Course Information

MATH224: Multivariable calculus, including partial derivatives, multiple integration, and vector calculus.

Instructor Information

Section A

Instructor : Gus Greivel

Office : Stratton Hall 202

Office Phone : 303.273.3840

email : ggreivel@mines.edu

Section B

Instructor : Scott Strong

Office : Stratton Hall 205 and CASA 122

Office Phone : 303.384.2446 (@ Stratton Hall)

email : sstrong@mines.edu

Office Hours: MWF @ 4:00pm in SH205 (drop in), MWF 10am-2:50pm (by appointment)

Onenote shared notebook: Onenote Notebook

Lecture Boards: Pictures

Syllabi

• Section A Syllabus
• Section B Syllabus

Laboratory Notebook Information

• Lab notebook: Format and expectations(pdf)

• Lab notebook: Format and expectations(docx)

Textbook Information

• Thomas Text

• Chapter 10(Conics) - Thomas: Notes and suggested problems

• Chapter 12(quadric surfaces) - Thomas: Notes and suggested problems

• Chapter 14(limits and differentiation) - Thomas: Notes and suggested problems

Mathematica Information

CSM has a site license for Mathematica which can be used for instruction and academic research. It can be installed on personal computers and the following links will take you to the relevant information. Big thanks to Prof. Eklund for spearheading this acquisition.

• Old blog post about how to get Mathematica

• Mines CCIT page about Mathematica site license

Studio Materials

Studio 1

• An introduction to Mathematica through a review of parabola, lines and planes

Studio 2

• Lab 2 - Pretest

• Conics and Quadric Surfaces.nb

• What do you know about Mathematica that you think other students don't know but would want to know? (pdf) and Word Doc Source

• What would you like to see in future studios?(pdf) and Word Doc Source

• I am comfortable with simple plotting in Mathematica

 Strongly Agree: 12%
 Agree: 60%
 Neutral: 23%
 Disagree: 4%
 Strongly Disagree: 0%

• Mathematica plotting commands are helping me understand functions of several variables

 Strongly Agree: 30%
 Agree: 50%
 Neutral: 16%
 Disagree: 3%
 Strongly Disagree: 0%

Studio 3

• Quadric Surfaces Take Again Please

• Limits and Partial Derivatives (pdf) for those interested here is the .doc file source.

• 03.Derivatives and Differential Equations.nb

Studio 4

• Quadric surfaces quiz results.

  Question x: Attempt 1 - Percent Correct | Attempt 2 - Percent Correct
  Question 1: 77% | 94%
  Question 2: 79% | 76%
  Question 3: 69% | 84%
  Question 4: 67% | 93%
  Question 5: 86% | 98%
  Averages:   76% | 89%

The drop in the second question may be due to the fact that a circular cone was presented just before attempt 1. However, it still seems that cones are problematic.

• Linearizations and Propagation of Error(pdf) and the WordDoc for those interested in editing Linearizations and Propagation of Error(docx)

• 04.TangentPlanesForDifferntiableFunctions.nb

Student Submission Links and Returned Work

Work submissions will occur electronically. This post from Prof. Strong's associated blog talks about the first submission and links to this old, old blog post about tools that students can use to make digital records of their work.

A note about due dates: Your instructors understand that you are involved with many other courses outside of MATH224. As such, you should consider most due dates as soft deadlines. If you are in the middle of time critical work for another class that cannot wait then please do not stress. The submission site will be open and ready to receive your work if things run long. That said, please do not fall behind. If you feel like you are falling behind then please talk to your instructor ASAP.

Submission Links

• Test Submission Form - Due Aug. 31st by 11:59pm
• Conics and Quadric Surfaces Submission form - Due by Sept. 9th at 11:59pm: Note: Please read the form completely and carefully before filling anything out.

• Limits and Derivatives Submission form - Due by Sept. 16th at 11:59pm (soft): Note: Please read the form completely and carefully before filling anything out.

• Linearizations, Propagation of Error and Graphing (group)
• Linearizations, Propagation of Error and Graphing (individual)

Submission Tools

• PDF Merge: This can take multiple PDFs and compile them into a single PDF.

Returned Work

• Conics and Quadric Surfaces - Shared Dropbox Folder