Math 23A Fall 2006

Math 23A
Multi Dimensional Calculus
Fall 2006

Lectures: MWF 12:30 - 1:40pm, Engr Auditorium

Text: Vector Calculus Marsden & Tromba, 5th edition

Instructor:
Viktor Ginzburg
Office: Baskin 353C
Office Hours: Tu 2:30-3:45pm, We 1:45-3:00pm or by appointment

Sections : TTh and MW, starting September 27 (MW) and September 28 (TTh); ACE: MW 9:00-11:00am.

Coursework:
There will be weekly homework sets, one midterm (Monday, November 6), and a final (Wednesday, December 6, 4:00-7:00pm). Weekly quizzes will be given in Wednesday and Thursday sections.

Tentative schedule:

Week 1: Sections 1.1-1.4
Week 2: Sections 1.5, 2.1, 2.2
Week 3: Sections 2.3-2.5
Week 4: Sections 2.6, 3.1, 3.2
Week 5: Section 3.3, 3.4
Week 6: Sections 3.4, 3.5
Week 7: Review
Week 8: Sections 4.1-4.3
Week 9: Sections 4.3, 4.4
Week 10: Section 4.4, review

Exams:
The midterm is scheduled for Monday, November 6, and the final will be on Wednesday, December 6, 4:00-7:00pm.

Practice Midterm Problems: pdf postscript

Practice Final Problems: pdf postscript

Important remarks:
No credit will be given for late homework and quizzes. ``Make-up'' exams must be approved and arranged in advance. Absences from exams due to illness or personal crisis must be adequately documented. Your overall score in the course will be the best of weighted averages of your scores on homework, exams, and quizzes. Your lowest homework score will be dropped.

Homework assignments:
Homework assignments will be given in lecture and posted on this website and are due the following week at the end of the second section (Wednesday for MW attendees, Thursday for TTh attendees). Important: All pages of each homework assignment should be stapled; the name of your TA should be written on the front page.


	Due Date	Problems
#1	10/4 & 10/5	Sec 1.1: 2,4,5,11,13,15,19,20,21 Sec 1.2: 1,2,3,4,9,10,13,14 Sec 1.3: 2(a),3,4,5,8,10,15(a),16(a),18,26
#2	10/11 & 10/12	Sec 1.4: 1, 2(a,b), 3(a), 4, 8 Sec 1.5: 1, 4 Sec 2.1: 1(a,b), 2(b), 4, 6, 11, 19, 26
#3	10/18 & 10/19	Sec 2.2: 5(a), 6(a), 8(a), 9(c), 10(c), 11(a), 13(c), 17 Sec 2.3: 1(a,b,c), 2(a,b), 3(a,b), 4(a,b), 5, 7(a,c), 13(c), 14(c), 17 Sec 2.4: 1, 5, 7, 9, 16
#4	10/25 & 10/26	Sec 2.5: 2(b,c,d), 3(a,b), 5(a,b), 9, 10, 16 Sec 2.6: 1, 2(a,b), 3(a,b), 4(a,c), 5(a,b), 6(a,c), 7(c), 9, 13(a) Sec 3.1: 1, 2, 3
#5	11/01 & 11/02	Sec 3.1: 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10 Sec 3.2: 1, 2, 5, 6 Sec 3.3: 2, 3, 4, 5, 9, 10, 12, 22, 23, 24
#6	11/15 & 11/16	Sec 3.4: 1, 3, 6, 7, 9, 10, 12, 15, 25, 29
#7	11/22	Sec 3.5: 2, 3, 5, 8, 10 Sec 4.1: 1, 2, 5, 6, 10
#8	11/29 & 11/30	Sec 4.2: 2, 3, 8 Sec 4.3: 1, 2, 6, 10, 13, 16 Sec 4.4: 2, 3, 10, 13, 15