Fall 2009
Harvard Extension School
Mathematics E-21a - Fall 2009
Multivariable Calculus
Professor:
Robert Winters
(click here to contact me)
The recommended
text for this course is Stewart's "Multivariable Calculus:
Concepts and Contexts", 3rd Ed.
ISBN: 0534410049.
It should be available at the Harvard Coop and may also be purchased
online, generally at a much lower price. Click
on the image to compare prices.
A copy of this text will be placed on
reserve in the Extension School Library in Sever Hall.
If you can get a copy of the new 4th Edition of the text or the 2nd Edition of the text for a good price, it will work OK. Homework assignments will be made available as PDFs.
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Announcements: The course web page for the Fall 2009 semester is being revised. Much of the information posted here is from the Fall 2008 semester, but most of this will remain substantially unchanged. Class meets Thursday evenings from 7:35pm to 9:35pm, most likely in Harvard Hall 202 (next to Johnson Gate). An problem session will be scheduled before class each week (starting sometime after 6:30pm) as a time to take any last-minute questions on the weekly homework before heading over to class. This is purely optional, but students have found this helpful in the past. Our Course Assistants will also schedule weekly problem sessions on other days of the week. I want to emphasize that it is not necessary to have a current edition of the text for this course and, in truth, almost any multivariable calculus text will suffice. Though almost all of the assigned homework problems will be taken from Stewart's Multivariable Calculus: Concepts and Contexts, 3rd Edition, all assignments will be posted as PDF's on the course website. Calendar for Fall 2008 [This will soon be updated for 2009. Topics and homework assignments will posted here.] Math E-21a syllabus – Fall 2008 Printable Math E-21a syllabus (PDF) – Fall 2008 Note: The Math Placement Exam is NOT required for registration in this course. It is still a good idea to take it in order to better assess which mathematics course is most appropriate for you. |
Here's something: http://micro.magnet.fsu.edu/primer/java/scienceopticsu/powersof10/index.html
Mathematica
(optional, but worth investigating)
If you would like to experiment with Mathematica
to graph parameterized curves and functions f(x, y),
find level curves, and much more, here are a few labs that will introduce
you to this software and show you how to do most of the basic things that
are relevant to Math E-21a. You can also cut and paste images produced by Mathematica
into other documents and print some pretty dazzling graphics.
Hands-On
Start to Mathematica (Flash presentation from Wolfram.com)
Mathematica Lab #1
Mathematica Lab #2 Mathematica
Lab #3
[Right-click to save these files, then open them
with Mathematica.]
Download your free Adobe Acrobat Reader for reading and printing PDF formatted documents.
Please send
comments to Robert Winters.
URL:
http://math.rwinters.com/E21a
Last modified: Tuesday, June 23, 2009