Instructor
Name: Fabio Nironi
Office: Rm 415, Mathematics Building
Email: nironi@math.columbia.edu
Office hours: Monday 10-11am, Wednesday 10-11am (and also by appointment)
Teaching Assistants
Section 7
Section 8
Course Schedule
Section 7
Time: Tue, Thu: 2:40 pm - 3:55 pm
Location: 203 Mathematics Building
Section 4
Time: Tue, Thu: 4:10 pm - 5:25 pm
Location: 207 Mathematics Building
| Jan 19 |
First day of classes |
| Jan 29 |
End of Change of Program Period, Last Day to Add Class, Last Day to Drop a class for SIPA, Last Day to Receive Tuition Refund for Class Dropped |
| Feb 10 |
February
Degrees Conferred
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| Feb 16 |
Midterm
#1 |
| Feb 23 | Last day to drop classes |
| Mar 15 - Mar 19 | Spring Recess |
| Mar 25 | Last Day to Drop Class for Schools Not Noted Above |
| Apr 6 |
Midterm
#2 |
| May 3 | Last Day of Classes |
| May 4 - May 6 | Study Days |
| May 7 - May 14 | Final Examinations |
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 Friday.
Hand in your homework set in my drop box (It is not my mail box! It is
on the 4th floor (I mean floor number 4 which is the second), take the
left hand corridor and there you find a wall full of boxes, there is
one with my nome on it)
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
The second midterm will take place on
The final exam will take place on
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.