Professor Dave Catlin
MA261 Multivariate Calculus



Class Information

When MWF 2:30-3:30
Where EE 129

Official
Course
Web Site
Review the course web site
There you will find
  • Assignment Sheet
  • Gound Rules
  • Calendar
Past exams are also available.



Professor Information

Office Math 744
Office Phone 494-1958
Email catlind@purdue.edu
Office Hours M 9:30-10:30
  W 10:30-11:30
  Th 9:30-10:30
  or by appointment




Lectures

08-24Lesson 1 12.1 - 12.4 Review
08-26Lesson 2 12.5 Lines and Planes
08-28Lesson 3 12.5-6 Surfaces in 3 Dimensions
08-31Lesson 4 12.6 Surfaces, Review
09-02Lesson 5 13.1 Vector Functions
09-04Lesson 6 13.2 Derivatives and Integrals of Vector Functions
09-09Lesson 7 13.3 Arclength and Curvature
09-11Lesson 8 13.4 Velocity and Acceleration
09-14Lesson 9 14.1 Functions of Several Variables
09-16Lesson 10 14.2 Limits and Continuity
09-18Lesson 11 14.3 Partial Derivatives
09-21Lesson 12 14.4. Tangent Planes and Approximations
09-23Lesson 13 14.4-5 Chain Rule
09-25Lesson 14 14.5-6 Directional Derivatives
09-28Lesson 15 14.6 The Gradient Vector
09-30Lesson 16 14.7 Maxima and Minima (available soon)
10-02Lesson 17 14.7 Maxima and Minima (available soon)
10-05Lesson 18 14.8 Lagrange Multipliers
10-14Lesson 19 15.1-2 Double Integrals over Rectangles
10-16Lesson 20 15.3 Double Integrals over General Regions
10-19Lesson 21 15.4 Double Integrals in Polar Coordinates
10-21Lesson 22 15.5-6 Applications of Double Integrals, Surface Area
10-23Lesson 23 15.7 Triple Integrals
10-26Lesson 24 15.8 Triple Integrals in Cylindrical Coordinates
10-28Lesson 25 15.9 Triple Integrals in Spherical Coordinates
10-30Lesson 26 16.1 Vector Fields
11-02Lesson 27 16.2 Part 1 Line Integrals
11-04Lesson 28 16.2 Part 2 Line Integrals
11-06Lesson 29 16.3 Fundamental Theorem for Line Integrals
11-09Lesson 30 16.4 Green's Theorem
11-13Lesson 31 16.5 Curl
11-16Lesson 32 16.6 Parametric Surfaces

Homework & Exams

The first exam is October 8, 2015

The second exam is November 12, 2015

We use WebAssign for homework.
  • Homework from Monday and Friday lectures is due Tuesday by 11:00pm
  • Homework from Wednesday lecture is due Thursday by 11:00pm
  • 3 lowest homework scores and quiz scores will be dropped.
  • No makeups for homework or quizzes.