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02 ESGFall Term 2014

Multivariable Calculus
Texts
C Henry Edwards and David E Penney, Multivariable Calculus, 6th edition.
18.02 Supplementary Notes, Problems and Solutions, (CopyTech, Basement Building 11).
Website
There is a class website:
http://stellar.mit.edu/S/course/ES/fa14/ES.1802
All announcements, problem sets and other study material will be posted here.
Instructor
Dr Gabrielle Stoy: Oce 24-606. Email gstoy@mit.edu.
Oce Hours: Tuesday 23pm; Wednesday 35pm. I will also be available most afternoons
or by appointment.
TAs
Problem Classes:
Joel Schneider (joelinia@mit.edu) F12,2;
Clare Zhang (cmzhang@mit.edu) F10,1.
Evening Tutorials:
Christian Cardozo-Aviles (cica@mit.edu) T810;
Hikaru Miyazaki (hikarum@mit.edu) W810;
Tricia Shi (tricias@mit.edu) W911;
Helen Zhou (hlzhou@mit.edu) M79.
Class Times
Section 1: MTWR10;
Section 2: MTWR1;
Section 3: MW2, TR3.
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In addition there will be Problem Classes on Fridays at the times specied above (you
will each be assigned to one of them). For ESG to work properly you must come to all the
scheduled classes.
You will be assigned to one of the Problem Classes which ts with your schedule: the
lists will be xed in class during the rst week. These classes will be devoted to problem
solving: they will not contain new material. Joel and Naomi will be teaching them, and I
will be suggesting the problems to be covered, to complement the material covered in the
MTWR sessions. The Problem Classes are important, and are an essential part of the course:
attendance at your assigned class is not optional. They do not take the place of the evening
tutorials.
The classes in ESG are small and interactive, so your full participation is welcomed and
important. Sleeping in class is not tolerated: if it persists you will be asked to leave. You must
also arrive for class on time. A small percentage of your grade will depend on attendance.
Schedule
An outline schedule is attached.
Exams
There will be three exams in class, as scheduled below. There will also be a Final Exam, on
all the material, scheduled during the Final Exam period.
Problem Sets
These will be available on the class website, and will be due in class on the dates specied
below, unless otherwise agreed. Late homework will not normally be accepted. If you have
not nished the assignment by the due date, give in what you have completed: you will get
partial credit for this.
Co-operation on problem sets is permitted, except where indicated, but all solutions must
be written up independently. For the problem sets which are due before the one-hour exams,
it is recommended that a copy be made to aid revision. You are forbidden to consult old
problem sets and solutions.
Extra CreditInvent Your Own Problems
Along with any of the problem sets you can also write a question and solution of your own,
which combine the topics covered in 18.02 with your own interests and/or potential major at
MIT. The problem should be interesting and new and relate to something you care about.
The problem must be submitted along with the problem set, and should take the form of
a problem plus a solution. A partial solution or an attempt at a solution can be submitted,
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but will receive partial credit as shown below. If you wish instead to present the solution
in a discussion context, this would also be considered for credit. The extra credit would be
approximately equivalent to 20% of the problem set, and will be distributed as follows.
0 Not a very useful problem
4 Good idea, but needs a lot of work on both problem and solution
8 Good problem idea, but the solution needs a lot of work
12 Ready to be put on a problem set.
The solution could take a number of forms. For example, it might be theoretical or numerical
or computational: all of these will be considered for credit. You are allowed to collaborate
and make a joint submission. The points might be divided, but if it is a complete and correct
problem plus solution you might both receive full credit.
Conduct During In-class and Final Examinations
1. You are not allowed cellphones, headphones, calculators, books or notes in the examina-
tion. They must be secured in your bags or left outside the examination room.
2. You are allowed to leave the examination room for a bathroom break provided you inform
the person proctoring the examination, but for no other purpose.
3. On no account may you take the examination paper you are writing out of the examina-
tion room during the examination. Doing so will lead to automatic disqualication (that is
to say, your score for that examination will be zero.)
4. If you have a question, please ask the person proctoring the examination. You are not
allowed to speak to any other person during the examination.
Grade
Approximate relative weightings:
Problem sets: 250 points (up to 40 points may be deducted for non-attendance)
In-class exams: 100 points each
Final exam: 250 points.
In addition, however, a passing grade on the nal exam is essential for passing the course.
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Schedule
Analytic Geometry in Space, Vectors and Matrices
1 W Sep. 3 Vector algebra and geometry; dot product.
2 R 4 Cross product and determinants.
F 5 Problem Class.
3 M 8 Matrices and inverses.
4 T 9 Systems of linear equations.
5 W 10 Homogenous systems of linear equations; equations of a plane.
R 11 Continuation. Problem Set 1 due.
F 12 Problem Class.
6 M 15 Parametric equations for lines and curves.
7 T 16 Vector calculus of curves.
W 17 Continuation.
R 18 Review for Exam 1. Problem Set 2 due.
F 19 Vacation.
Partial Derivatives
8 M 22 Partial derivatives.
T 23 Exam 1 (covering topics 17)
9 W 24 Partial derivatives and the tangent plane.
10 R 25 Tangent plane approximation formula and grad f.
F 26 Problem Class.
11 M 29 Gradient and directional derivatives.
12 T 30 Gradient and the tangent plane.
13 W Oct. 1 Chain Rule; dierentials.
14 R 2 Extrema of multivariable functions. Problem Set 3 due.
F 3 Problem Class.
15 M 6 Second-derivative test and applications.
16 T 7 Lagrange multipliers.
17 W 8 Non-independent variables.
R 9 Review for Exam 2. Problem Set 4 due.
F 10 Problem Class:
M 13 Columbus Day (vacation)
T 14 Exam 2 (covering topics 817)
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Double Integrals and Line Integrals in 2-space
18 W 15 Double integrals in rectangular co-ordinates.
19 R 16 Double integrals over more general regions; examples.
F 17 Problem Class.
20 M 20 Double integrals in polar co-ordinates.
21 T 21 Change of variable in double integrals.
22 W 22 More applications and further examples of double integrals.
23 R 23 Vector elds; line integrals.
F 24 Problem Class.
24 M 27 Gradient elds; path independence.
25 T 28 Conservative elds; path independence and the potential function.
26 W 29 Methods for nding the potential function; introduction to Greens Theo-
rem.
27 R 30 Greens Theorem in tangential form and normal form. Problem Set 5
due.
F 31 Problem Class.
28 M Nov. 3 Flux interpretation of the line integral.
T 4 Review for Exam 3.
W 5 Exam 3 (covering topics 1828)
Triple Integrals and Surface Integrals in 3-space
29 R 6 Triple integrals. Problem Set 6 due.
F 7 Problem Class.
M 10 Vacation.
T 11 Veterans Day (vacation)
30 W 12 Cylindrical and spherical co-ordinates.
31 R 13 Vector elds in space.
F 14 Problem Class.
32 M 17 Surface Integrals.
T 18 Continuation.
33 W 19 Divergence Theorem.
34 R 20 Line integrals in 3-space; exactness and potentials. Problem Set 7 due.
F 21 Problem Class.
M 24 Continuation.
35 T 25 Gradient elds and path independence in 3-space.
W 26 Continuation. Problem Set 8 due.
R 27 Thanksgiving (vacation)
F 28 Thanksgiving vacation
36 M Dec. 1 Stokess Theorem.
T 2 Continuation.
W 3 Review 1.
R 4 Review 2. Problem Set 9 due.
F 5 Problem Class.
M 8 Review 3.
T 9 Review 4.
W 10 Last day of classes.