Math 241, Fall 2024, Professor Kustin

Announcements

• CLASS NOTES

• On Wednesday, December 4, I will answer questions. If we run out of questions, I propose that we do the final exam from Spring 2023. We will skip problem 3 and we will do problem 8 using cylindrical coordinates.
  
  
• The Final Exam is Friday, December 13, from 12:30 -- 3:00 PM. The final exam covers
  • Chapter 12, Sections: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6.
  • Chapter 13, Sections: 1, 2, 3.
  • Chapter 14, Sections: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7.
  • Chapter 15, Sections: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7. (In 15.7, we cover cylindrical coordinates only, not spherical coordinates).
  Here are notes about the final exam.
  
  
• Up to date as of December 3, 2024, 12:18 PM. I believe that everything I promised to post is posted.

Syllabus and Homework

• Syllabus for Fall 2024.
  
  
• The list of assigned Homework problems: Homework for Fall 2024. I modified the instructions for problems 33 and 35 in Section 12.5 on September 6, 2024. On November 14 and 15, 2024, I removed the following problems from the homework list:
  • section 14.8: all
  • section 15.7: 41, 45, 49, 55, 57, 71, 73.
  • section 15.8: all
  • section 16.1: all
  • section 16.2: all
  • section 16.3: all
  • section 16.4: all
  Most of the problems are in Thomas' Calculus: Early Transcendentals by George B. Thomas, Jr. Fifteenth Edition. The book was revised by Hass, Heil, Bogacki, and Weir.

Homework Problems

• The Homework problems for 12.1 and 12.2.
  
  
• The Homework problems for 12.3 and 12.4.
  
  
• The Homework problems for 12.5.
  
  
• The Homework problems for 12.6.
  
  
• The Homework problems for 13.1 -- 13.3.
  
  
• The Homework problems for 14.1 -- 14.8.
  
  
• The Homework problems for 15.1 -- 15.7.
  
  

Solutions to Homework Problems

• Solutions to the Homework problems.
  
  

Other Resources

• Old Exams
• Solutions to Old Exams
• Quiz Solutions
• Notes about old exams

Tutoring

• Tutoring for Math 241 is offered through the Student Success Center.
  
  
• Here is the link to the Math Tutoring Center. This center is not set-up to help Math 241 students; nonetheless, I offer this link in case there is something on the website that might be of use to you.

Old Announcements

• In class on Wednesday, August 21, we covered pages 3--18 from the class notes.
• In class on Monday, August 26, we covered pages 18--25 from the class notes.
• Quiz 1 on Wednesday August 28 is one of the assigned Homework problems from section 12.1 or section 12.2.
• Here are instructions for connecting to MyMathLab-Access. This is not a required part of the course, but if you have it, you are welcome to use it.
• The Student Success Center sent me an email on August 23: "Happy first week of classes! I hope your semester is off to a great start so far. I am reaching out as the Peer Tutoring Manager in the Student Success Center to let you know about the support provided for students enrolled in MATH 241 this semester. We can support MATH 241 through 1-on-1 tutoring and drop-in tutoring. Students can begin making appointments online later this week for tutoring starting Monday, August 26th. The schedule for drop-in tutoring will go live no later than Monday, August 26th, which can be found on our website."
• In class on Wednesday, August 28, we covered pages 25--28 from the class notes.
• The solution to Quiz 1 has been posted; see Quiz Solutions in Other Resources, above.
• Quiz 2 on Monday September 9 is one of the assigned Homework problems from section 12.3 or 12.4.
• In class on Wednesday, September 4, we covered pages 28--33 from the class notes.
• In class on Monday, September 9, we covered pages 33--38 from the class notes.
• The solution to Quiz 2 is posted. The solutions to all Homework from 12.1-12.4 is posted.
• When you do problem 33 in 12.5, find the point on the line which is closest to the given point. When you do problem 35 in 12.5, find the point on the plane which is closest to the given point.
• Exam 1 on Monday September 16 is on Sections 12.1 -- 12.5. Here are notes about the exam.
• In class on Wednesday, September 11, we did a problem similar to the problem in the class notes on pages 38--40, we did Quiz 2, and we did a problem about vector projection.
• On Wednesday, September 18 we covered pages 41 -- 50 of the class notes.
• Quiz 3 on Wednesday September 25 is one of the assigned Homework problems from 12.6.
• On Monday, September 23 we covered pages 51 -- 57 of the class notes.
• On Wednesday, September 25 we covered pages 57, 58, and 61 of the class notes.
• Solutions to Exam 1.
• On Monday, September 30 we covered pages 59-60 (we also computed when the object hit the ground and also when the object was at its maximum height), and 62 of the class notes.
• Quiz 4 on Wednesday October 2 is one of the assigned Homework problems from 13.1, 13.2, or 13.3.
• In class on Wednesday, October 2 we did Homework problems 11 and 15 from Section 13.3, problem 21 from Section 13.2, and problem 39 from Section 13.1.
• Exam 2 is Wednesday October 9. The exam covers sections
  • 1,2,3,4,5,6 of Chapter 12, and
  • 1,2,3 of Chapter 13.
  Notes about Exam 2.
• In class on Monday, October 7 we did Quiz 4, Homework problem 32 from Section 13.2, and pages 62--65 from the Class Notes.
• In class on Monday October 14, we covered pages 65--72 from the Class Notes.
• In class on Wednesday October 16, we covered pages 73--78 from the Class Notes.
• Quiz 5 on Monday, October 21 will be one of the assigned homework problems from 14.1, 14.2, 14.3, or 14.4.
• Solutions to Exam 2
• In class on Monday October 21, we did the homework problems 14.4/7, 14.3/27, and 14.3/55, we covered page 85 from the Class Notes, and we had a quiz.
• Quiz 6 on Monday, October 28 will be one of the assigned homework problems from 14.5 or 14.6.
• In class on Wednesday October 23, we covered section 14.7.
• On Monday October 28, we did Homework problems from sections 14.5 and 14.6 and had a quiz.
• Exam 3 on Monday, November 4 will cover everything from 12.1 until 14.7:
  • Sections 1,2,3,4,5,6 of Chapter 12.
  • Sections 1,2,3 of Chapter 13.
  • Sections 1,2,3,4,5,6,7 of Chapter 14.
  The exam covers everything in the Class Notes from page 7 until the top three lines of page 95. Be sure to master the topics that gave you difficulty on Exam 1 or Exam 2. Here are notes about Exam 3.
• Quiz 7, on Wednesday, November 13, will be one of the assigned Homework problems from 15.1, 15.2, or 15.3.
• In class on Wednesday, November 6, we covered pages 105--117 from the class notes.
• In class on Wednesday, November 13, we did homework problems from 15.1-15.3 and had a quiz. We will start 15.4 on Monday November 18.
• Solutions to exam 3, Fall 2024.
• In class on Monday, November 18, we covered pages 123-131 from the class notes.
• Quiz 8, on Wednesday, November 20, will be one of the assigned Homework problems from 15.1, 15.2, 15.3, and 15.4. (Previously, I said that 15.5 would be on the quiz. I have since pulled 15.5 off the quiz.)
• In class on Wednesday, November 20, we did homework problems and had a quiz.
• In class on Monday, December 2, we covered sections 15.5 and 15.7.