Autumn 2007
Math 221: Multivariate Calculus     Section 503

Review session, Monday 26 November, Blocker 627. 1.5 hours starting at either 5 or 5:30 PM
Some research on sleep and performance
Instructor: Frank Sottile       Weekly schedule
Office: Milner 303
Telephone: 845.4169
email: sottile@math.tamu.edu
      Text-only email with 221 in the subject line, please.
WWW: /~sottile
 Office Hours : Monday 11:30--12:20
Tuesday 13:00--14:00
By appointment
Textbook: Calculus, early vectors, by J. Stewart.
Lectures:   Tu, Th: 14:20 -- 15:35 and
  W 15:00 -- 15:50 in CE 137.
Help Sessions:   Sunday 7:00PM-9:00PM BLOC 164
  Wednesday 5:30PM-7:30PM BLOC 624
  Thursday 7:30PM-9:30PM BLOC 163
Course Content: From the catalog: Vector algebra and solid analytic geometry; calculus of functions of several variables; Lagrange multipliers; multiple integration, theory, methods and application; line and surface integrals, Green's and Stokes' theorems; Jacobians.
Prerequisites. Math 152 or Math 172 or consent of instructor.
Special Note:     Your goal in this course, as in every course that you ever take, should be complete mastery of the material. Anything less is aspiring to mediocrity and doing yourself a disservice. I expect you to read the section in the text that we will be covering before we meet. Come to class ready to ask questions about what you do not yet know. After class, re-read the text and your notes, and do some exercises to complete your mastery of the material. Finally, ask questions in class, lots of them.
Calculator: There will be no use of calculators on exams.
Course webpage: /~sottile/teaching/07.2/221.html
Departmental page for Math 221
Interactive Gallery of quadrics.
Some other pictures of quadrics.   Archimedian spirals   Logarithmic spirals.     Dancing Cardioid.
Grading
You will be expected to attend all class meetings; I do keep track of such matters, but allow a few absences before penalties begin. There will be three in-term exams, each worth 25% toward your final grade. The remaining 25% will be homework and attendance. I do not plan to have a final exam.
Exam Schedule
First exam: Thursday, 27 September.
Second exam:   Thursday, 25 October.
Third exam: Thursday, 29 November.
Emergencies: If you have a valid reason (medical or family emergency) for missing an exam, then I will give you an alternative exam, preferably before the scheduled exam. Missing an exam without a valid reason will result in a score of zero for that exam.
Homework:
Homework will be collected at least once a week and assigned daily, in class.
    Late homeworks are not accepted. It may not be possible to mark all problems assigned. A few of the problems will be corrected and graded each week. Nevertheless, and for your own benefit, you will be required to hand in all the assigned problems. Your score will be based partially upon completing all assigned problems and partially upon the marks obtained in the problems which are marked. The two lowest homework scores will be dropped before computing your grade.
Homework is due each Thursday when tere is not an exam. Assignments are listed here. Here is a supplemental list of HW problems (From a departmental WWW page).
COPYRIGHT POLICY: All printed materials disseminated in class or on the web are protected by Copyright laws. While personal use is permitted, sale of any of these materials is strictly prohibited.
University wide policies and statements:
Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) Policy Statement
The following ADA Policy Statement (part of the Policy on Individual Disabling Conditions) was submitted to the University Curriculum Committee by the Department of Student Life. The policy statement was forwarded to the Faculty Senate for information.
The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) is a federal anti-discrimination statute that provides comprehensive civil rights protection for persons with disabilities. Among other things, this legislation requires that all students with disabilities be guaranteed a learning environment that provides for reasonable accommodation of their disabilities. If you believe you have a disability requiring an accommodation, please contact the Department of Student Life, Services for Students with Disabilities, in Room 126 of the Koldus Building or call 845-1637.
Academic Integrity Statement "An Aggie does not lie, cheat, or steal or tolerate those who do." For more, see the Honor Council Rules and Procedures.
Modified Since: 3 September 2007 by Frank Sottile.