MATH 2210-5 Calculus III

MATH 2210-5 Calculus III - Fall 2008

Class information

Time: 10:45am-12:05pm
Days: Tuesday and Thursday
Where: LS 102
Textbook: Calculus, Varberg, Purcell and Rigdon (9th edition, Prentice Hall)
Material covered: Multivariate calculus (Chapters 11-14)
Prerequisites: MATH 1210 and MATH 1220 or equivalent
Syllabus: Here

Contact information

Instructor: Emanuele Macrì
Office: JWB 317
Office hours: Tue 2:00pm-3:20pm, Thu 3:00-4:00pm (NEW), or by appointment
Phone: 801-581-6898
Email: macri(AT)math(DOT)utah(DOT)edu

Homework assignments and other announcements

Dec 17 2008

The final grades are online on WebCT. They are still not official: hence if someone has any question on them, please write me or come to my office.

Dec 11 2008

The Final Exam will be on December 16 at 10:30 in LS 102. A set of exercises similar to the exam can be found here.

Dec 4 2008

We will finish Section 14 of the textbook on Tuesday, December 9. The plan is to have a final review session on the remaining part of the lecture of Dec 9 and then another review session on the whole class of Dec 11. The final exam will be on December 16.

Homework assignment #10 is optional (it will count as extra credit) and it is due on Thursday, December 11 (at the beginning of the class) and contains 12 exercises (references relative to ninth edition of textbook)
Section 14.4: 9,10,14,26,27,29

Section 14.5: 1,2,4,10,12,29

Nov 25 2008

Homework assignment #9 (last one) is due on Thursday, December 4 (at the beginning of the class) and contains 18 exercises (references relative to ninth edition of textbook)
Section 14.2: 8,9,12,20,24

Section 14.3: 1,2,5,12,14,15,30

Section 14.4: 1,3,4,7,19,23

Nov 18 2008

Homework assignment #8 is due on Tuesday, November 25 (at the beginning of the class) and contains 11 exercises (references relative to ninth edition of textbook)
Section 14.1: 2,8,9,14,16,28,30

Section 14.2: 2,4,6,32

Nov 14 2008

The grades for the second midterm exam are online on WebCT.

Nov 4 2008

We will finish Section 13 of the textbook on Thursday, November 6. The plan is to have a first review session on the remaining part of the lecture of Nov 6 and then another review session on the whole class of Nov 11. The second midterm exam will be on November 13.

Homework assignment for the second midterm exam is facultative (and it will not be graded)
Section 13.6: 1,4,7,10,20

Section 13.7: 1--all--10,21,23,24

Section 13.8: 7--all--12,20,23

Section 13.10 (Test Problems): 1--all--4,9,10,12,15

Oct 30 2008

Homework assignment #7 is due on Thursday, November 6 (at the beginning of the class) and contains 11 exercises (references relative to ninth edition of textbook)
Section 13.4: 1,4,5,11,14,17,23,26,30

Section 13.9: 17

Moreover, you have to compute the volume of a 3-dimensional solid of rotation you like (suggestion: a cone) using double integrals as we saw in class.

Oct 23 2008

Homework assignment #6 is due on Thursday, October 30 (at the beginning of the class) and contains 23 exercises (references relative to ninth edition of textbook)
Section 13.1: 2,4,6,18,23,30

Section 13.2: 1,5,8,16,18,33,41

Section 13.3: 3,5,7,11,15,21,27,39,43

Moreover, you have to compute the volume of a 3-dimensional solid you like (no tetrahedron/pyramid/cube :-) using double integrals as we saw in class.

Oct 3 2008

For checking your grades (both for the homework and for the future exams) you have to follow this link, log-in with your uID number and password, and then you can view your grades by clicking on the small icon down on the left "My grades".

Sept 30 2008

Homework assignment for the midterm exam is facultative (and it will not be graded)
Section 12.8: 1--all--10,11,13,16,26 (an exercise similar to number 16 will be done in class next Thursday)

Section 12.9: 1,3,8

Section 12.10 (Test Problems): 2,5,8,9,10,13,16,17,20,27

Sept 25 2008

We will finish Section 12 of the textbook most probably on Thursday, October 2. The plan is to have a first review session on the remaining part of the lecture of Oct 2 and then another review session on the full class of Oct 7. The first midterm exam will be on October 9.

