Vector Calculus
Math 241 -- Section 502, Fall 2010

Professor Doug Meade
`meade@math.sc.edu`
Department of Mathematics
University of South Carolina

Syllabus (PDF)

Daily Schedule
Maplets for Calculus
Additional (Non-)Handouts
Exams from Previous Semesters
Additional Resources
Other Math 241 Homepages
- Fall 2010 (Filaseta)
- Spring 2002 (Meade)

Daily Schedule

Date	Section	Page	Assignment WebAssign
20 Aug	12.1	769	Questionnaire # 6, 7, 10, 11, 14
23 Aug	12.2	777	# 17, 22, 25
25 Aug	12.3	784	# 2, 6, 23, 27, 30, 36
27 Aug	12.4	792	# 4, 7, 12, 14, 32
1 Sep	12.5	802	# 1, 12, 16, 29, 44, 47, 48, 63
3 Sep 8 Sep	12.6	810	# 1, 6, 12, 16, 21-26, 28, 33, 35 M4C: see #114, in Geometry & 3D Vectors CalcPlot3D
10 Sep	13.1	822	# 4, 6, 7-14, 19-24, 27, 42
13 Sep	13.2	828	# 9, 12, 20, 21, 32, 34, 37, 38, 39
15 Sep	13.3	836	# 2, 3, 17, 20, 23, 24, 44, 49
17 Sep	13.4	846	# 11, 14, 33, 34
22 Sep	Exam 1		Chapters 12 and 13 [Key]
28 Sep	14.1	865	# 11, 17, 18, 30, 37, 40, 46, 56, 59, 62
30 Sep	14.2	877	# 6, 7, 9, 12, 17 + 1 add'l exercise
1 Oct	14.3	888	# 5, 10, 12, 17, 19, 28, 31, 41, 48, 51, 61
4 Oct	14.4	899	# 2, 5, 18, 25, 26
6 Oct	14.5	908	# 2, 10, 14, 21, 26, 30, 35, 39
8 Oct	14.6	920	# 4, 6, 7, 10, 14, 20, 23, 24, 33, 40
13 Oct	14.7	930	# 6, 8, 10, 30, 41, 50
18 Oct	14.8	940	# 3, 6, 10, 18
29 Oct	Exam 2		Chapter 14 [Key]
1 Nov	15.1	958	# 1, 2, 7, 8
1 Nov	15.2	964	# 4, 8, 15, 18, 31
3 Nov	15.3	972	# 6, 11, 13, 16, 18, 19, 20, 39, 46
5 Nov	15.4	978	# 5, 8, 10, 22, 25, 30
8 Nov	15.6	998	# 4, 6, 11, 14, 17, 20, 22
12 Nov	15.7	1004	# 12, 16, 18, 22, 28
12 Nov	15.8	1010	# 15, 16, 22, 25, 30, 40
19 Nov	16.1	1032	# 11, 23, 29, AE6
22 Nov	Exam 3		Chapter 15 [Key]
29 Nov	16.2	1043	# 2, 3, 4, 7, 15
1 Dec	16.3	1053	# (1 or 2), 3, 4, 7, 12, 14, 18
9 Dec	Final Exam (9:00am)		Comprehensive

Additional (Non-)Handouts

Date	Description	Files
20 Aug	Day One Questionnaire	[PDF]
25 Aug	WebAssign Registration Information	[PDF]

Exams from Previous Semesters

Spring 2002	Exam 1	Exam 2	Final
Spring 2001	Exam 1	Exam 2	Final
Fall 2000	Exam 1	Exam 2	Final

Additional Resources

Modeling of a Parachute Jump
- Differential Equations in the New Millenium: The Parachute Problem, with Allan A. Struthers, Int J Engng Ed 15(6) 1999, pp. 417–424
  [Maple worksheet] [HTML]
- ODE Models for the Parachute Problem, SIAM Review 40(2) June 1998, pp. 327--332.
- Maple and the Parachute Problem: Modelling with an Impact, MapleTech, v. 4, no. 1, 1997, pp. 68-76.
Maplets for Calculus
Particularly the Identifying Quadratic Surfaces with a Graph maplet.
CalcPlot3D
A very flexible and useful 3D graphing utility.
Maple Quick Reference (PDF)
Maple PowerTools (free collections of Maple worksheets)
- Vector Calculus
- Calculus III
- Differential Equations (even though this is not directly related to this course, some of you might find something of interest)
Getting Started with Maple, Third Edition, Wiley, 2009, ISBN 978-0-470-45554-8 (x+208 pp.), with Michael May, S.J., C-K. Cheung, G.E. Keough.
The book's webpage at Wiley is http://he-cda.wiley.com/WileyCDA/HigherEdTitle/productCd-0470455543.html; worksheets to accompany the chapters for both Maple 12 and 13 are available. An errata list will be established as soon as the first error is found.
Engineer's Toolkit: Maple V for Engineers, Douglas B. Meade and Etan Bourkoff, Addison--Wesley, 1998, ISBN 0-201-6445-5 (vi + 154 pp. + two chapters available only in electronic form).
Maple Worksheets and the WWW

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Vector Calculus Math 241 -- Section 502, Fall 2010

Professor Doug Meade meade@math.sc.edu Department of Mathematics University of South Carolina

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