Math 32A:  Calculus of Several Variables

Class Schedule


Date  Topic Homework                                                                          
4/3 (Mon) Section 13.1: Vectors in the plane
13.1: 4,14,19,24,28,42,44,62,63
4/5 (Wed) Section 13.2: Vectors in three dimensions
13.2: 10,21,26,34,40,42,43,50
4/7 (Fri)  Section 13.3: Dot product
13.3: 9,13,16,24,33,34,44,47,55,67,77,84
 

4/10
Section 13.4: Cross product
13.4: 5,11,21,33,45,46,51,59
4/11 or 4/13
Quiz in discussion (on HW from 4/3, 4/5, 4/7)

4/12
Section 13.5: Planes in 3-space
13.4: 39
13.5: 3,10,17,22,27,40,50,57,76
4/14
Section 12.1: Parametric equations
12.1: 5,11,14,21,28,37,51,54,63



4/17
Section 14.1: Vector-valued functions
14.1: 10,12,18,29,32,33,39,40,42
4/18 or 4/20
Quiz in discussion (on HW from 4/10, 4/12, 4/14)

4/19
Section 14.2: Calculus of vector-valued functions
14.2: 3,6,9,12,16,22,26,34,52,56,57
4/21
Section 14.3: Arc length and speed
14.3: 3,4,7 (also review how to do the integral given in the hint),10,14,26,31,37
 

4/24
Section 14.4: Curvature (pp. 727-731)
14.4: 5,7,13,17,25,26,27
4/25 or 4/27
Quiz in discussion (on HW from 4/17, 4/19, 4/21)

4/26
Section 14.5: Motion in 3-space (pp. 738-740) 14.5: 5,8,15,16,19,21,26
4/28
Section 15.1: Function of two or more variables 15.1: 12,19,23,25,30,33,36
 

5/1
Section 13.6: A survey of quadric surfaces 13.6: 25,26,27,28,29,30,38
15.1: 53,55
5/2 or 5/4
No quiz this week

5/3
Review

5/5
Midterm Exam
Sample problems  Brief solutions to the sample problems
 

5/8
Section 15.2: Limits and continuity 15.2: 3,6,11,14,15,20,21,30,41,42
5/9 or 5/11
No quiz this week

5/10
Section 15.3: Partial derivatives 15.3: 12,13,20,23,35,57,60,64,65,71
5/12
Section 15.3: More on partial derivatives
Section 15.4: Differentiability and tangent planes
15.3: 48,49,73,74,76,79
15.4: 3,8,9,11
 

5/15
Section 15.4: More on differentiability and tangent planes 15.4: 13,17,25,32,37,38
5/16 or 5/18
Quiz in discussion (on HW from 5/8, 5/10, 5/12)

5/17
Section 15.5: Gradient and directional derivatives, Day I 15.5: 4,5,7,10,15,19
5/19
Section 15.5: Gradient and directional derivatives, Day II 15.5: 21,27,29,33,35,36,41,45,48



5/22
Section 15.6: Chain rule, Day I 15.6: 3,6,9,12,15,17
5/23 or 5/25
Quiz in discussion (on HW from 5/15, 5/17, 5/19)

5/24
Section 15.6: Chain rule, Day II
15.6: 20,21,23,24 (consult p.696),26,29,41
5/26
Section 15.7: Optimization, Day I 15.7: 2,3,7,8,11,13,18,21



5/29
University Holiday (Memorial Day)
5/30 or 6/1
Quiz in discussion (on HW from 5/22, 5/24, 5/26)

5/31
Section 15.7: Optimization, Day II 15.7: 28,34,35,37,40,43,48 (you must use the hint),54
6/2
Section 15.8: Lagrange multipliers, Day I 15.8: 1,6,9,14,17,19



6/5
Section 15.8: Lagrange multipliers, Day II 15.8: 22,27,29,30,33,42,43
6/6 or 6/8
No quiz this week

6/7
Review

6/9
Review

 

6/12 (Mon)  Final Exam 11:30-2:30
Location:

Humanities 169 if your TA is Chris Hunt
Humanities A51 if your TA is Max Zhou or Yilong Yang
Sample problems

Solutions to the sample problems



Last modified: June 7, 2017.