Syllabus

Class: MA 225-B1, Summer 2, 2011.

Instructor: Ivan Zaigralin.

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Class Meetings: Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu 9:00am-11:00am in KCB 107.

Office Hours: Monday and Tuesday at 12:00-1:00, Wednesday 11:30-12:30. MCS 258.

Text: James Stewart: Calculus: Concepts and Contexts, 2nd edition or later.

Course Web Page: http://www.melikamp.net/math/ma-225-summer-2011.html
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Official Description: Vectors, lines, planes. Multiple integration, cylindrical and spherical coordinates. Partial derivatives, directional derivatives, scalar and vector fields, the gradient, potentials, approximation, multivariate minimization, Stokes's and related theorems. (Cannot be taken for credit in addition to CAS MA 230.)

Informal Description: In this course, we will study the calculus of functions of several variables. Since visualizing these functions involves the use of vectors and surfaces in three dimensions, we will begin with a modern approach to the geometry of three dimensions. Then we will study multivariable calculus using partial derivatives and multiple integrals. Our final topic is one of the most elegant and useful in the study of physical systems—vector analysis and the many forms of Stokes's theorem.

The course will follow Chapters 9-13 in the text, and occasionally we will review material from earlier chapters as well as Appendix H.

Grading: There will be short homework assigned at almost every meeting and due the next meeting; it will be worth 10% of the grade. There will also be long homework assigned throughout the course and due every Monday, for 20% of the grade. There will be 5 long assignments, and the single worst score will be dropped. There will be 2 midterms, each worth 20% of the grade.

Final: Thursday, August 11, 2011, during the last class period. It will be worth 30% of the grade.

Make-Ups: None, except for documented emergency exceptions made at the instructor’s discretion. A valid reason for missing a due date would be something like a documented case of a serious illness or a family emergency.

Last Day To Add/Drop: Monday, July 11, 2011.

Last Day To Drop With 'W': Thursday, July 28, 2011.

Academic Conduct: CAS Academic Conduct Code is available for your perusal at
http://www.bu.edu/cas/students/undergrad-resources/code/
A copy of the code is available in CAS 105 if you cannot access it on the Web, and it is your responsibility to know and follow the provisions of the code. In particular, all work that you submit in this course must be your original work. Any cases of suspected academic misconduct will be referred to the CAS Student Academic Conduct Committee. Penalties for violating the Academic Conduct Code may include suspension or expulsion from the University.

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