Math 53 - Section 1 - Multivariable Calculus - Fall 2011

News

The review for midterm 1 will be on Friday 10/7 from 3 - 5 in Etcheverrey Hall room 3106

The review for midterm 2 will be on Friday 11/18 from 3 - 4 in Goldman School of Public Policy room 150

Preliminaries

Instructor: Kevin Wray
Discussion section 115: TT 2 - 3:30, Room: Stanley 179
Discussion section 119: TT 12:30 - 2, Room: Evans 330
Office Hours: Monday 2:30 - 3:30, Thursday 3:30 - 4:30 Evans 854
Email: kwray[at symbol]math[dot]berkeley[dot]edu

Course Description

Parametric equations and polar coordinates. Vectors in 2- and 3-dimensional Euclidean spaces. Partial derivatives. Multiple integrals. Vector calculus.
Theorems of Green, Gauss, and Stokes.

Textbook

The textbook for this course is: Stewart, Multivariable Calculus: Early Transcendentals for UC Berkeley. (ISBN: 978-1-4240-5499-2, Cengage).
(This is a custom edition containing chapters 10 and 12-16 of Stewart's "Calculus: Early Transcendentals", 6th edition).

Grading and Course Policy

For grading and course policy, please see Professor Auroux's website (just click here)

Important Dates

For the most update list of important dates, see Professor Auroux's website here

9/6 Homework 1 due
9/13 Homework 2 due
9/20 Homework 3 due
9/27 Homework 4 due
10/4 Homework 5 due
10/10 Midterm 1
10/11 Homework 6 due
10/18 Homework 7 due
10/25 Homework 8 due
11/1 Homework 9 due
11/8 Homework 10 due
11/15 Homework 11 due
11/21 Midterm 2
11/22 Homework 12 due
12/1 Homework 13 due
12/14 Final Exam

Resources

There are some nice lecture notes and problems here. Also, I taught math 53 this past summer and the course page
has some problems and solutions that might help studying. Calculus formula sheets: sheet 1, sheet 2, sheet 3, sheet 4. Be sure to thank Min when you see her!