Homework assignment #5 is due on Thursday, October 2 (at the beginning of the class) and contains 17 exercises (references relative to ninth edition of textbook)
Section 12.4: 4,6,10,14,17,19

Section 12.5: 6,10,14,24

Section 12.6: 4,6,8,14,32 (the last one is slightly more difficult: if you have any problem please come and ask to me)

Section 12.7: 4,6

Sept 18 2008

Homework assignment #4 is due on Thursday, September 25 (at the beginning of the class) and contains 16 exercises (references relative to ninth edition of textbook)
Section 12.1: 2,8,10,16

Section 12.2: 2,14,19,25,34,46

Section 12.3: 3,7,12,20,28,32

Sept 16 2008

Office hours change: Today (Tue, Sept.16) there will be no office hours. You can come to my office tomorrow (Wed, Sept.17) from 9:30 am to 12:00pm.

Sept 11 2008

Homework assignment #3 is due on Thursday, September 18 (at the beginning of the class) and contains 16 exercises (references relative to ninth edition of textbook)
Section 11.7: 8,14,36,44,48,56

Section 11.8: 4,10,20,22,35

Section 11.9: 2,4,6,12,38

Office hours change: From now on, my office hours on Thursadys will be 3:00-4:00pm.

Sept 4 2008

Homework assignment #2 is due on Thursday, September 11 (at the beginning of the class) and contains 16 exercises (references relative to ninth edition of textbook)
Section 11.4: 2,4,8,18

Section 11.5: 6,10,12,28,40

Section 11.6: 2,6,14,18,24,30

Section 11.7: 6

Office hours change: For today (Sept 4), my office hours will be 3:00-4:00pm.

Aug 28 2008

Homework assignment #1 is due on Thursday, September 4 (at the beginning of the class) and contains 20 exercises (references relative to ninth edition of textbook)
Section 11.1: 8,16,20,28

Section 11.2: 4,6,14

Section 11.3: 6,8,12,18,22,32,34,44,54,56,66,68,74

General guidelines: Show your work. A right answer without proper explanation or the manipulations that lead to it, will not count for full credit. You may work in groups, however you must submit your own writeup of the solution.
Since this is the first assignment, please come to my office if you have any question.
The exercise have to be done all. I will grade three of them (randomly and equal for everybody). Then I will assign from 0 to 2 points for each of these 3 exercises.Moreover, I will give from 0 to 4 points if you have (at least) tried to solve all 20 exercises. In total you will receive a grade from 0 to 10 points.
Recall that the two lowest homework will not be considered when taking the final mean for the semester.

Aug 20 2008

Homework assignments will be given in class, on this webpage and by email. Other announcements, such as office hour changes, will go here too.

Homework, exams and withdrawal policies

Homeworks 20%, Final 40%, Midterms 40% (20% each)
Expect one weekly homework assignment. No late homework will be accepted, but the two lowest homework scores will be dropped when finding the homework mean for the term.
Two midterms, tentatively on Thursday, October 9 and Thursday, November 13. Both of them from 10:45am to 12:05pm.
Final exam date: Tuesday, December 16, 10:30am-12:30pm.
See the following links for the University of Utah withdrawal policy and the Fall 2008 academic calendar.

Students with Disabilities

The University of Utah seeks to provide equal access to its programs, services and activities for people with disabilities. If you will need accommodations in the class, reasonable prior notice needs to be given to the Center for Disability Services, 162 Olpin Union Building, 581-5020 (V/TDD). CDS will work with you and the instructor to make arrangements for accommodations.

All written information in this course can be made available in alternative format with prior notification to the Center for Disability Services.

Also, please let me know at the beginning of the course, should you need special accomodations.

