SPRING  2010

Calculus, MAT 21C.

Sections  C1-C5.

When and where: MWF, 16:10-17:00 PM. GIEDT 1001.


Course homepage: http://www.math.ucdavis.edu/~kapovich/21C/21C.html

Instructor: Professor Michael Kapovich (kapovich@ucdavis.edu).

Office Hours: MF, 15:00 -15:50 PM.  2224 MSB.


Sections:

C1: T, 6:10-7:00 PM. WELLMN 1.   TA: Dustin Mayeda (dmayeda@math.ucdavis.edu). Office: MSB  2145.  Office hours:  W, 14:30 PM-16:10 PM.

C2: T, 7:10-8:00 PM. WELLMN 1.   TA: Dustin Mayeda (dmayeda@math.ucdavis.edu). Office: MSB  2145.  Office hours: W, 14:30 PM-16:10 PM.

C3: T, 8:10-9:00 PM. OLSON 147.   TA: Binglin Li (blnli@math.ucdavis.edu). Office: MSB 2129.  Office hours: H, 14:00-15:00 PM.

C4: T, 5:10-6:00 PM. WELLMN 1.   TA: Benjamin Johnson (bjohnson@math.ucdavis.edu). Office: MSB 2129.  Office hours: T, 11:00-12:00 AM. 

C5: T, 4:10-5:00 PM. WELLMN 1.  Hsiao-Chieh (Arcade) Tseng (hctseng@math.ucdavis.edu). Office: MSB 3204.  Office hours: T, 14:00-15:00 PM.


Lead TA: Gabriel Amos, amos518@math.ucdavis.edu
Office: MSB 2123.  Office hours:  TBA.

Please, address lead TA all the questions related to WebWork.

As long as you are registered for MAT21C, section C, you can attend any sections 1 through 5 of this  class and come to office hours
of any TA, including the Lead TA.  Note, however, that you will get back your graded exams during the discussion section you are assigned to.


For the issues like which courses you should take as a math major,
you can talk to undergraduate advisors at the math department
 


Course Description:

Prerequisite: courses 16C, 17C, 21B, or 21BH. Continuation of the course MAT-21B. Sequences, series, tests for convergence, Taylor expansions. Vector algebra, vector calculus, scalar and vector fields. Partial derivitives, total differentials. Applications to maximum and minimum problems in two or more variables. Applications to physical systems. GE credit: SciEng.
 
Additional information (formal syllabus)


Textbook:    Thomas' Calculus, Early Transcendentals, by Weir, Hass, Giordano, 11th edition. Pearson/Addison-Wesley.


by George B. Thomas, Maurice D. Weir, Joel R. Hass, and Frank R. Giordano.


Note that we will not use the Media Upgrade provided by the publisher of the book in our class.

Sections of the textbook to be covered:

11.1-11.10; 12.1-12.5; 14.1-14.8.


Other sources:

For two of the lectures I will use Gilbert Strang's "Calculus" and David Guichard's "Whitman Calculus" (one lecture each).

The open source for David Guichard's "Whitman Calculus" is here and here:


A downloadable text of the Strang's book is available here


Exams:

Bring your student Id for all the exams: Midterms and Final!


There will be a comprehensive final examination and two midterm exams. All exams are ``closed notes, closed book, not laptops, no calculators". You are not allowed cell phones (or other means of electronic communication such as PDAs) during the exam. If I (or a TA) see you having such a tool of electronic communication during an exam, it will be grounds for 0 score for the exam.


Midterm 1: Monday, April 26, GIEDT 1001. No Make-ups!

Midterm 2: Wednesday, May 26, GIEDT 1001. No Make-ups!


Final  Exam:  Wednesday, June 9, 8:00—10:00 AM.  YOUNG 198. 

 
Solutions for the exams, scores and grades will be posted at SmartSite page for this class.


Grading:

Homework =20%, Midterm I =20%, Midterm II =20%, Final Exam =40%.

There will be no makeup midterm given. If you miss a midterm for a medical reason (or another valid reason, like a sports competition), the final exam will count for 60% (rather than 40%) and the midterm will not count. If you miss both midterms for medical reasons, the final exam will count for 80% and the midterms will not count. I will use curve for the final grade.

Cell phones: Turn them off before the class; offenders' cell phones will be confiscated for (at least) 24 hours.


ADA Statement:

The Americans with Disabilities Act requires that reasonable accommodations be provided for students with physical, sensory,
cognitive, systemic, learning and psychiatric disabilities. Please contact me at the beginning of the quarter to discuss any such
accommodations for the course. You have to bring me a disability letter at least 7 days prior to the exam so I can make appropriate arrangements.



Important dates:


The first day of classes: Monday, March 29.  The last day of classes is Tuesday, June 3.  There will be no classes on Monday, May 31 (Memorial Day).


Homework:


Homework will be done using WebWork, which is a free online homework grading system. Homeworks will be assigned every Monday and will be due next Monday, by 23:59 PM PST (regardless if it is a holiday or not). No late submission will be accepted. The first homework will be assigned on Monday, April 5.  Homework submission and grading will be done through WebWork.


Visit this web page weekly for homework assignments.  


Visit this web page  to learn how to use WebWork (if you did not use it before).