Professor Dave Catlin
MA261 Multivariate Calculus
Spring 2018



Class Information

When MWF 3:30-4:20
Where Class of 1950
Lecture Hall 224
Official
Course
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  • 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

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Lectures are always available online on the day of class
(but not necessarily before that)

01-09Lesson 1 12.1 - 12.3 Review
12.4 Review Covered by TAs
01-11Lesson 2 12.5 Lines and Planes in Space
01-13Lesson 3 12.6 Surfaces in 3 Dimensions
01-18Lesson 4 Example Problems: 3D Surfaces
01-20Lesson 5 13.1 Vector Functions
01-23Lesson 6 13.2 Derivatives and Integrals of Vector Functions
01-25Lesson 7 13.3 Arclength and Curvature
01-27Lesson 8 13.4 Velocity and Acceleration
01-30Lesson 9 14.1 Functions of Several Variables
02-01Lesson 10 14.2 Limits and Continuity
02-03Lesson 11 14.3 Partial Derivatives
02-06Lesson 12 14.4. Tangent Planes and Approximations
02-08Lesson 13 14.5. Chain Rule
02-10Lesson 14 14.6. Directional Derivatives
02-13Lesson 15 14.6. Directional Derivatives (cont')
02-15Lesson 16 14.7. Maximum and Minimum Values
02-17Lesson 17 14.7. Maximum and Minimum Values (cont')
02-20Review Review Problems for Exam 1
02-24Lesson 18 14.8. Lagrange Multipliers
02-27Lesson 19 15.1-2 Double Integrals over Rectangles
03-01Lesson 20 15.3 Iterated Integrals
03-03Lesson 21 15.4 Double Integrals in Polar Coords
03-06Lesson 22 15.6 Density and Mass
03-08Lesson 23 15.7 Triple Integrals
03-10Lesson 24 15.8 Triple Integrals in Cylind. Coords
03-20Lesson 25 15.9 Triple Integrals in Spherical Coords
03-22Lesson 26 16.1 Vector Fields
03-24Lesson 27 16.2 Line Integrals
03-27Lesson 28 16.2 Line Integrals (cont')
03-29Lesson 29 16.3 Fundamental Theorem for Line Integrals
03-31Lesson 30 16.4 Green's Theorem

EXAM 2

When: Tuesday 04-04-2017 6:30pm
Be at the test location at 6:10pm!
Where: Elliott Hall of Music
Covers: Lecture 16 - Lecture 29

Exam 1

When: Tuesday 02-21-2017 6:30pm
Where: Elliott Hall of Music
Covers: Lecture 2 - Lecture 15

Homework

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
  • The 3 lowest homework scores and quiz scores will be dropped.
  • No makeups for homework or quizzes.