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what is coming up, solutions to tests, etc., Keep checking!
COURSE PAGE WITH SYLLABUS, GRADING SCHEME, ETC.,
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Exams from Spring 2011
SYLLABUS
Will try to stick to this syllabus as much as possible.
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FINAL EXAMS
Tutoring Schedule
TESTS AND QUIZZES FROM SPRING 2011
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THURSDAY CLASSES AND OFFICE HOURS ON ZOOM.
TEST II WILL BE WED OCT 23. MORE DETAILS SOON.
QUIZ 7 Wed 16th.
10/11/24 Friday
QUIZ 7 WED ON 14.4, 14.5, 14.6.
Today we talked about directional derivatives and the gradient vector.
Please read notes and THEN try practice problems.
Notes from today -includes worked out problems (Reload!)
Practice problems: 14.6 problems :
3, 11, 23, 27, 37, 51, 55.
Try as many as you can but at least the ones above.
10/10/24 Thursday
NOTE: THIS WEEK ONLY -- FRIDAY CLASS ALSO ON ZOOM.
Today we talked about chain rule for partial derivatives and implicit differentiation.
Please read notes and THEN try practice problems.
Notes from today -includes worked out problems (Reload!)
Practice problems: 14.5 problems :
5, 13, 17, 27, 35, 39, 43, 47.
Try as many as you can but at least the ones above.
10/9/24 Wednesday
NOTE: THIS WEEK ONLY -- FRIDAY CLASS ALSO ON ZOOM.
Today we talked about linear approximation of functions using partial derivatives.
Please read notes and THEN try practice problems.
Notes from today -includes worked out problems (Reload!)
Practice problems: 14.4 problems :
1, 3, 7, 17, 21, 29, 33, 39, 41, 43, 45.
Try as many as you can but at least the ones above.
10/7/24 Monday
Wednesday we will start 14.4.
Quiz 6 Solutions
Quiz 6 Problems
10/4/24 Friday
QUIZ MONDAY ON 14.2 and 14.3.
Today we talked about partial derivatives.
Please read notes and THEN try practice problems.
Notes from today -includes worked out problems (Reload!)
We also watched this Video on Heat Equation.
Practice problems: 14.2 problems :
11, 13, 17 (use limit of sinx/x as x -> 0), 21, 23 (look along parabola x = y^2), 25 (multiply by conjugates), 31, 33, 43, 45.
14.3 problems: 3, 9, 13, 25, 37, 51, 55, 77a.
Try as many as you can but at least the ones above.
10/3/24 Thursday
QUIZ MONDAY ON 14.2 and 14.3.
Today we did some problems on limits and continuity functions of 3 variables.
Please read notes and THEN try practice problems.
Notes from today -includes worked out problems (Reload!)
Practice problems: 14.2 problems :
11, 13, 17 (use limit of sinx/x as x -> 0), 21, 23 (look along parabola x = y^2), 25 (multiply by conjugates), 31, 33, 43, 45.
Try as many as you can but at least the ones above.
10/2/24 Wednesday
Today we talked about limits and continuity functions of 3 variables.
Please read notes and THEN try practice problems.
Notes from today (Reload!)
Practice problems: 14.2 problems :
11, 13, 17 (use limit of sinx/x as x -> 0), 21, 23 (look along parabola x = y^2), 25 (multiply by conjugates), 31, 33, 43, 45.
Try as many as you can but at least the ones above.
9/30/24 Monday
Wednesday we will start 14.2.
Quiz 5 Solutions
Quiz 5 Problems
9/27/24 Friday
QUIZ 5 WILL BE MONDAY SEP 30, on 13.4 and 14.1.
Today we talked about functions of 3 variables and their graphs.
Please read notes and THEN try practice problems.
Notes from today (Reload!)
Practice problems: 14.1 problems :3, 7, 11, 25, 29, 45.
Try as many as you can but at least the ones above.
9/26/24 Thursday
QUIZ 5 WILL BE MONDAY SEP 30, on 13.4 and 14.1.
Today we talked about velocity, acceleration etc of an object moving along a space curve.
We also watched a video on how Kepler's 2nd law can be derived using vector functions.
In the book they derive the first law and give hints for the other two.
Please read notes and THEN try practice problems.
Notes from today (Reload!)
Practice problems: 13.4 problems :11, 13, 15, 17, 20, 23, 27, 31, 39, 45.
Try as many as you can but at least the ones above.
9/23/24 Monday
Just posted tutoring schedule, above.
Test will be graded by end of the week.
Test 1 Solutions
test 1 Problems
Test I will be on monday Sep 23. It will cover all of chapter 12 and 13.1, 13.2, 13.3
Please use this study-guide .
Please also study class notes, practice problems, quiz solutions as well as
exams from Spring 11.
IF YOU HAVE ACCESS TO WEBASSIGN, YOU CAN DO THE PRACTICE TEST AS AN ASSIGNMENT THERE, AND MAKE USE OF ADDITIONAL FEATURES.
9/19/2024 THURSDAY
TOMORROW WE WILL DO A REVIEW FOR TEST 1.
Today we talked about arc length, curvature, tangent and normal vector of space curves.
Please read notes and THEN try practice problems.
Notes from today (Reload!)
Practice problems: 13.3 problems : 3,5,15, 19,21,25,35.
Try as many as you can but at least the ones above.
9/18/2024 WEDNESDAY
Today we talked about derivatives and integrals of vector functions.
Please read notes and THEN try practice problems.
Notes from today (Reload!)
Practice problems: 13.2 problems 11, 13, 21, 23, 27,35, 39, 43, 55.
