MATH 283-4 INTERMEDIATE CALCULUS III

FALL SEMESTER (August 27 - December 8, 2007)

Instructor: Dr. A. Muleshkov, Associate Professor of Mathematics

Location: CBC C230 Time: Tu Th 5:00 - 6:45 P. M.

Office: CBC-B206 Office Phone: 895-0387 (Voice mail is available.)

Office Hours: Monday and Wednesday 3:00– 4:00 P. M.

Tuesday and Thursday 11:45–12:30 P. M.

and 4:15 – 5:00 P. M.

E-mail address: muleshko@unlv.nevada.edu

Web site: http://www.scsv.nevada.edu/~muleshko/

Textbook: James Stewart, Calculus, Early Transcendentals, 5e Edition (Chapters 14, 12, 15, 13 & some of 16)

Prerequisite: MATH 182 (minimal grade C) (C^- is not enough.)

The final grade for the course is obtained from the total (max. 600 points) of the following:

-- weekly quizzes - 160 points

-- midsemester exam - 140 points

-- final exam (partially comprehensive) - 210 points

-- instructor’s discretion - 30 points

-- weekly homework - 60 points

(Grading of the homework depends on success of request for funding for graders. If funding is not allowed, the homework will not be graded, and the maximal total will be 540 points.)

There will be a quiz (on the material covered in class during the previous week at the end of Thursday’s lecture) or a test (on Thursday) every week except the last week. No calculators, notes, or textbooks are allowed to be used on the examinations.

The homework (on my Web site) for a section is due at the beginning of the lecture on the first Thursday after the section has been fully covered in class. All work must be shown to receive any credit. A solution that includes only the answer will receive 0 points. On the other hand, the answer always needs to be given.

This is a very serious course. Since MATH 283 is the 3rd and the most difficult of the sequence MATH 181, MATH 182, and MATH 283, the student who studies MATH 283 needs to know the material of the first two courses as well as Precalculus, College Algebra, and Trigonometry very well. For example, it is impossible to study partial derivatives, gradients, etc. without good knowledge of derivatives, to study limits, continuity, and extreme values of functions of two or more variables without good knowledge of limits, continuity, and extreme values of functions of one variable, to study multiple integration without good knowledge of single integration. These are only a few examples of the relationship of MATH 283 with the previous two Calculus courses. Actually, mastery of integration techniques is most important for understanding the course. Students are encouraged to review them extensively from the beginning of the semester and seek the instructor's assistance, if needed. The multidimensionality also makes MATH 283 much more difficult than MATH 181 and MATH 182.

Accordingly, students should plan to allow sufficient time. Regular attendance, prompt arrival, and taking elaborate notes are strongly recommended; students who do not maintain these good habits do not usually succeed in this course. Knowledge of phone number of and keeping in touch with a classmate could be very helpful. Participation in a study group is even better.

In this class, the textbook is only a tool. Very often, methods that are stronger and/or easier than the ones given in the textbook are going to be presented in class. Handouts are essential part of this course. Some of them are the result of tens of years of effort and experience with students’ difficulties. Timely learning of the handouts could facilitate students' studies a lot.

Please keep this syllabus for future reference. If you have any questions or concerns about the issues raised here or other issues, please come to my office hours.