Mathematics 53 - Multivariable Calculus

Professor M. Zworski 643-7991 zworski@math.berkeley.edu

Office Hours: 2-4 PM on Wednesdays in Evans 801.

Class meetings: The main lectures are TT 11:30 AM- 1 PM in 155 Dwinelle. There are in addition 16 discussion sections meeting on TuTh.

Course Webpage: The handouts and assignments on bCourse.

Text: J. Steward, Custom version of Calculus (Early Transcendentals), 8th edition for Math 53

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Overview

 

Material

Number of Lectures

 

 

 

 

Introduction, parametric equations

4

 

 

 

 

Vectors and Planes

4

 

 

 

 

Partial Derivatives

9

 

Multiple Integrals

10

 

Vector Calculus

12

 

Review (RRR Week)

3

 

 

 

 

Total

42

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Tests

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Exam

Date

 

 

Material covered

 

Midterm # 1

September 24

 

 

Lectures 1-9

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Midterm # 2

November 5

 

 

Lectures 10-27

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Final Exam

December 15, 11:30-2:30 PM

All Lectures with 28-39 emphasized

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Grades

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Work

 

Percentage of final grade

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Homework and Quizzes

 

20 %

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Midterm #1

 

20 %

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Midterm #2

 

20 %

 

 

 

 

 

Final Exam 20

 

40 %

 

 

Grades will be computed in the following way. You will be given a letter grade (+ or, if appropriate) for each item of work above and we will later combine these grades as indicated in the table to obtain the nal grade for the course. The TAs will lastly identify borderline cases, for which we will carefully look at the numerical grades on the variou s tests to determine the grade.

If you do not take Midterm #1, Midterm # 2 will count for 40 % of your grade. If you take Midterm #1 but not Midterm #2, the Final Exam will count for 60 % of your grade. If you take neither Midterm #1 nor Midterm #2, you will fail the course. Consequently, please mark them in your calendars.

Homework and Quizzes: There will be a weekly quizz given each Tuesday in sections. There will be no make-up quizzes, but we will drop the two lowest quiz scores in computing your grade. Homework from main lecture on Monday is due on Thursday in sections; homework from the main lecture on Wednesday and Friday is due on Tuesday in sections. Since the Monday's material is reviewed in the lecture on Wednesday, etc. and there is one section meeting before homework is due, you will be able to absorb the material. The homework will be graded \pass/fail".

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Date

Topic

 

1

August 29

Introduction

 

2

September 3

Parametric curves

 

 

 

 

 

3

September 5

Tangents and Area

 

 

 

 

 

4

September 8

Polar coordinates

 

 

 

 

 

5

September 10

More on polar coordinates

 

 

 

 

 

6

September 12

Vectors

 

7

September 15

Lines and planes

 

8

September 17

Quadric surfaces

 

9

September 19

Space curves

 

 

 

 

 

10

September 22

Cylindrical and spherical coordinates

 

 

 

 

 

11

September 26

Functions of several variables

 

 

 

 

 

12

September 29

Partial Derivatives

 

 

 

 

 

13

October 1

Tangent planes and differentials

 

 

 

 

 

14

October 3

Chain rule

 

15

October 6

More on chain rule, implicit differentiation

 

16

October 8

The gradient

 

17

October 10

Maxima and minima

 

 

 

 

 

18

October 13

Lagrange multipliers

 

 

 

 

 

19

October 15

Double integrals

 

 

 

 

 

20

October 17

Iterated integrals

 

 

 

 

 

21

October 20

More on double integrals

 

 

 

 

 

22

October 22

Applications

 

23

October 24

Surface area

 

24

October 27

Triple Integrals

 

25

October 29

Integrals in cylindrical and spherical coordinates

 

 

 

 

 

26

October 31

Change of variables, Jacobians

 

 

 

 

 

27

November 3

More on change of variables

 

 

 

 

 

28

November 7

Vector fields

 

 

 

 

 

29

November 10

Line integrals

 

 

 

 

 

30

November 12

Fundamental Theorem of line integrals

 

31

November 14

Green's Theorem

 

32

November 17

Proof of Green's Theorem

 

33

November 19

Curl and divergence

 

 

 

 

 

34

November 21

Parametric surfaces

 

 

 

 

 

35

November 24

Surface integrals

 

 

 

 

 

36

November 26

Stokes's Theorem

 

 

 

 

 

37

December 1

Applications

 

38

December 3

Divergence Theorem

 

39

December 5

Applications

 

40

December 8

Review

 

41

December 10

Review

 

 

 

 

 

42

December 12

Review