Mth 254 Vector Calculus I
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| Section: | 050 CRN 20222 | MWF 1400-1450 | CORD 2113 |
| 070 CRN 23320 | MWF 1500-1550 | WGND 106 | |
| Lectures: | Bent E. Petersen | Kidder 296 | 737-5163 |
| Email: | petersen@math.oregonstate.edu | ||
| Recitations: | Kyle Hickmann | Kidder 324 | (phone number unavailable) |
| Email: | hickmank@math.oregonstate.edu | ||
| Recitation times: | 1100, 1200, 1300, 1400 | ||
Calculus is absolutely essential for a proper understanding of physics!" - Roger Penrose
The current official description of Mth 254 appears to be:
Vectors, vector functions, and curves in two and three dimensions. Surfaces, partial derivatives, gradients, and directional derivatives. Multiple integrals in rectangular, polar, cylindrical, and spherical coordinates. Physical and geometric applications. PREREQ: MTH 252.
A better idea of the content of the course may be obtained by reading the Study Guide.
You may use a simple graphics calculator (not a laptop nor a palmtop, etc.) on tests. I will expect that you have at the very least a scientific calculator. Note your calculator will need to be in radians mode (not degrees). Questions about calculators will not be answered during tests. You must know how to use your own calculator.
Any calculator with an alphabetical keyboard is forbidden even if the keyboard consists of little buttons you can hardly see. Any device capable of extensive symbolic manipulation (other than your own brain) is forbidden. If it runs Maple, Mathematica, Matlab, Derive, etc., then it is forbidden. Please don't ask me about TI-xx's or HP-xx's, and so forth. I don't use calculators except to balance my budget and can't really provide a sensible answer.
Telephones, and devices capable of acting as a telephone, may not be used during tests. Please shut them off to reduce interruptions. Any device capable of connecting to the Internet and displaying graphics, or even just text messages, may not be used during tests. Devices which communicate using radio, infrared or even pony express must not be used during tests.Because many calculators are capable of solving fairly elaborate problems you should expect that test problems may be a little bit indirect, at least in some cases, and require a modicum, or more, of thought.
Calculators may not be shared during tests.
If you must answer the call of nature during a test please bring your paper to the front of the room. There is no need to ask for permission or to explain. If any one else is out (as shown by another paper waiting), I'd prefer you wait until they return, however I don't intend to enforce this preference, as it is too uncivilized.
12 Conics and polar coordinates (in part) 13 Geometry in the plane. Vectors 14 Geometry in space. Vectors 15 The derivative in n-space 16 The integral in n-space
In-class test: Wednesday, Feb 14 2007 (multiple choice) 50 minutes
Final exam: 110 minutes
Mar 20 Tuesday 2:00 PM - Mth 254 070 3-PM class - WGND 115
Mar 23 Friday 7:30 AM - Mth 254 050 2-PM class - KIDD 350
You may use a single 8.5 by 11 inch (21.6 by 27.9 cm) notesheet, or smaller, prepared in advance, to bolster your memory on the tests. You may write on both sides of your notesheet. Notesheets may not be shared. If you don't prepare a notesheet in advance you will have to do without a notesheet.
In view of the size of the class, the tests will consists mostly, or entirely, of multiple-choice problems. Be sure you work very carefully. In some contexts guessing is a good stragety, but you may find guessing in calculus is remarkably ineffective unless you first gain considerable experience.
| Recitation | 15 % | homework, quizzes, etc. |
| Mid-term | 30 % | |
| Final Exam | 55 % |
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