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STRIKE IS FINISHED. GRADING WILL BE DONE AND REALEASED UNTIL DECEMBER 31st.

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Multivatiable Calculus

Professor: Norman Sheu

Discussion

  • Section 102: Mon & Wed & Fri, 8-9 am, Hearst Gym 245
  • Section 108: Mon & Wed & Fri, 12-1 pm, Barker 110

Office hour: Wed & Fri, 2-3pm, Evans 1066

If this is not available for you but you have any questions to ask, feel free to email me (seewoo5@berkeley.edu).

Homework

You need to submit homework every Friday, at the end of the discussion. Also, you must submit only physical copy - do not email me!. Five problems wil be chosen at random to be graded for completion. Two of the lowest homework scores will be dropped. Working with others is encouraged, but you must write your solutions on your own and write the names of your collaborators at the top of the assignment.

Quizzes

There are NO quizzes in this class!

Attendance

Attendence will be checked at the end of every discussion. It is strongly encouraged to attend all the discussions. Also, attending all three discussions in a week would give 0.5% extra credit, and a maximum of 3% can be added in this way.

Exams and Grading policies

  • First exam: September 20th, 15%
  • Second exam: October 18th, 20%
  • Third exam: November 15th, 20%
  • Final exam: TBD, 30%
  • Homework: 15%
  • additional credit by attendence for discussion: maximum 3%

Q&A

Q. Is it allowed to use graph calculators in exams?

A. No.

Q. When will be the first HW?

A. Second week, which is due September 2nd.

Q. Is the problems in the UCB edition of the textbook matches with the ordinary version of the textbook (8th edition)?

A. At least for the first homework, they match. I think it would match for all the problems.

Q. Any recommendations for other materials?

A. Here are some recommendations:

  • Lang - Calculus of Several Variables
  • Schey - div, grad, curl, and all that: an informal text on vector calculus

Q. Will you check the attendance for the labor day week?

A. No.

Q. Why curl of gradient is zero?

A. This article has a nice explanation.

See HERE for the details.

Review and Overview

What is… Multivariable Calculus?

Worksheets

All the worksheets will be uploaded with solutions.

  Mon Wed Fri
Week1 - - 220826
Week2 220829 220831 220902
Week3 ⚒️ 220907 220909
Week4 220912 220914 220916
Week5 mid1 prep mid1 review 220923
Week6 220926 220928 220930
Week7 221003 221005 221007
Week8 221010 221012 221014
Week9 mid2 prep mid2 review 221021
Week10 221024 221026 221028
Week11 221031 221102 221104
Week12 221107 221109 🪖

Graded HW problems (randomly selected, 5 for each)

HW1 10.1 #9 #19 #33 / 10.2 #7 #25

HW2 10.2 #15 #33 / 10.3 #11 #19 #57

HW3 10.4 #13 #41 / 10.5 #19 / 12.1 #15 / 12.2 #27

HW4 12.3 #23 / 12.4 #13 / 12.5 #7 #51 / 12.6 #19

HW5 13.1 #29 / 13.2 #25 / 13.3 #17 / 13.4 #7 #41

HW6 14.1 #15 #49 / 14.2 #21 #37 / 14.3 #43

HW7 14.4 #31 / 14.5 #11 #45 / 14.6 #41 / 14.7 #3

HW8 14.7 #33 / 14.8 #19 / 15.1 #21 #35 / 15.2 #55

HW9 15.3 #13 #39 / 15.4 #11 / 15.5 #9 / 15.6 #17

HW10 15.7 #21 / 15.8 #23 #35 / 15.9 #19 #25

Coffee problems

Problem 1: see this post.