Math 241 (Calculus III), Sections E, Fall 2008
Professor A.J. Hildebrand

Course Information Sheet

Lecture Summaries and Reading/HW Assignments

• Lecture 5, Friday, 9/5/08
• Lecture 4, Wednesday, 9/3/08
• Lecture 3, Friday, 8/29/08
• Lecture 2, Wednesday, 8/27/08
• Lecture 1, Monday, 8/25/08

Announcements

• [9/5/08] Midterm 1 date: I polled the class for the preferred date for the first midterm exam. It was a close contest, but after two rounds of voting, Friday, September 19, won over Wednesday, 9/24, thanks in part to Physics 212, which has an exam on the 24th. The exam at the regular class hour, but it may be in a different (larger) room. It will cover Chapter 10 and most or all of Chapter 11. I will post more information, a study guide, and practice exams, next week.
• [9/1/08] Honors Credit for James Scholars. Students in the James Scholars program may satisfy the requirements for honors credit by completing additional work or projects in the latter part of the semester. Click on the above link for details.
  Note: This option is only available to students who are James Scholars (and those should know who they are). If you don't know what that is all about, you are probably not a James Scholar and therefore not eligible ...
• [8/31/08] HW Solutions. I just posted solutions to the assignments from Lectures 1 - 3 (covering Sections 10.1 - 10.4); the links are under the Lecture Summaries above. In the future I plan to post solutions within a few days after the assignment has been given out.
• [8/28/08] Full class. This class (Math 241 EL1) is currently filled to capacity. Over the past few days, I have received several requests by students who weren't able to register to somehow "squeeze" them in. Unfortunately, as much as I would like to accommodate everybody (and I wouldn't mind the extra grading that this would entail), there is nothing I can do about this. I have no control whatsoever over registrations, and I certainly cannot open up seats to "squeeze" someone in. The registration caps are determined by room capacities; if the cap is reached, that means the room is filled to capacity, and the University cannot legally add more students to the class.
  Note that in order to be able to register for this course, there must be spots available in both the lecture and in one of the discussion sections. If there are spots available in one of the discussions, but not in the lecture, you won't be able to register.
• [8/27/08] Final Exam Date: A small correction to the Course Information Sheet handed out the first day of class: The final exam date is Friday, December 12, 8 am - 11 am, the official Final Exam slot for this class. The Course Information Sheet did have the correct date and time (Dec. 12, 8 - 11 am), but the wrong day of the week (it said "Saturday").
• [8/22/08] Textbook: The text for this section of Math 241 (Section E) is Smith/Minton, "Multivariable Calculus: Early Transcendental Functions", Third Edition, ISBN 0-07-287029-X. Note that some of the other Math 241 sections use a different text. If you buy the book from one of the local bookstores, make sure to get the one listed under Sections DL1/EL1.

  Alternate sources for the text: The bookstore price for the text is around $120 new, and $90 used, However, you can find better deals at online outlets such as such as Campusbooks.com, AddAll.com, AbeBooks.com, TextbooksRus.com, or the local, student-run, Illini Book Exchange.
  Note: There exist many different versions of the Smith/Minton text. The local bookstores carry the correct version, but if you buy the book from alternate sources, make sure that you get the version subtitled "Early Transcendental Functions" (the other one is subtitled "Late Transcendental Functions"), and the Third Edition. Also, make sure that the book is not the "Single Variable" version, but contains the "Multivariable" chapters (Chapters 10 - 15).
  (The complete Smith/Minton text, covering both Single Variable and Multivariable Calculus ("Calculus: Early Transcendental Functions", ISBN 0-07-286953-4), would do as well. Our text, which covers only Multivariable Calculus, simply consists of the second half of the complete text, with identical page numbering. In fact, you might find better deals online on the complete text than the multivariable portion alone.)