Math 23B Fall 2011

Math 23B
Multivariable Calculus
Fall 2011

Lectures: TTh 10:00 - 11:45am; JBE 152

Text: Vector Calculus Marsden & Tromba, 5th edition

Instructor: Viktor Ginzburg
email: ginzburg(at)ucsc.edu
Office: McHenry 4124
Office Hours: Tu 12:30-2pm, We 2:45-3:45pm or by appointment

Teaching assistants and sections :

TTh 8:00-9:45am (Oakes Acad 106), Nina Yu, nyu1(at)ucsc.edu
MW 5:00-6:45pm (Eight Acad 252), Nina Yu, nyu1(at)ucsc.edu
TTh 8:00-9:45pm (Porter Acad 148), Corey Shanbrom, cshanbro(at)ucsc.edu
TTh 2:00-3:45pm (Eight Acad 252), Corey Shanbrom, cshanbro(at)ucsc.edu

Sections begin Wednesday, 09/28.

TA's Office Hours :

Corey Shanbrom, TTh 6-7:30pm, McHenry 1292
Nina Yu, Mo 4-5pm, Th 2-4pm

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

Students with disabilities: If you qualify for classroom accommodations because of a disability, please submit your Accommodation Authorization Letter from the Disability Resource Center (DRC) to me as soon as possible, preferably within the first two weeks of the Fall quarter. Contact DRC by phone at 831-459-2089 or by email at drc(at)ucsc.edu for more information.

Coursework: There will be weekly homework sets, one midterm, and a final (Tuesday, December 6, 8:00-11:00am). The midterm is scheduled for Thursday, November 3.

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: Review of Chapters 5 and 6, midterm
Week 8: Section 7.5 - 7.7
Week 9: Sections 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 possibly the very beginning of Chapter 7, and is scheduled for Thursday, November 3. The final is scheduled for Tuesday, December 6, 8:00-11:00am.

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 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	10/5 & 10/6	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)
#2	10/12 & 10/13	5.4: 5, 8 5.5: 1, 2, 5, 6, 9, 11, 12, 14, 17, 19, 21
#3	10/19 & 10/20	6.1: 3, 4 6.2: 1, 2, 3(b), 9, 14, 19, 23, 24, 26(a) 6.3: 1, 3, 7
#4	10/26 & 10/27	6.3: 8, 14 7.1: 2, 3, 4(a), 5, 11(a) 7.2: 1(a,c), 2(a,b,c), 3, 6, 7, 11, 14, 15
#5	11/09 & 11/10	7.3: 1, 3, 5, 10, 11 7.4: 1, 3, 5, 6, 11, 13, 21 7.5: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 10, 14
#6	11/16 & 11/17	7.6: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 9, 10, 15, 16(a,b), 17, 18(a)
#7	11/30 & 12/01	8.1: 1, 3(a,b), 5, 7, 13 8.2: 1, 2, 5, 6, 9, 10, 11 8.3: 2, 3, 4, 7, 13 8.4: 1, 2, 4(a), 10