Autumn 2013
Math 221: Multivariate Calculus     Section 504

Sample problems for the final.
Flatland Study Guide. This is a collection of questions to think about while you are reading Flatland. Piazza Class page.
Homework can be found here. It is in general due on Thursday.
Microsoft mathematical software available here. Open-source Gnuplot!
Instructor: Frank Sottile       Weekly schedule
email: sottile@math.tamu.edu
      Text-only email with 221 in the subject line.
      Most questions about the class should use Piazza (see below)
WWW: http://www.math.tamu.edu/~sottile
Office: Milner 303
 Office Hours : Monday 9:30--11:00
Tuesday 9:00--10:00
Wednesday 11:00--12:00
By appointment
Sources: Calculus, early vectors, by Stewart.
Vector Calculus (Free, on-line) By Michael Corral
Whitman/Guichard (free, on-line Early Transcendentals). HTML Version
Strang's Calculus (From MIT open courseware)
Stewart's calculus is not required; the other sources, particularly Corral's Calculus will be adequate—until the lectures on Gauß's Theorem. Homework will be assigned from Corral and Guichard.
Reading: We will read and discuss Flatland by Edwin Abbott Abbott.
Sottile will provide copies of this classic.
Lectures: Tu-Θ 11:10–12:25 Blocker 164
Recitation Leader: Angel Castillo (former math 221 student)
Recitations: W 12:40–13:30 Zach 119C
Help Sessions: Sunday—Thursday 8–10 PM BLOC 169
Course Forum: We will be using Piazza as a forum for class discussion. For technical prolems with that site email team@piazza.com
Find our class page at: https://piazza.com/tamu/fall2013/math221/home.
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 a 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: http://www.math.tamu.edu/~sottile/teaching/13.2/221.html
Departmental page for Math 221
Some Calculus Visualizations.     Interactive Gallery of quadric surfaces.     Hyperboloid of Manchester.
The home page for Calculus: Calculus.org.
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 two in-term exams, each worth 20% toward your final grade, and one final exam, worth 35%. The remaining 25% will be homework, flatland discussion, Piazza participation, and attendance.
Exam Schedule
First exam:   Thursday 3 October.
Second exam:   Thursday 14 November.
Final Exam: Friday  6 December 15:00–17:00
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 is assigned most classes, and will be due on Thursdays. More details are on the homework page.

    Late homeworks are not accepted. While it may not be possible to mark all problems assigned, you should hand in all the assigned problems as a random selection of the problems will be corrected, graded, and recorded for your homework score. The two lowest homework scores will be dropped before computing your grade.
Zeroth Assignment : Read this web page, and send me a text-only email that you have read and understood the course descriptions and policies. Please also answer the following questions:
    (1) Why are you taking this course?
    (2) What do you hope to get out of this course?
    (3) Is there anything else that you want to tell me (that is relevant to the course)?
Lastly, sign up for Piazza (I will send you email with instructions).

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