, et al. Please wait to purchase the text until you receive an email with instructions ,
Exams
First exam: Oct. 13 (in class)
Second exam: Nov. 15 (in class)
Final exam: TBA


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What this course is about:   This course is about calculus in three dimensions, so we'll start with parametrizations (i.e. how to describe curves in 2 and 3-dimensional space), vectors, lines, and planes in 3D. Then we cover partial derivatives, directional derivatives, multiple integration, cylindrical and spherical coordinates. The last and most interesting chapter covers the big theorems of integration of vector fields (Green's theorem and Stokes' theorem). We will cover chapters 12-17 of the textbook.

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