Math 253 Calculus III

Fall 2015, UAF

Ed Bueler:  474-7693
elbueler@alaska.edu

Office: Chapman 301C (hours)

Class times and rooms:
MWF 11:45--12:45  Gruening 412
Tues 11:30--12:30  Gruening 412

CRN:  78249

Required text: J. Stewart, Calculus, 8th ed. Early Transcendentals, Cengage 2016

Syllabus here


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Schedule: (version 13 December)

Day Section Topic Assigned/Due
Fri 9/4 introduction PaperHomework (PH) #1:
    12.1: 22, 24, 32, 36, 38, 42, 44
    12.2: 18, 22, 28, 30, 32, 38, 42
Mon 9/7 no class: Labor Day
Tues 9/8 12.1 3D coordinates
Wed 9/9 12.2 vectors
Fri 9/11 12.3 dot product PaperHomework (PH) #2:
    12.3: 28, 30, 32, 44, 52, 58, 64
    12.4: 4, 12, 18, 22, 36, 40

WebAssignment (WA) #1 DUE 5:00pm
Mon 9/14 ... PH #1 DUE at start of class
Tues 9/15 12.4 cross product
Wed 9/16 ...
Fri 9/18 12.5 equations of lines and planes WebAssignment (WA) #2 DUE 5:00pm
Mon 9/21 ... PaperHomework (PH) #3:
    12.5: 4, 12, 20, 28, 32, 62, 72
    12.6: 46, 50
    13.1: 12, 20, 32

PH #2 DUE at start of class
Tues 9/22 ...
Wed 9/23 12.6 cylinders and surfaces
Fri 9/25 13.1 curves and vector functions WebAssignment (WA) #3 DUE 5:00pm
Mon 9/28 13.2 derivatives and integrals of vector functions PH #3 DUE at start of class
WebAssignment (WA) #3 DUE 5:00pm
Tues 9/29 ... PaperHomework (PH) #4:
    13.1: 42, 50
    13.2: 20, 24, 28, 34, 36, 38, 50
    13.3: 4, 6, 22, 24

PH #3 DUE at start of class
Wed 9/30 CLASS CANCELLED (SNOW) CLASS CANCELLED
Fri 10/2 13.3 arclength and curvature WebAssignment (WA) #4 DUE 5:00pm
Mon 10/5 13.4 velocity and acceleration PH #4 DUE at start of class
WebAssignment (WA) #4 DUE 5:00pm
Tues 10/6 ... PH #4 DUE at start of class
Wed 10/7 14.1 functions of 2 and 3 variables PH #4 DUE at start of class
Fri 10/9 MIDTERM EXAM I
covers sections
    12.1, 12.2, 12.3, 12.4, 12.5, 12.6,
    13.1, 13.2, 13.3, 13.4
MIDTERM EXAM I
Mon 10/12 14.2 limits and continuity PaperHomework (PH) #5:
    14.1: 10, 18, 34, 46
    14.2: 12, 32
    14.3: 4, 10, 18, 20, 30, 38
Tues 10/13 14.3 partial derivatives
Wed 10/14 ...
Fri 10/16 14.4 tangent planes WebAssignment (WA) #5 DUE 5:00pm
Mon 10/19 14.5 chain rule PaperHomework (PH) #6:
    14.4: 16, 18, 42
    14.5: 6, 18, 22, 36, 40, 49
    14.6: 14, 34
PH #5 DUE at start of class
Tues 10/20 ...
Wed 10/21 14.6 directional derivatives and gradients
Fri 10/23 ... WebAssignment (WA) #6 DUE 5:00pm
Mon 10/26 14.7 min/max problems
my in-class contour-plot demo used and
PaperHomework (PH) #7:
    14.7: 4, 6, 14, 18, 32, 46, 52, 60
    14.8: 4, 8, 44
PH #6 DUE at start of class
Tues 10/27 14.8 Lagrange multipliers
Wed 10/28 ...
Fri 10/30 15.1 double integrals on rectangles WebAssignment (WA) #7 DUE 5:00pm
Mon 11/2 15.2 general double integrals
PH #7 DUE at start of class
Tues 11/3 ... PaperHomework (PH) #8:
    15.1: 4, 8, 28, 40
    15.2: 12, 14, 16, 20, 22, 32, 52, 54
    15.3: 12
Wed 11/4 15.3 polar integrals
Fri 11/6 ... WebAssignment (WA) #8 DUE 5:00pm
Mon 11/9 15.4 applications PH #8 DUE at start of class
Tues 11/10 ...
Wed 11/11 ... & review for exam WebAssignment (WA) #9 DUE 5:00pm
Fri 11/13 MIDTERM EXAM II
covers sections
    14.1, 14.2, 14.3, 14.4, 14.5, 14.6, 14.7,
    15.1, 15.2, 15.3, 15.4
MIDTERM EXAM II
Mon 11/16 15.5 surface area PaperHomework (PH) #9:
    15.5: 4, 10
    15.6: 6, 10, 54
    15.7: 18, 30
    15.8: 22, 28, 44
Tues 11/17 15.6 triple integrals
Matlab/Octave script that approximates average temp in room: avtemp.m
Wed 11/18 15.7, 15.8 ... in cylindrical & spherical coords
Fri 11/20 ... WebAssignment (WA) #10 DUE 5:00pm
Mon 11/23 16.1 vector fields
Matlab/Octave script that visualizes vector fields: inclass23nov.m
PaperHomework (PH) #10:
    16.1: 6, 24
    16.2: 6, 12, 20, 32a, 34

PH #9 DUE at start of class
Tues 11/24 16.2 line integrals
Wed 11/25 ...
Fri 11/27 no class: Thanksgiving Holiday
Mon 11/30 16.3 FTC for line integrals WebAssignment (WA) #11 DUE 5:00pm
Tues 12/1 16.4 Green's theorem PaperHomework (PH) #11:
    16.3: 10, 14, 20, 28
    16.4: 6, 12, 18, 20

PH #10 DUE at start of class
Wed 12/2 ...
Fri 12/4 16.5 curl and divergence
Mon 12/7 ... WebAssignment (WA) #12 DUE 5:00pm
Tues 12/8 16.6 parametric surfaces PaperHomework (PH) #12:
    16.5: 14, 22, 26, 32
    16.6: 20, 24, 48, 50
    16.7: 10, 24, 44
PH #11 DUE at start of class
Wed 12/9 16.7 surface integrals
Fri 12/11 ...
Mon 12/14 16.9 divergence theorem ... and some review WebAssignment (WA) #13 DUE 5:00pm
Wed 12/16 SPECIAL REVIEW SESSION
4:00-5:15pm
LOCATION: start at Gruening 412
PH #12 DUE at start of review session
Fri 12/18 FINAL EXAM
10:15am--12:15pm Gruening 412

Recent Part covers sections
    15.5, 15.6, 15.7, 15.8
    16.1, 16.2, 16.3, 16.4, 16.5, 16.6, 16.7
Comprehensive Part covers whole course
FINAL EXAM
10:15am--12:15pm Gruening 412