Meetings: MWF 1:10-2:00 PM, Haring 2205.
Instructor: Prof. Jesús A. De Loera.
email: deloera@math.ucdavis.edu (best way to contact me)
phone: (530) 754 7029
URL: http://www.math.ucdavis.edu/~deloera/TEACHING/LOWDIVISION/M21D/
Please make sure to visit this page weekly, on Mondays in the afternoon, to get latest homework and course handouts.
Office hours: Prof. De Loera office hours are MWF 12:00 noon-1:00 pm or by special appointment. My office is at the Mathematical science building (MSB) 3228. The TAs for this course and their respective office hours are Brandon Barrette (TA section 04 Th: 12:30pm-2:30pm MSB 2232), Eunghyun Lee (TA sections 1,2, MF: 9am-10am MSB 3229), Kei Nakamura (Tu 2:30pm-4:30pm MSB 2141), and Roy Wright (TA sections 3,5, W: 2pm-4pm MSB 3151). You are invited to attend any office hours that suits your schedule.

Text: Thomas' Calculus. Early Transcendental, by Weir, Hass, Giordano. The textbook is connected to the online supplement MyMathLab where most of the homework will be done. For more information see final notes at the end.

Description: This course is an introduction to vector calculus and its applications. Some of the main topics are: Multiple integrals, applications to geometry and physics, vector functions, line and surface integrals, Green's theorem, Stoke's theorem, and theorem of divergence. Most of these topics, all quite common in physics and engineering, are contained in Chapters 15 and 16 of the textbook.

Grading policy: There are 100 points possible in the course

• There will be two in-class midterms, the first on February 4th, the second on March 3th. Each exam counts 35 points, but I will drop the lowest of the two for the calculation of the grade.

• The final exam is comprehensive and counts 45 points. This is already scheduled for March 22nd at 8am at Haring hall 2205.

• I will assign weekly homework exercises and reading. Most exercises will have to be done through my mymathlab which automatically records your grade. This amounts to 12 points of the grade (1.5 points per homework). In addition I will assign a few more harder exercises each week. One of them will be collected in discussion section. These problems will count for 8 more points of your grade (1 point per homework). They are supposed to help you learn to write mathematics clearly and precisely, thus you are expected to do an excellent job on presentation, logical order, and analysis in this problem.

  Mymathlab has a number of bugs, for this reason and to be fair on points, I will grade mymathlab homeworks as follows: If you do at least a third of problems right by mymathlab grading, then you will get full credit 1.5 point for that homework, otherwise you will get 0.

  In addition, some exam problems will come from among the assigned questions and the book (of course, some minor edits changes may apply. Dont expect verbatim transcriptions!). Thus, the more problems you do from the book the more likely you are to get a good grade in this course.

• I will assign grades based on the final 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 grade A often means 86 points or higher, B means between 66 and 85 points, C often means between 55 and 65 points, D and F lie below 55 points. But I do look at the final curve before setting the final assignment. Information on grades will be available through myucdavis shortly after the final exam.

Important rules, requirements, and expectations:

• To take this course you are expected to have a passing grades in MAT 21C or equivalent course. If in doubt ask me.

• New homework exercises will be posted on my web page and announced in class too.

• Please please there are NO make-up exams, that is why I am dropping the lowest scores as a compensation of possible problems.

• Use of books, notes, cell phones (not even as a clock), and calculators will not be allowed on any exam.

• I consider cheating a very serious offense to the pri of academia. Beware cheaters will be fully prosecuted.

• Mathematics is fun and pretty, but it is not an spectator sport! You are expected to work a minimum of 2 hours per lecture outside the classroom.

• Do not fall behind, but if you do, seek help early (from me, your TA, the Learning Skills center, etc). I will be glad to help you, but dont expect a miracle knowledge the night before the final.

• All students need to have a MyMathLab Student Access Kit. If you already have a copy from a course that used it last year, you will not need to buy a new one. If you do not have a copy, you will need to buy a kit this quarter. At the bookstore, it comes already with a new 21 textbook or at an additional cost with a used textbook. Although it is recommended, you are not required to buy the textbook; a PDF copy of the textbook is accessible through MyMathLab. Students do not need to buy any supplements (answer workbooks, etc). You are only required to set up a computer account to do the homework. You will need the following information. Course ID: deloera88369, Course Name: MAT21D There are several computer labs on campus that have Windows machines with the necessary plug-ins already installed. These are: 75 Hutchison, 163 Shields, 177 MU Station, 1131 Meyer. See http://clm.ucdavis.edu/. If you have a computer running Windows, you can download plug-ins from the MyMathLab website and install them on your machine. This will allow you to submit you homework, etc. using your computer.

