Linfeng Li
Email: lli265@math.ucla.edu
Office hours: Wednesday 4:30 PM- 6PM at Mathematical Sciences 5352
Course website: https://www.math.ucla.edu/~lli265/math32a
Topics: vector geometry; vector-valued functions; differentiation in several variables; optimization. We will roughly adhere to the schedule and topics posted at https://ww3.math.ucla.edu/courses/.
Textbook: Jon Rogawski, Colin Adams, and Robert Franzosa, Calculus: Late Transcendentals Multivariable, fourth edition, W. H. Freeman.
Prerequisite: math 31A with a grade of C- or better. If math 32A is required for your major or pre-major, you should take for a letter grade (LG), not pass/fail (PN).
Midterms: there will be two in-class midterms and they will take place on Monday January 26, 3 PM-3:50 PM and Friday February 20, 3 PM-3:50 PM. No makeup midterms will be given. Note that the dual grading scheme however accommodates for one missed midterm. You are allowed to bring a handwritten cheat sheet on a single 8.5''× 11'' paper (double-sided) to both midterms.
Final: the final exam is cumulative and will be on Friday March 20, 11:30 AM-1:30 PM. There will be no makeup final. In particular, the university policy requires that a student, who has an undocumented absence from the final exam, be given a failing grade in the course. If you anticipate being unable to attend the final exam for a legitimate reason, please inform the instructor as soon as possible. You are allowed to bring a handwritten cheat sheet on a single 8.5''× 11'' paper (double-sided) to the final.
Homework will be assigned on the course website weekly on Tuesday and due the next Wednesday at 11:59 PM. Homework will be collected via Gradescope. No late homework will be accepted, but your lowest homework will be dropped automatically at the end of the quarter. Show all of your work and put a box around your final answer. Each homework worth 10 points and graded based on both correctness and completeness. One problems will be randomly chosen to be graded for correctness, which worth 2 points; the overall completion worth 8 points. You are encouraged to work in groups on the homework, but ultimately you are expected to be responsible for writing up your homework.
| Due date | Assignments | |
|---|---|---|
| Homework 1 | 01/14 11:59 PM |
Sec 13.1 Exercises 2 14 24 38 46 48
Sec 13.2 Exercises 10 24 34 38 48 60 Sec 13.3 Exercises 12 16 44 48(b) 58 |
Lecture topics by day will be posted on an ongoing basis throughout the quarter; the lecture notes will also be updated after each lecture in the dropbox.
| Date | Lecture topics (Textbook references) | |
|---|---|---|
| week 1 | M 01/05 | vectors in 2D (13.1) |
| W 01/07 | vectors in 2D (13.1); vectors in 3D (13.2) | |
| F 01/09 | dot product (13.3) |
You may use calculator on your homework problems. However, any electronic device, including calculator, will not be allowed in midterms or the final.
Your final average will be calculated using the better of the following two schemes:
or
Completing the course evaluation at the end of the quarter will earn you 2% extra credit towards your final grade. The instructor will award an A+ for exceptional performance. Math 32A is taught in parallel lectures. Grade boundaries will be determined at the end of the quarter through consultation between all Math 32A instructors. This process will ensure that students demonstrating equal levels of mastery will receive equal grades, independent of which lecture they are enrolled in.
Student Math Center (SMC), located in Mathematical Sciences 3974, will open through week 2-10 of an academic quarter. The hours of operation are Monday through Thursday, 9 AM to 4 PM. The SMC offers free, individual and group tutoring for all lower division math courses. This service is available on a walk-in basis; no appointment is necessary. Students may ask any of the TAs in attendance for assistance with math problems. More information can be found at https://ww3.math.ucla.edu/student-math-center/
The instructor strongly adheres to the University policies regarding principles of academic honesty and academic integrity violations, and will strictly enforce these rules. You are encouraged to review those in the UCLA Student Conduct Code.
If you are already registered with the Center for Accessible Education (CAE), please request your Letter of Accommodation in the Student Portal. If you are seeking registration with the CAE, please submit your request for accommodations via the CAE website. Students with disabilities requiring academic accommodations should submit their request for accommodations as soon as possible, as it may take up to two weeks to review the request. For more information, please visit the CAE website at www.cae.ucla.edu, visit the CAE at A255 Murphy Hall, or contact them by phone at (310) 825-1501.
Please note that CAE and the instructor can support only reasonable accommodations. In particular, remote proctoring by either CAE or the instructor will not be supported for any exam or quiz administered in this class.