Welcome to Math 261

Calculus III

Fall 2009


Tutor List

Important Information

Course Information

Homework and Quizzes

Homework will not be graded. There will be 12 quizzes, each worth 10 points. All 12 scores will be added and the overall quiz score will be 1) the total of the scores if it is less than 100 or 2) 100 if the total of the scores exceeds 100. NO MAKEUP IS ALLOWED. The quizzes will be given on the weeks when there are no exams. Most often a quiz will be on Wednesday, but there may be adjustments for separate sections.


Note: Free tutoring is available from the College of Natural Sciences in the Ingersoll hall basement. Times are: Sunday-Thursday, 5-10pm.

Class Schedule

Week 1

Monday, Aug 24
10.1 Conic Sections #1-8,15,23,31,41,43
Tuesday, Aug 25
12.1 Three Dimensional Coordinate System #5,11,17,21,23,27,33,39,43,45,51; 12.2 Vectors #7,11,15,19,21
Wednesday, Aug 26
12.2 Vectors #25,31,33,39,43,45
Friday, Aug 28
12.3 The Dot Product #5,7,11,13,19,(Read 21-26),27,31, (Read 33-34),37,41,45,51,55; Quiz 1 Answers

Week 2

Monday, Aug 31
12.4 The Cross Product #7,13,17,21,23,29,37,41
12.5 Lines and Planes in Space #5,9,15,21
Tuesday, Sept 1
12.5 Lines and Planes in Space #25,27,31,35,37,43, 47,49,53,57,59,61
Wednesday, Sept 2
12.6 Cylinders and Quadric Surfaces #1-12,15,19,21,29, 33,39,49,53,55,67; Quiz 2 Answers
Friday, Sept 4
13.1 Vector Functions #7,11,13,17,19,23,29,33,35,39,41,(Read 43- 63)

Week 3

Tuesday, Sept 8
13.3 Arc Length and the Unit Tangent Vector #7,9,13,15
Wednesday, Sept 9
13.4 Curvature and the Unit Normal Vector #3,7,9,15,19; Quiz 3 Answers
Friday, Sept 11
13.5 The Unit Binormal Vector #5,9,11,15,23,(Read 25-28)

Week 4

Monday, Sept 14
14.1 Functions of Several Variables #1,5,9,11,13- 18,19,23,29,35,41; Alt Req for Exam1
Tuesday, Sept 15
14.2 Limits and Continuity in Higher Dimensions #9,13,15,19,35,37;
Wednesday, Sept 16
Review; Exam 1 Spring 2008 Answers, Exam 1 Spring 2008
Exam 1 Fall 2008 Answers, Exam 1 Fall 2008
Exam 1 Spring 2009 Answers, Exam 1 Spring 2009
Thursday, Sept 17
Exam 1 Answers

Week 5

Monday, Sept 21
14.3 Partial Derivatives #5,11,15,19,25,29,37,45
Tuesday, Sept 22
14.3 Partial Derivatives #49,57,59,65
Wednesday, Sept 23
14.4 The Chain Rule #5,7,9,11,15,19,23,25,29,31; Quiz 4 Answers
Friday, Sept 25
14.4 The Chain Rule #35,37

Week 6

Monday, Sept 28
14.5 Directional Derivatives #5,7,11,13,15,19,21,23,29
Tuesday, Sept 29
14.6 Tangent Planes and Differentials #5,11,15,17,21,25,27,33,39,43
Wednesday, Sept 30
14.7 Extrem Values and Saddle Points #11,17,19; Quiz 5 Answers
Friday, Oct 2
14.7 Extreme Values and Saddle Points #21,23,29

Week 7

Monday, Oct 5
14.8 Lagrange Multipliers #7,11,15
Tuesday, Oct 6
14.8 Lagrange Multipliers #19,23,27;
14.10 Taylor's Formula (Quadratic only, #3,7)
Wednesday, Oct 7
15.1 Double Integrals #7,9; Quiz 6 Answers
Friday, Oct 9
15.1 Double Integrals #15,17,23,37,43,47; Alt Req for Exam2

Week 8

Monday, Oct 12
15.2 Areas, Moments, and Center of Mass #5,7,11,13
Tuesday, Oct 13
15.2 Areas, Moments, and Center of Mass #19,23,(35 center of mass only)
Wednesday, Oct 14
Review; Exam 2 Spring 2008 Answers, Exam 2 Spring 2008
Exam 2 Fall 2008 Answers, Exam 2 Fall 2008
Exam 2 Spring 2009 Answers, Exam 2 Spring 2009
Thursday, Oct 15
Exam 2 Answers

Week 9

Monday, Oct 19
15.3 Double Integrals in Polar Form #13,15,19,21,27; NOTE: Last Day to W Drop
Tuesday, Oct 20
15.4 Triple Integrals in Rectangular Coordinates #5,13,15,19
Wednesday, Oct 21
15.4 Triple Integrals in Rectangular Coordinates #25,29,43; Quiz 7 Answers
Friday, Oct 23
15.5 Masses and Moments in Three Dimensions #5,11,15

Week 10

Monday, Oct 26
15.6 Triple Integrals in Cylindrical and Spherical Coordinates #5,7,11,17,19
Tuesday, Oct 27
15.6 Triple Integrals in Cylindrical and Spherical Coordinates #23,29,31,35,37,43,51,55,57
Wednesday, Oct 28
15.7 Substitutions in Multiple Integrals #3,7,11; Quiz 8 Answers
Friday, Oct 30
15.7 Substitution in Multiple Integrals #15,21

Week 11

Monday, Nov 2
16.1 Line Integrals #5,7,9,13,19,21; Formulas
Tuesday, Nov 3
16.2 Vector Fields, Work, Circulation, and Flux #7,9,13,17,21
Wednesday, Nov 4
16.2 Vector Fields, Work, Circulation and Flux #27,37; Quiz 9 Answers
Friday, Nov 6
16.3 Path Independence, Potential Functions, and Conservative Fields #5,9,13,17; Alt Req for Exam3

Week 12

Monday, Nov 9
16.3 Path Independence, Potential Functions, and Conservative Fields #19,21,25,27,31;
Tuesday, Nov 10
Review;
Wednesday, Nov 11
Review; Exam 3 Spring 2008 Answers, Exam 3 Spring 2008
Exam 3 Fall 2008
Exam 3 Spring 2009 Answers, Exam 3 Spring 2009
Thursday, Nov 12
Exam 3 Answers

Week 13

Monday, Nov 16
16.4 Green's Theorem in the Plane #5,13,15
Tuesday, Nov 17
16.4 Green's Theorem in the Plane #17,21
Wednesday, Nov 18
16.6 Parameterized Surfaces #5,9,11; Quiz 10 Answers
Friday, Nov 20
16.6 Parameterized Surfaces #19,25,27,33,39

Week 14

Monday, Nov 30
16.5 Surface Areas and Surface Integrals(do problems as in 16.6) #7,11,17,19;
Tuesday, Dec 1
16.7 Stokes' Theorem #3,5,9; Quiz 11 Answers
Wednesday, Dec 2
16.7 Stokes' Theorem #13,15;
Friday, Dec 4
16.8 The Divergence Theorem #7,11,13

Week 15

Monday, Dec 7
16.8 Divergence Theorem #15; NO Alt Req for Final Exam
Tuesday, Dec 8
Review for Final; Quiz 12 Answers
Final Exam Fall 2008;
Final Exam Spring 2009
Wednesday, Dec 9
Review for Final
Friday, Dec 11
Review for Final

FINAL EXAM MONDAY, DEC 14, 2009, 5:50-7:50 pm