Math 23B Fall 2010

Math 23B
Multivariable Calculus
Fall 2010

Lectures: TTh 10:00 - 11:45am, Kresge 321

Text: Vector Calculus Marsden & Tromba, 5th edition

Instructor: Viktor Ginzburg
email: ginzburg(at)math.ucsc.edu
Office: Baskin 353C
Office Hours: Tu 11:50-1:50pm, Th 9:00-10:00am or by appointment

Teaching Assistants and Sections :

MW 7:00-8:45pm (College Eight 250), David DeConde
TTh 6:00-7:45pm (Soc Sci II 71), Nina Yu
MW 5:00-6:45pm (Soc Sci I 110), David DeConde
TTh 8:00-9:45pm (Engr 2 192), Nina Yu

Sections begin Tuesday, 09/28.

TA's Office Hours :

David DeConde, MW 12:00-1:00pm, grad office
Nina Yu, M 4:00-5:00pm, Th 4:00-5:00pm, grad office

Permission codes: To obtain a permission code please contact David Del Mundo (#383 Thimann Labs, M-F, 1-3pm) or/and send your request with all pertinent information to mathadvising(at)ucsc.edu. The instructor does not give permission codes.

Coursework: There will be weekly homework sets, one midterm, and a final (Wednesday, December 8, 12:00-3:00pm).

Very tentative schedule:

Weeks 1, 2: Sections 5.1-5.3
Week 3: Sections 5.4-5.5
Week 4: Sections 6.1-6.3
Week 5: Sections 6.3, 7.1-7.2
Week 6: Sections 7.3-7.5
Week 7: Section 7.6, Review of Chapters 5 and 6
Week 8: Midterm
Week 9: Sections 7.7, 8.1-8.2
Week 10: Sections 8.3-8.4
Week 11: Section 8.5, Review

Exams: The midterm covers Chapters 5 and 6 and is scheduled for Tuesday, November 9. The final is scheduled for Wednesday, December 8, 12:00-3:00pm.

Midterm: Practice Midterm, pdf Solutions, pdf

Final: Practice Final, pdf Solutions, pdf

Important remarks: No credit will be given for late homework. ``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 a weighted average of your scores on homework and the exams.

Homework assignments: Homework assignments will be given in lecture and posted on this website and are due the following week by the end of the second section meeting of the week (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	10/6 & 10/7	5.1: 1(a,b), 4, 8 5.2: 1(a,b), 2(a,c), 3, 4, 6 5.3: 1(a,b), 2(a,c), 6, 7, 8, 9, 11 5.4: 1(a,b,c), 2(a,b,c), 5, 8
#2	10/13 & 10/14	5.5: 1, 2, 5, 6, 9, 11, 12, 14, 17, 19, 21 6.1: 3, 4
#3	10/20 & 10/21	6.2: 1, 2, 3(b), 9, 14, 19, 23, 24, 26(a) 6.3: 1, 3, 7, 8, 14 7.1: 2, 3, 4(a), 5, 11(a)
#4	10/27 & 10/28	7.2: 1(a,c), 2(a,b,c), 3, 6, 7, 11, 14, 15 7.3: 1, 3, 5, 10, 11 7.4: 1, 3, 5, 6, 11, 13, 21
#5	11/03 & 11/04	7.5: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 10, 14
#6	11/17 & 11/18	7.6: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 9, 10, 15, 16(a,b), 17, 18(a)
#7	12/01 & 12/02	8.1: 1, 2, 3(a,b), 5, 7, 13 8.2: 1, 2, 6, 9, 10, 11 8.3: 2, 3, 4, 7, 13 8.4: 1, 2, 4(a)