HOMEWORKS (listed by due date. Exercise to be handed in at recitation are marked with *)

January 16th: Read Sections 15.1, 15.2, 15.3.
Mymathlab: 15.1 (5,7,13,23,27,29,33,37,41,47) 15.2 (3,5,13,33,35)
writing problems: 15.1 (16,26,40,44,48,62,64*) 15.2 (14,40,42,44,54,56)

January 23th: Read Sections 15.4, 15.5
Mymathlab: 15.3 (1,11,13,19,29), 15.4 (1,7,17,19,23,27,31,33,37,41)
writing problems: 15.3 (8,16,20,24,36) 15.4 (6,12,18,22,46*)

WARNING: Mymathlab has a number of bugs, for this reason and to be fair on awarding points, I will grade mymathlab homeworks as follows: If you do at least a third of the problems right by mymathlab grading, then you will get full credit 1.5 point for that homework, otherwise you will get 0 for that homework. This should more than compensate for possible bugs on the software. If you are in doubt whether your answer is correct feel free to contact me or your TA.

January 30th: Read Sections 15.6, 15.7
Mymathlab: 15:5 (3,5,7,13,17) 15.6 (1,9,11,17,27,33,39,43,45,71)
writing problems: 15.5 (4a, 6ab, 14,16ac,18) 15.6 (2,7,10,16,18,20,22,30,40*,66

Here is Practice Midterm 1. Solutions will be provided in class Friday February 1st.
FIRST MIDTERM FEBRUARY 4th. Includes all material from 15.1 to 15.6

Here are the solutions to the first midterm.

February 13th: Read Sections 13.1-13.4
Mymathlab: 15.7 (1,7,13,15,19) 13.1 (5,11,15,21,23,33,37) 13.2 (7,27,30)
writing problems: 15.7 (2,4,8,10,16,21), 13.1(8,14,37,40*).

February 20th Read Sections 16.1-16.3
Mymathlab: 13.3 (1,5,11), 13.4 (1,3,9), 16.1 (1,7,9,15,23,27), 16.2 (1,7,9)
writing problems 13.3 (6,10,14) 13.4 (10,14,18) 16.1 (10,14,16,32*)

February 27th Read Sections 16.4-16.5
Mymathlab: 16.2 (3,25,37), 16.3(1,7,9,13,19), 16.4(1,5,7,15,19,21).
writing problems 16.2 (16,24,39,41), 16.3 (6,10,16,26,32*), 16.4 (8,16,18,22).

SECOND MIDTERM MARCH 3th. Covers material from 15.7, 13.1-13.4,16.1-16.4
Here is Practice Midterm 2. Solutions will be provided in class Friday February 29th.
Here are solutions to the second midterm.

March 12th Read Sections 16.5 to 16.8
Mymathlab: 16.5(1,13,15,19,27,33), 16.6 (1,11,19,25,31,39) 16.7 (5,9,15)

writing problems 16.5 (10,12,14,36*) 16.6 (8,12,26,44), 16.7 (6,10,16)

March 17th Review your notes for the course
Mymathlab: 16.8 (1,7,11,15)

IMPORTANT: This time no writing exercise to hand in!

writing problems 16.7 (18,21) 16.8 (6,14,16,25)

FINAL EXAM MARCH 22nd. Exam will cover all material seen in class except 16.8
Here is a list of exercises and topics for Review: Practice final.
Solutions will be discussed in the review session Wednesday March 19th, 6:00 - 8:00 p.m in Wellman Hall 216

REMEMBER: Final exam is at 8:00am-10:00am Saturday March 22nd, at our classroom Haring Hall 2205.

Final exam results, out of 45 points:
The highest score was 43, the average 21, stdev 9.5.
A solution for the final exam is available here
The distribution for the course was, out of 100 possible points:
92 points (highest rank), average 58 points, stdev 18

Concrete grades are available online.