Instructor
Name: Jarod Alper
Office: Rm 627, Mathematics Building
Email: jarod@math.columbia.edu
Office hours: Tuesday 1-3 pm (and also by appointment)
Teaching Assistants
Section 3
Graduate TA: Natalia Mosina
Undergraduate TAs:
Section 4
Graduate TA: Zhengyu Xiang
Undergraduate TA: Sung Joo Kim
Course Schedule
Section 3
Time: Mon, Wed: 1:10 pm - 2:25 pm
Location: 312 Mathematics Building
Section 4
Time: Mon, Wed: 2:40 pm - 3:55 pm
Location: 312 Mathematics Building
| Sept 3 | First day of class (for CalcIII) |
| Sept 12 | Last day to add classes |
| Setp 29 | Midterm #1 |
| Oct 7 | Last day to drop classes |
| Nov 3 | NO CLASS (Academic Holiday) |
| Nov 4 | Election Day - University Holiday |
| Nov 13 | Last day to change grade option |
| Nov 17 | Midterm #2 |
| Nov 27-28 | Thanksgiving Break |
| Dec 8 | Last day of class |
| Dec 15 | Final exam for Section 3 |
| Dec 17 | Final exam for Section 4 |
Textbook
We'll be using the following textbook this semester:
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Calculus, Early Transcendentals, Sixth Edition, by James Stewart.
If you have an earlier edition of this book, while the material covered is very similar, the exercises given are substantially different. Therefore, if you would like to use an earlier edition, make sure you copy the exercises from the sixth edition.
Course Content
This course will offer an introduction to multivariable calculus and particularly differentiation in several variables. We will cover most of the content in Chapters 12-14 with some additional sections selected from other chapers. The tentative syllabus is available here .
Homework
There will be weekly homework, due at 5pm on Monday or Wednesday. Hand in your homework set in the bin labeled for Calc III on the desk on the north side of the 6th floor near my office (627).
Some of the homework will be exercises selected from Stewart and the rest will be exercises of my own choosing.
You are allowed to work together on finding solutions to homework problems. However, you must individually write up and submit your solutions. You are not allowed to exchange written homeworks with one another. If you decide to collaborate, you should write the names of your collaborators on the top of homework.
You must write your solutions legibly and show all of the work involved. Indeed an important part of undergraduate mathematics is learning the ability to write clear and precise explanations. Partial credit will be given.
Exams
There will be two in-class midterms and a final exam.
The first midterm will take place on Monday, September 29.
The second midterm will take place on Monday, November 17.
The final exam will take place on Dec. 15, 1:10-4:00 pm for Section 3 and Dec. 17, 1:10-4:00 pm for Section 4.
Grades
The overall course grade is determined as follows:
Homework: 20%
Midterm 1: 20%
Midterm 2: 20%
Final Exam: 40%
Honor code
Cheating is of course strictly forbidden. Cheating on an exam will result in automatic failure of the class as well as potentially more severe consequences as the matter will be reported to the dean.
Copying another student's homework is also considered cheating and will suffer similar consequences. This remains true even if you worked on problems together; you must write up the solutions independently! The graders will be trying to identify homework scripts that are too similar. In any case, copying homework solutions will not add to your understanding of the material and therefore will not prepare you for exams.
Calculators
Calculators will not be used in a systematic way in this course. You will not be allowed to use calculators on exams and there will be no need for them.