MATH 2550 Fall 2019

Introduction to Multivariable Calculus

J Sections

Lecture

MW 1:55-2:45 PM, Howey's Physics L2

INSTRUCTOR: John McCuan, 209 Skiles
Office Hours: MW 1:00-1:30 and 4:30-5:30 or by appointment
Email: gtfall19 pm.me

Course Page: http://www.math.gatech.edu/~mccuan/courses/2550/

Mandatory Studio(s) Amigos 1:55-2:45 PM,

Section J1
TEACHING ASSISTANT: Nicholas Barvinok
Skiles 268
Office Hours: Wednesday 4-6 PM in Skiles Math Lab

Section J2
TEACHING ASSISTANT: Jiaqi Yang
Skiles 368
Office Hours: Thursday 11:30 AM-1:30 PM in the Math Lab Cluck 280

Section J3
TEACHING ASSISTANT: Yana Charoenboonvivat
Skiles 371
Office Hours: Monday 11 AM-12 PM and Wednesday 1-2 PM in Skiles 230

Text: Thomas' Calculus: Early Transcendentalism (14th Edition)
Thomas, Weir, Hass
(I before e, except after c---and Weir is just Weir.)

Topics/Sections Covered: Topics from Chapters 12-15

Grading Scheme:

Homework 15%
Exam 1 20%
Exam 2 20%
Exam 3 20%
Final Exam 25%

(Below 60% F; 60-69% D; 70-79% C; 80-89% B; 90-100% A)

Homework will be assigned (and graded) on MyMethLab

Lecture Record

Dates of Exams (tentative):

Exam 1 Wednesday September 18  
Exam 2 Friday October 18  
Exam 3 Monday November 18

Final Exam:

J Sections: Monday December 9   (2:40-5:30)


Exams are cumulative.

No calculators, notes, or other aids may be used during exams.

Policy on missed exams: Official written excuse required.

Link to GT code

If you want to meet me during office hours, send an email to let me know. If you want to meet me outside office hours, send me an email and let me know.

Sample Exams:

Exam 1

Exam 2   Exam 2

Exam 3   Exam 3

Final Exam   Final Exam

Extra Materials:

Calculus I and II Review (and overview/perspective)

Greg Mayer's worksheets for MATH 2550 recitation

The shape and equation of a hyperbola

Lagrange multipliers

Moment of Inertia and other matters of moment

China Summer Program

Riemann integration of real valued functions on objects

Linearization and Scaling Factors

Some related material on calculating the area of parallelograms and volumes of parallelopipeds---from some other class years ago

An integral over the whole plane

Motion on a surface

Differentials and Errors