CALCULUS OF SEVERAL VARIABLES
MATH 242 B, Fall 2003
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Instructor: Prof. Zhong-Jin Ruan (ruan@math.uiuc.edu)
Classroom: 100 Gregory Hall
Class Time: MW 9:00-9:50 am
Web page: http://www.math.uiuc.edu/~ruan/242B.html
Course Description: This is the third calculus course. Textbook is ``Calculus, Early Transcendentals’’ Stewart 4th Edition, and Chapter 12 - 15 will be covered.
Homework: Homework assignment will be given (posted on web) after each lecture. Students should practice homework problems immediately after each lecture. Questions and difficult problems will be discussed in the Discussion Sessions. Homework will not be collected.
Qizzes: A 10-15 minute quiz will be given in Discussion Sessions on every Thursday (at the end of class) except exam weeks. Ten best quizz grades will be counted to the final grade.
Exams:There will be two 50-minute exams and a 3-hour final exam.
1st Exam, Wednesday, October 1, 9:00-9:50 am
2nd Exam , Monday, November 3, 9:00-9:50 am
Above two exams will be at 100 Gregory Hall.
Final Exam, Friday, December 19, 7:00-10:00pm
Sections L1, M1, P1 will be at 66 Main Library;
Sections Q1, R1, S1, T1 will be at 100 Gregory Hall .
(Note: No calculator will be allowed in quizzes and exams.)
Grading policy:There will be total of 500 points computed as follows.
| Quizzes (10 best scores) | 10 x 10 pts | 100 pts |
| 50-minute Exams | 2 x 100 pts | 200 pts |
| Final Exam | 200 pts | |
| Total | 500 pts |
Your final grade will be based on the total scores.
Informations on Discussion Sessions
We have 7 Discussion Sessions associated with Math 242 B.
The followings are contact information for discussion instructors. Students are encouraged to go to their own discussion instructors for questions, especially questions related to their quizzes and exams. For general mathematics questions, students may also go to other instructors.
Andrew H. Ledoan:
Office: B1 Coble Hall, Office hour: TuTh 4-5pm
Email: ledoan@math.uiuc.edu
Cheongju Lee:
Office: B1 Coble Hall, Office hour: TuTh 9-10am
Email: clee13@uiuc.edu
Bogdan Petrenko:
Office: 123 Altgeld Hall, Office hour: TuTh 10-11am
Email: petrenko@math.uiuc.edu
Ana-Maria Popa:
Office: B2 Coble Hall, Office hour: MW 3-4pm
Email: popa@uiuc.edu
Zhong-Jin Ruan:
Office: 362 Altgeld Hall, Office hour: MW 11am-noon
Email: ruan@math.uiuc.edu
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HOMEWORK ASSIGNMENTS
Lect 1. Aug. 27, Page 787, #3, 7, 13, 15; Page 794, #5, 11, 19, 21, 25.
Discussion Lectures on Aug. 28 and Sept 2,
Page 802, #7, 9, , 17, 19, 25, 27; and Page 809, #3, 7, 13.
Lect 2, Sept 3,
Page 802, #29, 31, 41, 43; and Page 809, #15, 16, 25a), 27a).
The first quiz will be given on Thursday, September 4.
Quiz problems (2 problems) will be based on above homework exercises.
Lect 3, Sept 8, Page 809, 25b), 27b), 29, 31, 39;
and Page 818, 3, 7, 11, 15, 17.
Lect 4, Sept 10, Page 818, 19, 25, 27, 31, 33, 41, 47, 55,
59, 61, 63, 67.
The 2nd quiz on Thursday, September 11 will be based on Lect 3 and
Lect 4 homework exercises.
Lect 5, Sept 15, Page 825, 21-28, 42, 43, 45;
Page 831, #3, 7, 9, 11; Page 832, 21, 22, 23 and 25.
Lect 6, Sept 16, Page 842, #3, 5, 7, 15, 17; Page 848, #5, 9, 17, 19, 21, 23, 27, 33, 35.
The 3rd quiz on Thursday, September 18 will be based on Lect 5 and
Lect 6 homework exercises.
Lect 7, Sept 22, Page 855, #1, 3, 7, 9, 11, 13, 17, 19, 21.
Lect 8, Sept 24, Page 855, #31, 33, 35; Page 865,
#29, 31, 33; Page 865, #11, 13, 17, 18.
The 4th quiz on Thursday, September 25, will be based on Lect 7 and
Lect 8 homework exercises.
Lect 9, Sept 29, Page 865, #21, 23, 25; Page 868 (Exercises),
#3, 9, 11, 15.