Try as many as you can but at least the ones above.
9/16/2024 MONDAY
Today we talked about vector functions.
Please read notes and THEN try practice problems.
Notes from today
Practice problems: 13.1 problems 3, 5, 7, 11, 13, 21, 25, 33, 35, 51, 53.
Try as many as you can but at least the ones above.
9/13/24 Friday
Quiz 4 grades have been posted on canvas.
Quiz 4 Solutions
Quiz 4 Problems
9/12/2024 THURSDAY
QUIZ 4 tomorrow. 12.5 and 12.6 (No 12.4).
Today we talked about quadric surfaces.
Please read notes and THEN try practice problems.
In calculus 2 review only need to know how curves are oriented and where are their centers and vertices.
Don't worry about focus and asymptotes etc.,
Notes from today
Practice problems: 12.6 problems 1, 5, 7, 11, 13, 17, 21.
12.5 problems 3, 7, 9, 11, 13, 15, 19, 27, 29, 31, 35, 39, 45, 51, 53, 57, 69, 71.
Try as many as you can but at least the ones above.
9/11/2024 WEDNESDAY
QUIZ on FRI. 12.5 and part of 12.6 (details tomorrow ; No 12.4).
Today we talked about equation of plane in 3 dimensions.
Please read notes and THEN try practice problems.
Notes from today
Practice problems: 12.5 problems 3, 7, 9, 11, 13, 15, 19, 27, 29, 31, 35, 39, 45, 51, 53, 57, 69, 71.
Try as many as you can but at least the ones above.
9/9/2024 MONDAY
Today we started talking about equation of line in 3 dimensions.
Please read notes (first 5 pages and the problems at the end) and THEN try practice problems.
Notes from today
Practice problems: 12.5 problems 3, 7, 9, 11, 13, 15, 19.
Try as many as you can but at least the ones above.
9/6/24 Friday
Quiz 3 grades have been posted on canvas.
Quiz 3 Solutions
Quiz 3 Problems
9/5/24 Thursday
QUIZ 3 on friday will based on 12.3 and 12.4. Problems similar to the practice problems and the ones we did in class.
Today we finished talking about cross product or vector product.
I have added a problem on torque in the notes. So please read notes.
Notes from today (updated -- Please reload)
Practice problems: 12.3 problems 43, 49, 51, 55, 57.
12.4 problems: 3, 5, 7, 13, 19, 21, 23, 25, 27, 33, 35,37, 39, 41.
Try as many as you can but at least the ones above.
9/4/24 Wednesday
QUIZ 3 on friday will based on 12.3 and 12.4. Problems similar to the practice problems and the ones we did in class.
Today we finished talking about dot product (aka scalar product) of vectors and started on cross product or vector product.
Notes from today (updated -- Please reload)
Practice problems: 12.3 problems 43, 49, 51, 55, 57.
12.4 problems: 3, 5, 7, 13, 19, 21, 23, 25.
Try as many as you can but at least the ones above.
8/30/24 Friday
Quiz 2 grades have been posted on canvas.
Quiz 2 Solutions
Quiz 2 Problems
8/29/24 Thursday
QUIZ 2 on friday will based on 12.2 and 12.3. Problems similar to the practice problems and the ones we did in class.
Today we talked about dot product (aka scalar product) of vectors and went over some problems.
Notes from today(updated -- Please reload)
Practice problems: 12.3 problems 1, 9, 11, 17, 25, 27, 31, 43.
Try as many as you can but at least the ones above.
8/23/24 Wednesday
QUIZ 2 on friday will based on 12.2 and 12.3. Problems similar to the practice problems and the ones we did in class.
Today we continued talking about vectors in 3 dimensions and went over some problems.
Notes from today(updated -- Please reload)
Practice problems: 12.2 problems 1, 3, 9, 11, 17, 21, 25, 27, 31, 33, 39, 43.
Try as many as you can but at least the ones above.
8/28/23 Monday
Quiz 1 grades have been posted on canvas.
Quiz I Solutions
Quiz I Problems
8/23/24 Friday
QUIZ 1 on monday will based on 12.1 and 12.2 based on the practice problems and the ones we did in class.
Today we started talking about vectors in 3 dimensions and went over some problems.
Notes from today(updated -- Please reload)
Practice problems: 12.2 problems 1, 3, 9, 11, 17, 25, 27, 31.
Try as many as you can but at least the ones above.
8/22/24 Thursday
Today we continued talking about doing calculus in 3 dimensions and went over some problems.
Notes from today(updated -- Please reload)
Practice problems: 12.1 problems 5, 7, 9, 11, 13b, 15, 17.
Try as many as you can but at least the ones above. The quiz on monday will be based on these and the ones we did in class.
We will do 12.2 tomorrow and quiz 1 on monday will based on 12.1 and 12.2.
8/21/24 Wednesday
Today we started talking about doing calculus in 3 dimensions and introduced co-ordinate system, distance and midpoint formulae for 3 dimensions.
Notes from today
No practice problems today but please read the notes above and try problem 4 and 6. I have added pictures for better understanding.
I am postponing quiz 1 to monday because I think we need to spend more time on 12.1 and 12.2.
8/19/24 Monday
Today we introduced ourselves to each other and to calculus.
INTRODUCTION TO CALCULUS 3 -- Notes from today
No practice problems today but please read the calculus review and calculus review problems in the notes above.
We will go over 12.1 and 12.2 and have a quiz on them on friday.
8/16/24 Friday
THE FOLLOWING IS FROM CALCULUS 2 SPRING 2020. PLEASE USE IT FOR REVIEW.
CALCULUS 2 SPRING 2020