MATH 251, Section 508

Fall 2007





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  • Practice problems for Exam 2
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  • Help session schedule
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  • University calendar



  • Schedule and homework assignments:

    Week Dates Material Homework(D := due; S :=suggested)
    1 August 28, August 30 Introduction, 3D vectors, Dot product, Scalar and vector projections - Sections - 11.1, 11.2 11.1:page 656-657: ( D = 12, 19, 26, 32, 38, 42); (S = 1, 3, 5, 13, 20, 21, 23, 25, 33, 45)
    11.2:page 664-666: ( D = 7, 8, 12, 21, 22, 31, 32, 35, 36, 37); (S = 13, 14, 15-20, 25, 45)
    2 September 4, September 6 Cross product, Equations of lines and planes - Sections 11.3, 11.4 11.3:page 672-674: ( D = 12, 16, 24, 31 ); (S = 1, 11, 13, 14, 23, 30)
    11.4:page 681-682: ( D = 14, 26, 36, 39, 44, 54 ); (S = 5, 11, 15, 19, 23, 27, 31, 47, 56)
    3 September 11, September 13 Quadric surfaces - Section 11.5, Functions of several variables, Limits and continuity, Partial derivatives - Sections 12.1-12.3 11.5:page 687-689 : ( D = 1, 2, 9, 25, 41 ); (S = 7, 12, 13, 17-24, 42)
    12.1:page730-732 : ( D = 3, 6, 12, 21, 32, 56 ); (S = 1, 2, 10, 26, 37, 41, 49)
    12.2:page 739-740 : ( D = 1, 2, 8, 10, 11, 21, 36, 39, 42 ); (S = 7, 9, 15, 16, 35, 41)
    4 September 18, September 20 Partial derivatives, Tangent planes and differentials, Chain rule, Directional derivatives - Sections 12.3-12.6 12.3:page 746-748: ( D = 6, 9, 15, 36, 57, 66, 71, 75 ); (S = 1, 3, 4, 10, 20, 22, 52, 56, 63, 70, 76, 78)
    12.4:page 755-756 : ( D = 2, 4, 12 ); (S = 1, 3, 5, 6, 11, 13, 17)
    12.5:page 762-764 : ( D = 5, 12, 18, 20, 24, 30, 39 ); (S = 1, 3, 7, 8, 17, 23, 28, 31, 40-42)
    5 September 25(EXAM 1), September 27 Directional derivatives, Gradient vectors - Section 12.6 12.6:page 772-774 : ( D = 1, 7, 13, 20, 25, 35, 37, 48, 51 ); (S = 4, 8, 16, 18, 22, 36, 40, 45, 49, 50)
    6 October 2 (Quiz-1) , October 4 Maximum and Minimum values - Section 12.7, Double integrals over rectangles, Iterated integrals, Double integrals over general regions - Sections 13.1-13.3 12.7:page 781-783 : ( D = 4, 10, 36, 39 ); (S = 1-3, 5-9, 35, 37, 40, 48)
    13.2:page 804-805 : ( D = 8, 20, 25, 26, 27, 30 ); (S = 5, 6, 7, 9, 13, 15-18, 31)
    7 October 9 , October 11 (Quiz-2) Double integrals over general regions, Polars coordinates, Double integrals in polar coordinates - Sections 13.3-13.5 13.3:page 812-813 : ( D = 7, 8, 16, 20, 22, 27 ); (S = 14, 21, 24, 26)
    13.4:page 819-821 : ( D = 8, 10, 14, 19, 26, 28, , 34, 39, 45, 51 ); (S = 9, 11, 13, 40, 41, 55, 56)
    13.5:page 826-827 : ( D = 1, 3) ); (S = 2, 4)
    8 October 16 , October 18 Double integrals in polar coordinates, Applications of double integrals, Surface area, Triple integrals - Sections 13.5-13.8 13.5:page 826-827 : ( D = 6, 8, 11, 17, 19 ); (S = 15, 18, 23)
    13.6:page 832-832 : ( D = 1, 4, 5 ); (S = 7, 8, 9)
    13.7:page 834-835 : ( D = 1, 3, 6 ); (S = 2, 4 )
    13.8:page 842-844 : ( D = 2, 4, 7, 8, 10 ); (S = 1, 3, 9)
    9 October 23 , October 25 Triple integrals, Cylindrical and spherical coordinates, Triple integrals in cylindrical and spherical coordinates - Sections 13.8-13.10 13.8:page 842-844 : ( D = 13, 20, 27, 40 ); (S = 19)
    13.9:page 848-849 : ( D = 2, 3, 9, 21, 27, 30, 33 ); (S = 1, 8, 15, 16, 22, 26, 35, 43, 45, 49)
    13.10:page 853-854 : ( D = 2, 6, 9, 15, 19, 29, 33 ); (S = 5, 8, 11, 14, 35 )
    10 October 30 (EXAM 2), November 1 Change of variables in multiple integrals - Section 13.11 13.11:page 861-862 : ( D = 4, 6, 7, 10, 13, 15, 17 ); (S = 1, 2, 8, 9, 12 )
    11 November 6, November 8 (Quiz-3) Vector fields, Line integrals, The fundamental theorem for line integrals - Sections 14.1-14.3 14.1:page 872-872 : ( D = 2, 3, 19, 22 ); (S = 7, 8, 17, 18, 20)
    14.2:page 882-883 : ( D = 3, 4, 6, 10, 11, 15, 18, 29 ); (S = 1, 5, 7, 9, 12, 13, 16, 19, 30)
    14.3:page 891-892 : ( D = 3, 6, 7, 9, 10 ); (S = 1, 2, 5, 8)
    12 November 13, November 15 (Quiz-4) The fundamental theorem for line integrals, Green's theorem, Curl and divergence - Sections 14.3-14.5 14.3:page 891-892 : ( D = 11, 12, 14, 19, 21); (S = 13, 15, 16, 20, 22)
    14.4:page 898-899 : ( D = 1, 3, 7, 9, 12, 18, 22, ); (S = 2, 4, 13, 15, 16, 21, 24)
    14.5:page 905-906 : ( D = 2, 7, 8, 11, 12, 14, 18, 19 ); (S = 1, 3, 6, 9, 13, 16, 17, 20, 21, 22)
    13 November 20, (November 22: Thanksgiving holiday: No class) Parametric surfaces and their areas, Surface integrals - Sections 14.6-14.7 14.6:page 913-914 : ( D = 5, 6, 7, 16, 17, 20, 21, 23 ); (S = 1, 2, 4, 15, 22, 24, 27, 28(a, b) )
    14.7:page 925-926 : ( D = 3, 4, 5, 6, 8 ); (S = 9, 10, 11, 13)
    14 November 27, November 29 Surface integrals, Stokes' theorem, Divergence theorem - Sections 14.7-14.9 14.7:page 925-926 : ( D = 15, 16, 18 ); (S = 19)
    14.8:page 931-931 : ( D = 1, 3, 7, 8, 15 ); (S = 2, 6, 9)
    14.9:page 936-937 : ( D = 3, 4, 7, 13, 21, 22); (S = 5, 6, 12, 14, 23)
    15 December 4 Review for Final exam No HW
    16 December 10: 1-3 p.m. FINAL EXAM:: PLEASE, Do not miss your final exam! .