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News & Annoucements
5/08 Final grades have been posted. See the online gradebook for final
exam grades. Thanks for all your hard work! Have a great summer!
If you want to look over you exam...too bad. Ok. Maybe I'll let you
look at it if you stop by my office. I should be around tomorrow
morning and Wednesday afternoon. Just send an email or give my office
a call to make sure I'm there.
5/04 Dr. Greenfield has fixed all (known) errors in his answer key for the
review problems. Also, I have updated the formula sheet.
I was able to cram in the definitions of the "exterior derivative" and
the "wedge product" without having to delete anything. This is the now
the final formula sheet. If you notice any errors or typos, please let
me know immediately!!!
4/25 Review Suggestions:
Greenfield's Review Problems with ANSWERS!
Greenfield's Math 291 Final Exam with no answers :(
Extra problems from the book. (But who needs more problems?
Life is complicated enough.)
An alternate version of my Final Exam from last semester --
Hey we've seen some of these problems before!
4/24 Exam #2 has been regraded (finally). The answer key has been posted.
Answer Key for Exam #2
Also, a tentative Formula Sheet (for the Final Exam) has been posted.
4/10 Oh, the humanity! The exams have been graded. Some of you did very very
well and some...well...didn't.
I will pass back the exams today. Everyone has 1 week to rework their
exam. I will look over your reworked exam and give back points accordingly.
--->Up to 1/2 the credit you lost can be recovered this way.
4/04 Formula sheet updated (the gravatational field formula has been added):
(Tentative) Exam #2 Formula Sheet
4/03 Extra review problems: HERE.
3/27 Here is an updated tentative schedule:
Today: 16.4 Wednesday: 16.5 Thursday: Workshop #5
Next Monday: 16.6 Next Wednesday: Review Next Thursday: Exam #2
We will have a workshop this Thursday (possibly our last workshop).
We will have the second exam the following Thursday (April 6th).
The exam will cover Sections 15.1 - 15.4, 15.7 - 15.9, and 16.1 - 16.5.
Tentative formula sheet: Exam #2 Formula Sheet.
As before, please let me know of any corrections or suggested
additions/deletions.
Review problems: (skip problems 1, 8 and 12) Review Exam #2
(Thanks to Dr. Greenfield).
My Math 251 exams from last semester are here: Old Exams.
(exam #2 is relevant -- skip problems 2 and 3.)
3/09 Quiz cancelled. To show your appreciation log into Rate My Professor and
tell the world of my pre-Spring break generosity.
We will have an extra workshop problem or two instead.
3/07 Midterm "best guess" course grades are available on the online gradebook.
I used your first workshop and exam #1 to estimate your course grade
(homework = 20% and exams = 80%).
3/07 The third workshop is due the Thursday after spring break (March 23).
We will have no quiz this Thursday.
2/27 The answer key for exam #1 has been posted: Here.
2/21 New improved formula sheet: Exam #1 Formula Sheet.
Here are review problems from one of Dr. Greenfield's old exams: Review Exam #1.
Also, look at problems 1, 8 and 12 on Review Exam #2.
My Math 251 exams from last semester are here: Old Exams.
(All of exam #1 and problems 2 & 3 from exam #2 are relevant.)
I recommend that you look over my old exam first. It shouldn't give you
any trouble. After that, look over Dr. Greenfield's review problems.
2/13 Workshop #2 is now due two weeks from today (Monday, Feb. 27).
2/10 Here's my formula sheet for Exam #1 (Math 251) last Fall.
Formula Sheet
We haven't discussed all of this material (yet). Please let me know
if you would like anything added...of course there is limited space
so also suggest what could be deleted.
2/06 For section 12.6, here is a Maple worksheet on Quartic Surfaces.
WARNING: The above file is almost nearly 4MB in size. I guess I could have
removed output or something to make it smaller, but then again
broadband is cheap.
Some contour graphs. Contour -- same WARNING.
2/01 We will have a short quiz on Thursday. Also, here are some Maple worksheets
for you to look at:
Marilyn Daily's Parametric Playground
Osculating Circles
If you have any parametric curves that you would like to add to the
playground, please let me know.
1/30 Workshop #1 was assigned last Thursday. I forgot to annouce a due date.
It is due Feb. 9th.
1/19 Hey! Did you remember to come to the lab?
I will be introducing Maple today. Here's my very own introduction.
1/16 Syllabus, Schedule, and Homework have been posted.
Please note that we will be meeting in ARC IML 119 on Thursday.
I will use most of that period to introduce you to Maple.