Instructor: Prof. Jesús A. De Loera.
email: deloera@math.ucdavis.edu or CANVAS

Lecture: MWF 13:10-2:50 PM (over ZOOM), all recorded and posted to Aggie Video.
Office hours: MW 5:00pm-6:00pm (over ZOOM). or by prior appointment.

Teaching Assistants (zoom links for sections will be in canvas)
Alexander Black (aeblack@ucdavis.edu),
Shouwei Hui (huihui@ucdavis.edu),
Brian Knight (bcknight@ucdavis.edu),
William Wesley (wjwesley@ucdavis.edu)
Lead TA (in charge of CANVAS,ZOOM,GRADESCOPE,etc issues only) Jorge Arroyo (jarroyoe@ucdavis.edu)

Text: Thomas' Calculus Early Transcendentals, latest Edition
by George B. Thomas, Maurice Weir, and Joel Hass; Addison Wesley Publishers.

Description: This course is an introduction to multivariate calculus and its applications.
Calculus is the study of functions and it finds numerous applications in science and engineering.
Some of the main topics are: Functions of several variables, vectors, lines, curves, planes in space,
Partial derivatives, multiple integrals, optimization problems, series, sequences, approximation and convergence.

I intend to cover the topics in the order and timing stated in the official department syllabus (of course minor variations may occur).

Pre-requisites: MAT 21B or equivalent. Ask if you have any questions.

All grades and communication will be through CANVAS.

Grading policy and Rules:

• There are 100 points possible in this course to be gained as follows:

  There will be 10 quizzes (20 mins long), each worth 5 points. They happen every week during your discussion session. I will drop the lowest 3 scores. TOTAL 35 points.
  Calculators, books or notes are never allowed in the exams.

  There will be 10 Webwork homeworks, once a week due Thursdays at midnight. Each worth 5 points. I will drop the lowest 3 scores. TOTAL 35 points.
  NOTE: Each Homework will have many problems, each worth 1/5 of a point, so you need to do at least 25 problems correctly to reach the 5 points.

  The final exam is comprehensive and counts for a TOTAL 30 points. FINAL EXAM DATE: June 9th, 2021, 3:30pm-5:30pm.

• At the very end of the quarter, with all scores available, I will assign grades based on the statistical information of the points obtained by all students.
  I compute the mean, standard deviation, etc. and set letter grades according with those numbers. In my experience, the mean is often a grade of C+
  and the grade of A is hard to obtain as it is typically starts at least 2 standard deviations above the mean.

  IMPORTANT: There are no make-up quizzes, no late homework is ever accepted. That is why I will drop the lowest scores from the calculation of the grade.
  There is no extra credit work or makeup tests to raise your grade either.

• HOW TO BEST STUDY?: Mathematics is not an spectator sport. You learn by doing lots of hard problems and intense mental effort. Therefore, I give students plenty of opportunity to practice and you are expected to work intensively outside the classroom solving exercises, reading the book, thinking about the theorems, etc. I estimate a minimum of 3 hours work
  at home per lecture. Learning happens by doing!

  To receive a high score you need to solve many exercises. In addition to the homework, and to motivate you to try more problems, about a 1/2 of the problems in the quizzes will come from exercises in the book or from exercises I mentioned in lecture. Homework exercises are possible choices too. Doing a lot of problems increase your chances of a good grade.

  The most important thing is what YOU learn through your doing. Mathematics is fun and very pretty, try to get the material in your soul! Make sure to think about the material everyday.
  Do not fall behind and if you do, seek help early (from me, your TA, the Learning Skills center, etc). Careful, it is easy to fall behind! Learning Math is like climbing a mountain, I am here to guide you and try to help you carry yourself to the top, but it is your effort that will get you there!