General Information

• Instructor: Ilia Vovsha (iv2121 at columbia dot edu)
  
• Office Hours: Mon. 7:50pm-9:00pm & Thu. 5:00pm-6:00pm (Mudd 633)
  
• Lecture: Mon - Thu, 6:15 - 7:50pm
  
• Classroom: Mudd 633
  


• TA:     Wenlan Zheng (wz2245 at columbia dot edu)
  TA Office Hours: Wed. 8:00pm-10:00pm (Mudd 627) & Fri. 11:00am-1:00pm (Mudd 833)
  
  
• Textbook: James Stewart, Calculus: Early Transcendentals, 7th edition.
  


• Prerequisites: Calculus I or equivalent is required, though Calculus II or equivalent is recommended.
  


• Help Room: If you need help with your assignments or with the material of the course, you are encouraged to visit the help room, 406 Mathematics. At least one graduate student is always on duty in this room Monday through Friday during business hours. You may drop by whenever the help room is open. Please check this page for the help room schedule.

Lectures

The topics covered in the class include: Vectors and the Geometry of Space (Chapter 12), Vector Functions (Chapter 13), and Partial Derivatives (Chapter 14).

Lecture Notes:

• Week 0:   Brief Review
      Readings: Calculus 1 review
  
• Week 1:  Notes
      Readings: Chapters 12.1 - 12.4
  
• Week 2:  Notes
      Readings: Chapters 12.5 - 12.6, 13.1
  
• Week 3:  Notes
      Readings: Chapters 13.2 - 13.4, 14.1
  
• Week 4:  Notes
      Readings: Chapters 14.2 - 14.4
  
• Week 5:  Notes
      Readings: Chapters 14.5 - 14.7
  
• Week 6:  Notes
      Readings: Chapters 14.8
  

Homework

Instructions:

All HWs are due in class by 6:15pm. If you are unable to attend class on time, scan and send your HW by email to the TA.
All problems are from the textbook.
If your work is handwritten, please only use a pencil or a black/blue pen.
Please attach the cover page to your submitted hw (and staple the pages!).
Solutions are posted on courseworks (resources page) after the due date.

Problem Sets:

1. Due date: July 14th   Cover page
   
2. Due date: July 21st   Cover page
   
3. Due date: July 28th   Cover page
   
4. Due date: Aug. 4th   Cover page
   
5. Due date: Aug. 10th   Cover page
   
6.   Optional problems
   

Exams

On both exams you are allowed to have one two-sided notes sheet.
Sample problems and exam solutions will be posted on courseworks.

• Midterm: covers material from the first three weeks.
    Date:   Thu. July 30th, in class
  


• Final: covers all the material with emphasis on the 2nd half of the course.
    Date:   Thu. August 13th, in class
  

Grading

Homework = 20%, Midterm = 40%, Final = 40%.
You may "challenge" any grade you receive. However, you must contact the TA within three days of the grade release date.
Contact the instructor if you are unable to reolve the issue with the TA.