Dec 17 2008	The final grades are online on WebCT. They are still not official: hence if someone has any question on them, please write me or come to my office.
Dec 11 2008	The Final Exam will be on December 16 at 10:30 in LS 102. A set of exercises similar to the exam can be found here.
Dec 4 2008	We will finish Section 14 of the textbook on Tuesday, December 9. The plan is to have a final review session on the remaining part of the lecture of Dec 9 and then another review session on the whole class of Dec 11. The final exam will be on December 16. Homework assignment #10 is optional (it will count as extra credit) and it is due on Thursday, December 11 (at the beginning of the class) and contains 12 exercises (references relative to ninth edition of textbook) Section 14.4: 9,10,14,26,27,29 Section 14.5: 1,2,4,10,12,29
Nov 25 2008	Homework assignment #9 (last one) is due on Thursday, December 4 (at the beginning of the class) and contains 18 exercises (references relative to ninth edition of textbook) Section 14.2: 8,9,12,20,24 Section 14.3: 1,2,5,12,14,15,30 Section 14.4: 1,3,4,7,19,23
Nov 18 2008	Homework assignment #8 is due on Tuesday, November 25 (at the beginning of the class) and contains 11 exercises (references relative to ninth edition of textbook) Section 14.1: 2,8,9,14,16,28,30 Section 14.2: 2,4,6,32
Nov 14 2008	The grades for the second midterm exam are online on WebCT.
Nov 4 2008	We will finish Section 13 of the textbook on Thursday, November 6. The plan is to have a first review session on the remaining part of the lecture of Nov 6 and then another review session on the whole class of Nov 11. The second midterm exam will be on November 13. Homework assignment for the second midterm exam is facultative (and it will not be graded) Section 13.6: 1,4,7,10,20 Section 13.7: 1--all--10,21,23,24 Section 13.8: 7--all--12,20,23 Section 13.10 (Test Problems): 1--all--4,9,10,12,15
Oct 30 2008	Homework assignment #7 is due on Thursday, November 6 (at the beginning of the class) and contains 11 exercises (references relative to ninth edition of textbook) Section 13.4: 1,4,5,11,14,17,23,26,30 Section 13.9: 17 Moreover, you have to compute the volume of a 3-dimensional solid of rotation you like (suggestion: a cone) using double integrals as we saw in class.
Oct 23 2008	Homework assignment #6 is due on Thursday, October 30 (at the beginning of the class) and contains 23 exercises (references relative to ninth edition of textbook) Section 13.1: 2,4,6,18,23,30 Section 13.2: 1,5,8,16,18,33,41 Section 13.3: 3,5,7,11,15,21,27,39,43 Moreover, you have to compute the volume of a 3-dimensional solid you like (no tetrahedron/pyramid/cube :-) using double integrals as we saw in class.
Oct 3 2008	For checking your grades (both for the homework and for the future exams) you have to follow this link, log-in with your uID number and password, and then you can view your grades by clicking on the small icon down on the left "My grades".
Sept 30 2008	Homework assignment for the midterm exam is facultative (and it will not be graded) Section 12.8: 1--all--10,11,13,16,26 (an exercise similar to number 16 will be done in class next Thursday) Section 12.9: 1,3,8 Section 12.10 (Test Problems): 2,5,8,9,10,13,16,17,20,27
Sept 25 2008	We will finish Section 12 of the textbook most probably on Thursday, October 2. The plan is to have a first review session on the remaining part of the lecture of Oct 2 and then another review session on the full class of Oct 7. The first midterm exam will be on October 9. Homework assignment #5 is due on Thursday, October 2 (at the beginning of the class) and contains 17 exercises (references relative to ninth edition of textbook) Section 12.4: 4,6,10,14,17,19 Section 12.5: 6,10,14,24 Section 12.6: 4,6,8,14,32 (the last one is slightly more difficult: if you have any problem please come and ask to me) Section 12.7: 4,6
Sept 18 2008	Homework assignment #4 is due on Thursday, September 25 (at the beginning of the class) and contains 16 exercises (references relative to ninth edition of textbook) Section 12.1: 2,8,10,16 Section 12.2: 2,14,19,25,34,46 Section 12.3: 3,7,12,20,28,32
Sept 16 2008	Office hours change: Today (Tue, Sept.16) there will be no office hours. You can come to my office tomorrow (Wed, Sept.17) from 9:30 am to 12:00pm.
Sept 11 2008	Homework assignment #3 is due on Thursday, September 18 (at the beginning of the class) and contains 16 exercises (references relative to ninth edition of textbook) Section 11.7: 8,14,36,44,48,56 Section 11.8: 4,10,20,22,35 Section 11.9: 2,4,6,12,38 Office hours change: From now on, my office hours on Thursadys will be 3:00-4:00pm.
Sept 4 2008	Homework assignment #2 is due on Thursday, September 11 (at the beginning of the class) and contains 16 exercises (references relative to ninth edition of textbook) Section 11.4: 2,4,8,18 Section 11.5: 6,10,12,28,40 Section 11.6: 2,6,14,18,24,30 Section 11.7: 6 Office hours change: For today (Sept 4), my office hours will be 3:00-4:00pm.
Aug 28 2008	Homework assignment #1 is due on Thursday, September 4 (at the beginning of the class) and contains 20 exercises (references relative to ninth edition of textbook) Section 11.1: 8,16,20,28 Section 11.2: 4,6,14 Section 11.3: 6,8,12,18,22,32,34,44,54,56,66,68,74 General guidelines: Show your work. A right answer without proper explanation or the manipulations that lead to it, will not count for full credit. You may work in groups, however you must submit your own writeup of the solution. Since this is the first assignment, please come to my office if you have any question. The exercise have to be done all. I will grade three of them (randomly and equal for everybody). Then I will assign from 0 to 2 points for each of these 3 exercises.Moreover, I will give from 0 to 4 points if you have (at least) tried to solve all 20 exercises. In total you will receive a grade from 0 to 10 points. Recall that the two lowest homework will not be considered when taking the final mean for the semester.
Aug 20 2008	Homework assignments will be given in class, on this webpage and by email. Other announcements, such as office hour changes, will go here too.