MAT 272: CALCULUS WITH ANALYTIC GEOMETRY III

Spring 2003 Syllabus

Text: Calculus: Early Transcendentals, 4th Edition,

or: Multivariable Calculus, 4th Edition; both by J. Stewart.

Textbooks. Either of the textbooks listed above will work for this course: Multivariable Calculus is just a reprinting of the last eight chapters of Early Transcendentals. The only difference is that the chapters in Multivariable Calculus are numbered one higher than the corresponding chapters in Early Transcendentals. (For example, Chapter 13 in Multivariable Calculus corresponds to Chapter 12 in Early Transcedentials.) The pages are also numbered differently. You may use either book, but all chapter and page references in this course will be to Multivariable Calculus.

Additional Texts:

a) Students' Solution Manual: Multiple Variable Calculus by Dan Clegg et al. This book provides completely worked-out solutions to all odd-numbered exercises.

b) Calclab with Maple: Multiple Variable Calculus by Art Belmonte et al. This book will help you to learn to effectively use "Maple", the software used in the course.

Prerequisites: Students entering MAT 272 are expected to have completed MAT 271 (Calculus with Analytic Geometry II) or its equivalent with a grade of A, B or C.

Content of the course, in the order of study:

Chapter 13: 13.1 - 13.8

Chapter 14: 14.1 - 14.4

Chapter 15: 15.1 - 15.8

Chapter 16: 16.1 - 16.4, 16.7, 13.7, 16.8, 16.9(?)

Chapter 17: 17.6 - 17.7, 17.1 - 17.5, 17.7 - 17.9

Coursework

There will be homework assignments every week beginning at the 2-nd week of the semester. Every assignment is given on Monday and due in a week. Late homework will be accepted only in exceptional cases. Two lowest homework grades will be dropped.

We will have four midterm exams and a comprehensive final exam worth 200 points. The time and location for the midterm exams will be announced later, but no later than a week before the exam. The midterm exams will be about 3 weeks apart; the first midterm exam will be in about 3-4 weeks after the beginning

of the studies.

The final exam will be held on Tuesday, May 13, from 10:00 till 11:50 AM. The location will be announced later. (Most probably it will be our regular classroom.) There will be no makeups given for the final, and no finals will be rescheduled for personal reasons, including non-refundable airplane tickets.

Final grades for this course will be assigned according to the following scheme:

Homework 100 points

Computer Labs 100 points

Midterm Exams 100 points each

Final Exam 200 points

Total 800 points

A grade of incomplete will be awarded only in the event that a documented emergency or illness prevents a student who is doing acceptable work from completing a small percentage of the course requirements. The guidelines in the current general ASU catalog regarding a grade of incomplete will be strictly followed.

Makeup exams: Makeups are given at the discretion of the instructor and only in the case of verified medical or other documented emergencies. Notify your instructor before the test is given if possible. Call your instructor or the Math Department Office (480-965-3951) and leave a message or directly notify your instructor. If the event is not an emergency, you must notify the instructor in advance to request a makeup. The instructor is not required to accommodate you.

2. Engineering Tutoring Center. Students of MAT 270, 271 and 272 are not allowed to attend Math Department Tutoring Center. However, there is a tutoring center of Engineering Department where you can get free help with your studies and homework assignments. It is located at ECF 102, entrance from the Palm Alley.

Computer work

Every other week we will meet at a computer lab and do exercises on computers using ``Maple'' software. Homework involving ``Maple'' will be assigned every other week and due in two weeks. Students may work on computers at various sites at the University (ECA 225 or 221 in the evenings and on weekends, also in Computer Commons, Goldwater Building etc.) or on their own computers.

To do homework, the ``Maple'' software must be upgraded to include the package called ``vec_calc''.

• The computers in ECA 221 and ECA 225 are already upgraded.

• For the computers at Computer Commons and other sites at the ASU, a special procedure must be followed -- see the description on a separated sheet or at the address

http://math.la.asu.edu/~kurtz/network.html

• For your own computer, if you already have ``Maple'' installed, the additional package ``vec_calc'' may be downloaded free of charge from the address ftp://math.la.asu.edu/pub/kurtz/veccalc/

3. Changes, Announcements etc.: Any changes to this syllabus or other announcements made in the class and on the web page above are considered official rules of the course. Please pay attention to any announcements made in the class or on the web page of the course!