Math 271: Multivariable Calculus I

Fall 2009

General Information

Instructor: Chris Staecker (Personal Homepage)

Email: cstaecker@fairfield.edu

Office: BNW 16

Office Hours: T 1-2, W 2-3, F 10-11, F 1-2

Textbook: Calculus by James Stewart, 6^th edition

Class Meetings: TWF 11-12 BNW 333

Final Exam: Tuesday December 15, 9:00 AM

Other Materials

• Class wiki
• Syllabus (pdf) LaTeX source

Coming Attractions

9/9: Homework #1 due

Section 11.1: 2, 6, 7, 13, 15, 24, 26, 40
Section 11.2: 1, 4, 7, 15, 18, 27, 30 (there's only 1 tangent)

9/16: Homework #2 due

Section 11.2: 32, 36a, 41, 42
Section 11.3: 3, 6, 8, 11, 14, 32, 37, 50, 61, 66
Section 13.1: 14, 26, 28, 29, 31, 32, 33

9/23: Homework #3 due

Section 13.2: 14, 16, 17, 21, 22, 24, 30 (the "resultant" is the vector sum)
Section 13.3: 4, 7, 11, 13, 22, 24, 26, 50, 57
More from 13.3: 36, 37, 41, 43

9/30: Homework #4 due

Section 13.4: 1, 3, 7, 10, 11, 13, 14, 16, 20, 49b (give an example to demonstrate the answer is "no")
Section 13.5: 2, 4, 5, 6, 7, 13, 15, 23, 26, 29, 32

10/2: Exam #1

 

10/7: Homework #5 due

Section 13.6: 2, 4, 6, 11, 21-28 (use the table on p. 844), 47ab

10/14: Homework #6 due

Section 14.1: 4, 7, 10, 11, 15, 19-24, 25, 28, 41
Section 14.2: 2, 5, 9, 17, 18, 23, 39, 44, 45, 51

10/21: Homework #7 due

Section 14.3: 1, 5, 13, 14, 17b, 19b, 32

10/28: Homework #8 due

Section 14.4: 3, 10 ("speed" is the length of the velocity vector)
Section 15.1: 5, 11, 15, 18, 34, 40, 41, 55-60, 61, 62

11/4: Homework #9 due

Section 15.2: 5, 7, 10, 11, 20, 30, 31, 33
Section 15.3: 5, 6, 10 (just give the signs), 19, 25, 28, 41, 57, 61
Selected solutions PDF

11/6: Exam #2

 

11/11: Homework #10 due

Section 15.4: 1, 4, 17, 18
Section 15.5: 1, 5, 13, 35, 40
Selected solutions PDF

11/20: Homework #11 due

Section 15.5: 21, 24, 29, 30, 33, 36, 41
Section 15.6: 5, 8, 10, 16
Selected solutions PDF

12/2: Homework #12 due

Section 15.6: 21, 24, 30, 38, 39a, 40a
Section 15.7: 3, 5, 8
Selected solutions PDF

12/15: Homework #13 due (handed in at the final exam)

Section 15.7: 29, 32, 34
Section 15.8: 1, 3, 4, 6

12/15: Final Exam

9:00 AM