# Noah White

University of Califonia,
Los Angeles

# Math 32B: Calculus of Several Variables

## Warning: This is the website for an old course

This is the course website for Math 32B: Calculus of Several Variables running in Fall 2019. All information about homework, quizes and exams will be posted here.

The syllabus contains information on the official policies for collaboration on homework, late homework, grading and changing grades.

We will be using Campuswire for this class. See below for more information.

# Instructor, TAs and office hours

 Instructor: Noah White (noah@math.ucla.edu) Office hours: MS 6304, 10-11am Monday, Friday and 1-2pm Wednesday TA: Ryan Wallace (rcwallace@math.ucla.edu) Office hours: MS 2361, 3-4pm Thursday Nick Boschert (nickboschert@math.ucla.edu) MS 2344, 1-2pm Thursday Zachary Smith (zbsmith@math.ucla.edu) MS 2350, 3-4pm Monday

Please check back here as office hours and locations may change. Since I will be teaching two classes this quarter, I will be prioritising 32B on Mondays and 115A on Wednesdays.

# Communication

Due to the fact that this is such a large class I would appreciate your help managing communication for the class.

Mathematical questions should be asked on CampusWire (see below). In addition you should make use of my, and the TA’s, office hours. Administrative questions should in the first instance be directed to your TA. If your TA cannot resolve your query then you should contact me on CampusWire.

If you need to email me, the subject line must include the string math32b. If not, then there is a good chance your email will slip through the cracks and remain unanswered.

# Textbook

J. Rogawski, Multivariable Calculus, 4th Ed., W.H. Freeman & CO

Having access to a copy of the textbook will be very helpful and is recommended however you might not find it necessary. I will post links to other sources here as time goes on. Feel free to buy an old or used copy of the textbook, it wont be necessary to own the correct edition, just make sure you check the homework problems with a friend.

# Problem sets, homework and quizzes

There will be a problem set assigned every week. These will not be collected however it is strongly recommended that you complete it.

Every second week (as indicated in the class schedule below) a small number questions from the problem set will be assigned as homework and collected and graded.

In weeks where no homework is collected a short quiz will be conducted in the discussion sessions. Questions on the quiz will be drawn from the problem set (or will be very similar to one of these questions). The lowest 3 scores out of all homeworks and quizzes will be dropped. The homework and quizzes will count for a total of 10% of your grade.

# Lecture notes

Here you will find links to the lecture notes and slides as they become available. They represent more or less what we covered in lectures but not exactly, depending on how many questions I got and if we ran out of time. Most of the examples we do in class will not be in the lecture notes.

In addition, the lectures will be recorded and videos will be available on BruinCast. I do not control the recordings, so any issue regarding unavailable videos or quality issues should be directed to the BruinCast team.

# Exams

There will be two midterms and a final exam.

• Midterm 1: 2-2:50pm, KNSY PV 1220B, Monday, 21 October, 2019
• Midterm 2: 2-2:50pm, KNSY PV 1220B, Monday, 18 November, 2019
• Final Exam: 8am-11am, Moore 100, Wednesday, 11 December, 2019

Cheatsheets: For each exam, students may bring a cheat sheet. Each student must prepare their own handwritten cheat sheet. For the midterms, the cheat sheet may consist of one side of half a standard (A4 or letter) sheet of paper (i.e. A5 or letter folded in half lengthways). For the final, the cheat sheet may consist of one side of a standard sheet of paper. Cheatsheets that do not meet these requirements will be confiscated at the beginning of the exam.

Calculators: You may use a non-programmable, non-graphing, non-calculus capable calculator in exams. Calculators not meeting this specification will be confiscated.

Study: Here I will post some rough study guides and practice exams which might aid your study.

Your final grade will be calculated using the maximum of the following two grading schemes. Your letter grade will then be determined by your rank in the class. Unless something very out of the ordinary occurs I expect to give approximately 20-30% A’s and 55-65% A’s and B’s combined.

Option 1:

10% (6 best homework/quiz scores) +
40% (combined midterm scores) +
50% (final exam score)
= raw final grade


Option 2:

10% (6 best homework/quiz scores) +
30% (best midterm score) +
60% (final exam score)
= raw final grade


Effectively, this will mean that unless you score worse in the final than both midterms, your lowest midterm score will be dropped. This also means missing one midterm probably will not impact your grade in any serious way.

# Schedule

This is a tentative schedule. Apart from the dates of exams, it may change. Numbers refer to sections of the textbook.

Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
0.

9/26
9/271
16.1
1. 9/302
16.1
10/1
Quiz 1
10/23
16.2
10/3
Quiz 1
10/44
16.3
2. 10/75
16.3
10/8
10/96
12.3
10/10
10/117
16.4 HW 1
3. 10/148
16.5
10/15
Quiz 2
10/169
16.6
10/17
Quiz 2
10/1810
Review
4. 10/21
Midterm 1
10/22
10/2311
16.6
10/24
10/2512
17.1 HW 2
5. 10/28 13
17.1
10/29
Quiz 3
10/30 14
17.2
10/31
Quiz 3
11/115
17.2
6. 11/416
17.3
11/5
11/617
17.4
11/7
11/818
17.4 HW 3
7. Veteran's Day
(no class)
11/12
Quiz 4
11/1319
17.5
11/14
Quiz 4
11/1520
Review
8. 11/18
Midterm 2
11/19
11/2021
18.1
11/21
11/2222
18.1 HW 4
9. 11/25 23
18.2
11/26
11/2724
18.2
Thanksgiving
(no class)
Thanksgiving
(no class)
10. 12/225
18.3
12/3
12/426
18.3 HW 5
12/5
12/627
Review

# Campuswire

Campuswire is a question and answer style forum which we will be using for this class. The class code is 2156.

You can ask questions, either as yourself or anonymously. I highly encourage you to also try answering others’ questions. Teaching others is by far the most effective way to learn and solidify what you already know. The TAs and I will monitor the discussion and answer questions occasionally.

Obviously homework questions and solutions should not be posted on Campuswire, though feel free to ask for hints etc.