Text: McCallum, Hughes-Hallet, et. al., Multivariable Calculus,
THIRD EDITION
Prerequisites: MTH 142 or equivalent
Calculators: A graphing calculator is required.
Course's Web Page: You should consult this page often for current
announcements, times and location of exams, practice exams, Maple assignments,
and so on.
Exams:
Exam 1 will be held on Wednesday February 18, 6.00 -- 7.30 pm,
in the Independence Auditorium
Exam 1 will cover sections 12.1 -- 14.2.
Exam 2 will be held on Wednesday
March 24, 6.00 -- 7.30 pm, in the Independence Auditorium.
Exam 2 will cover sections 14.3 -- 16.4.
Exam 3 will be held on
Wednesday April 28, 6.00 -- 7.30 pm, in the Independence Auditorium
Final Exam
will be held on Monday May 10, 3--6pm, for all sections.
Room assignment:
Chafee 277 -- section of Prof. Thoma
Pastore 124 -- sections of Professors Finizio and dela Pena
Spring 2004 final exam schedule
Maple: Maple assignments will
be indicated by your instructor.
Maple worksheets for the
third maple assignment are available here:
maple3.mws
maple3-edition9.mws
Calendar and Syllabus Click below to see the sections from the text that are required and the problems suggested as homework:
Some of the sections will be thoroughly covered in class; other may be assigned for you to read. Suggested homework problems are meant as practice problems. You should attempt all of the problems and seek help if you can't solve them.
Evening Exams and the Final There will be three evening exams scheduled on the weeks indicated in the syllabus. The exact time and location of the evening exams, as well as the final exam, will be announced in class and posted on this page.
Grading Your grade will be based upon the following 700 points:
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Three evening exams |
300 points |
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Final exam |
200 points |
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Instructor's assignments |
200 points |
As you see, each of the evening exams is worth 100 points, the comprehensive final exam, which will be scheduled during the final exam period, is worth 200 points. The remaining 200 points will be based on quizzes, homework, and Maple assignments. Your instructor will discuss in class the specifics. Maple worksheets can be downloaded from the links on this page.
Maple Worksheets We will
continue our work with Maple in this course. This powerful software is
particularly useful in multivariable calculus to visualize graphs and surfaces
in three dimensions. Below are links to Maple worksheets for MTH 243. Your
instructor will assign selected worksheets to be graded. You may find it useful
to look at all of them. To open the worksheets you need a copy of Maple on the
machine you are working on. Maple is available in all URI computer labs. You
may purchase a student copy to install on your personal computer.
Download
"Graphs of Functions of Two Variables "(graphs.mws)
Download
"Contour Diagrams" (contours.mws)
Download
"Partial Derivatives and Tangent Planes" (tangent.mws)
Download
"Gradients, Directional Derivatives and Rates of Change"
(gradients.mws)
Download
"Lagrange Multipliers" (lagrange.mws)
Download
"Double Integrals" (doubint7.mws)
Download
"Parametric Curves and Surfaces" (parsur.mws)
Download
"Graphics Showcase" (show.mws)
Information on Maple 9: If you are using Maple 9 (for example in
the library), let maple 9 to translate the worksheets from our web page into
the maple9 format. Then the worksheets will work fine.
A general info on maple worksheets: When transferred over internet
(including email), any maple worksheet must be treated as a binary file. Also,
the name for the number pi in maple is 'Pi'. 'pi' is used to name a number
theoretic function and will give you an error message (usually 'not able to
evaluate your fuction' message).
Available Help In addition to
your instructor's office hours, the Mathematics Department has an extensive
system of walk-in help sessions scheduled in Roosevelt Hall. You can find the
schedule by clicking on the link below.
Our Maple helpers are available at the
Mathematics Department CyberLab, Tyler Hall, Room 101. The schedule is obtainable
through the Mathematics Department Office or from this link
Schedule of tutoring hours and maple helpers