Math 251 (Spring 2006)

Math 251: Multivariable Calculus (Spring 2006)

Section 01 - T1 (8:40-10:00) - SEC 216
Section 02 - T2 (10:20-11:40) - SEC 211
Section 03 - T3 (12:00-1:20) - ARC 204

TA:	Lara Pudwell
E-mail:	lpudwell@math.rutgers.edu
Office:	Hill Center 608
Office hours:	Tuesday 2:30-3:30, Thursday 1:30-3:30, or by appointment

Announcements:

The final exam for this class is on Friday, May 5 from 8-11am in Pharm 111.
There will be a review session on Wednesday, May 3 from 1-4pm in Hill 116.
The best way to study is to make sure you can do every type of homework problem that has been assigned.
Good luck studying!

Course Information:

See the Math 251 course website for more information about this class.
Homework Problems
Class Log -- a list of topics covered in each recitation section

Useful Links:

If you come across a website that helped you better understand the material for this course, email it to me, and I'll post it.

Places to review Calc 1 and Calc 2
- Visual Calculus -- a series of calc 1 and calc 2 tutorials from the University of Tennessee
- HMC Calculus Tutorials -- calculus review pages from Harvey Mudd College
for help with maple...
- Dr. Greenfield's Introduction to Maple -- is a fairly friendly resource to get to be friends with the Maple.
general misc.
- some calc 3 animations -- if you want help visualizing things...
Chapter 12 (Vectors and the Geometry of Space)
- Working with vectors -- A well-illustrated tutorial to vectors and vector operations.
- notes on the equation of a line and a plane in 3-space
Chapter 13 (Vector Functions)
- notes on vector functions
- notes on normal/tangent vectors, curvature, and other such fun
- more notes on arc length, curvature, tangent vectors, normal vectors, and curvature -- you might find the animations here useful if you need help visualizing these concepts
- (using the info you learned in 13.3, can you explain this picture from the main math 251 website?)
Chapter 14
- some notes on multivariable functions (with pictures)
- some notes on partial derivatives
- practice mideterm exams from a University of Illinois Calc 3 instructor (with solutions!) -- (extra practice problems never hurt anyone, right? ;) )
- some notes on Lagrange multipliers
Chapter 15
- (I haven't found any particularly enlightening websites for iterated integrals... If you see something that you think belongs here, email me.)
Chapter 16
- line integrals -- a few examples.. the first few paragraphs might help you visualize line integrals better...
- some decent "pictues" of div and curl

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This page last modified on 24 April 2006.