Math 32 A – Multivariable Calculus – Fall 2018 – Quasiworld Network

Final: Monday, Dec 10th, 3:00pm-6:00pm, Location TBD

Lectures: MWF 10:00-10:50 in BROAD 2160E.

Instructor: Sylvester Eriksson-Bique, 6124 Math Sciences Building.

Office Hours: Thursday 2-3pm Mathsci 6221 (classroom, includes some review/summary), Wed 5:00pm–6:00pm in Boelter collaborative learning center CLC 8251 Boelter hall (collaborative)
and Friday 12–1pm in 6164 Math Sciences Building (standard office hours).

TAs:

Bon-Soon: 1E Tuesday 10-10:50, 1F Thursday 10-10:50
Eric: 1C Tuesday 10am-10:50am, 1D Thursday 10-10:50
Tianqi: 1A Tuesday 10am-10:50, 1B Thursday 10-10:50

LAs: Yu (Sherry) Shi, Andy Shen, Christine Dai, Vedant Sahu and Jonathan Shi

Exams: Two in-class midterms: Wednesday Oct 24th and Friday, November 16th. Three-hour final: Monday, December 10th, 3pm–6pm.

Bring student ID to both midterms and the final. There will be no make-up exams.
No calculators, notes, or books will be permitted in any exam.

Homework: There will be weekly homework. It is due in the beginning of the class on Friday. The HW will be announced and posted on CCLE, Piazza and in the link before. You should
always have the HW visible a week before it is due. Further information is given below.

No late homework will be accepted.
1-2 problems graded for correctness and with some comments and the remaining more for completeness.
Write your name, ID number, and TA section at the top of the first page.
Staple your pages! May submit online as pdf on CCLE.
Homework will be returned in TA section.
The weakest homework score will be omitted.

Discussion sections: Attendance of discussion sections is highly recommended and part of your grade. These discussion sections are collaborative, and will involve working together in groups to solve problems. There will be 9 discussion sessions.

You must attend 7 discussion sessions to receive full credit.
The sessions are meant to foster interaction; you should work as a team and help each other learn.
There will be undergraduate Learning assistants and Teaching assistants to support and help you with questions.
Graded by attendance. Must be present for at least half the time to receive credit; TA may use discretion in awarding attendance credit.

Online quizzes: Each week there will be small online quizzes to do before the discussion session. These questions will prepare the basic skills needed for discussion.

These should be quick, and ideally done the day before or the morning of. Remind yourself of the consepts.
These are graded, and the lowest two scores are dropped.

Extra credit opportunities

Participation on Piazza with mathematical contents, generally 1-3 % where each point corresponds to 5 posts/answers/questions. Given at end of class and visible on myUCLA.
1% extra credit: You can at any time after the first Midterm come to either the Tuesday or the Friday office hours (or schedule an alternative time), and bring a topographical map of some place important
to you (your home, Westwood, some great place to hike or ski etc). This map should include countour lines, and you should be able to tell me about the crucial features (hills, high and low points, critical points, slopes,
how steep they are), and relate these features to the contour plot. I may also ask you some questions about the direction of the gradient etc.

Grading: Better of the two:

Discussion participation: 3 %; Online quizzes 5%; Homework, 12%; Each midterm 20%; Final 40%.
Discussion participation: 3 %; Online quizzes 5%; Homework, 12%; Better midterm 30%; Final 50%.

Final grade policies: I will not apply a curve, except to improve your grade if necessary. If you get 90% or higher, you should expect to get an A, if 80% or higher a B, and if more than 70 % a C. If too few students, despite good performance
get low scores (say because of a midterm), then the grade limits may be adjusted. Also, if one midterm is significantly harder than the other, these exams may be weighted slightly differently from above. Grades assigned only at the
end of the class. Scores and grades will not be adjusted unless a clear error is demonstrated.

Syllabus:

Tentative course schedule

Lecture	Date	Section	Topic
1	Fri Sept 28th	13.1	Vectors in the plane
2	Mon Oct 1st	13.2	Vectors in Three Dimensions
3	Wed Oct 3rd	13.3	Dot product
4	Fri Oct 5th	13.4	Cross product
5	Mon Oct 8th	13.5	Planes in Three-Space
6	Wed Oct 10th	12.1	Parametric equations
7	Fri Oct 12th	14.1	Vector-Valued Functions
8	Mon Oct 15th	14.2	Calculus of Vector-Valued Functions
9	Wed Oct 17th	14.3,4	Arc-Length and Speed; Curvature
10	Fri Oct 19th	14.5,6	Motion in Three-Space; review
11	Mon Oct 22nd	15.1	Functions of Two or More Variable
12	Wed Oct 24th	Up to 8	1st Midterms
13	Fri Oct 26th	15.1	Surfaces, Graphs, Elevation plots, Vector fields
14	Mon Oct 29th	15.2	Limits and continuity
15	Wed Oct 31st	15.2	Limits and Continuity
16	Fri Nov 2nd	15.3	Partial Derivatives
17	Mon Nov 5th	15.3	Partial Derivatives
18	Wed Nov 7th	15.5	Gradient and Directional Derivatives
19	Fri Nov 9th	15.5	Gradient and Directional Detivatives
20	Mon Nov 12th	NA	Veterans day observance
21	Wed Nov 14th	15.4	Types of critical points and Differentiability and Tangent Planes
22	Fri Nov 16th	Up to Partial Derivatives and gradients	2nd Midterm
23	Mon Nov 19th	15.4, 15.7	Types of critical points, Optimization
24	Wed Nov 21st	15.7	Optimization
25	Fri Nov 23rd	NA	Thanksgiving
26	Mon Nov 26th	15.7	Lagrange Multipliers
27	Wed Nov 28th	15.8	Lagrange Multipliers
28	Fri Nov 30th	15.4	Differentiability and Tangent Planes
29	Mon Dec 3rd	15.4	Chain Rule
30	Wed Dec 5th	15.4	Chain Rule
31	Fri Dec 7th	15.8	Last class: Lagrange multiplier and review
FINAL	Mon Dec 10th	Cumulative	3pm-6pm Location TBD

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“With its status as a world-class research institution, it is critical that the University uphold the highest
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when accusations of academic dishonesty occur, The Office of the Dean of Students is charged with
investigating and adjudicating suspected violations. Academic dishonesty includes, but is not limited
to, cheating, fabrication, plagiarism, multiple submissions or facilitating academic misconduct.”

Students are expected to be aware of the University policy on academic integrity in the UCLA Student
Conduct Code:

http://www.deanofstudents.ucla.edu/Portals/16/Documents/UCLACodeOfConduct_Rev030416.pdf

Please note the sections on (1) cheating, (2) plagiarism, and (3) unauthorized study aids.
Violation of course policy involving plagiarism, cheating, or possession of course materials during
exams will be referred to the Dean of Students, who will be encouraged to take strong action. Do not
cheat! The penalties can be very harsh. Do not believe it if you hear that “everyone does it.” You
generally do not hear about the punishments because they are kept confidential. If you are found
responsible by the Dean of Students for violating course policy, cheating on any course materials, or
giving or receiving unauthorized help, a zero will be assigned for the entire assignment. No exceptions
will be made! Past examples of penalties also include loss of an entire term of credit and suspension for
several terms. If you plan to apply to graduate or professional school, such a negative mark on your
record may be a major obstacle to admission.

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the designated TA/proctor. Students may not use a cell phone as a clock to keep time, nor as a
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