HOMEWORK
MTH 254H — Spring 2015

Suggested Reading
It is to your advantage to skim suggested readings as soon as possible, and to read them again more carefully after the material is covered in class. However, do not expect to master this material the first time around. Don't worry; we'll cover it in class, after which the readings should make more sense. But be warned: we will not always cover the material the same way it is presented in the texts.
Written Work
It is your job to explain your work to me clearly and completely. Even though homework is not a major part of the grade, it is a good idea to practice presenting mathematical work — a skill which will likely affect your score on exams.
Here are some guidelines:
You may discuss homework problems with anyone you like, and you may use any reference materials you like. However, you must write up the solutions in your own words, and you must indicate what help you used.
Late homework will be corrected as a courtesy to you, but is not guaranteed to receive credit.

Please write on one side only of each page, and please do not staple pages together.

Assignments

Assigned lab writeups will be posted on the announcement page, not here.

Week 10
Suggested reading: §2.7–§2.10 in the text, namely lines and planes, motion in space, arclength, & curvature.
Also read §3.7, namely change of variables.
Assignment: No homework this week.
Week 9
Suggested reading: §4.4 & §2.5 in the text, namely Lagrange multipliers, & curves
You may also want to read §4.5 & §2.7, namely Lagrange multipliers using differentials & lines and planes.
Assignment (due 6/3/15): Complete the assignment sheet.
Week 8
Suggested reading: §2.4 & §3.4 in the text, namely cross product & optimization.
Assignment (due 5/27/15): Complete the assignment sheet.
Week 7
Suggested reading: §4.1–§4.3 in the text, namely gradient, properties of the gradient, & directional derivatives.
Assignment (due 5/18/15) [not late until 5/20]: Complete the assignment sheet.
Week 6
Suggested reading: §2.2–§2.4 & in the text, namely vectors, dot product, and law of cosines.
Also skim the first section or two of Chapter 4, on the gradient.
Assignment (due 5/11/15): Complete the assignment sheet.
Week 5
Suggested reading: §3.2–§3.3 in the text, namely chain rule & chain rule via tree diagrams.
You may also want to read §3.5–§3.6, which are closely related but cover slightly more advanced topics.
Assignment (due 5/4/15) [not late until 5/6]: Complete the assignment sheet.
Week 4
Suggested reading: §3.1 in the text, namely multivariable differential.
You may also want to read the additional sections of the book listed on the announcement page (dated 4/19/15).
Assignment (due 4/27/15): No assignment this week.
Week 3
Suggested reading: §1.7–§1.9 in the text, namely curvilinear coordinates, curvilinear integrals & mass.
Assignment (due 4/20/15): Complete the assignment sheet.
Week 2
Suggested reading: §1.4–§1.6 in the text, namely double integrals, order of integration & triple integrals.
Assignment (due 4/13/15): Complete the assignment sheet.
Week 1
Suggested reading: §1.1–§1.3 in the text, namely single integrals, surfaces & level sets.
Assignment (due 4/6/15): Complete the assignment sheet.
Assignment (due 4/3/15): Please send an email message to me at tevian@math.oregonstate.edu. Please include some information about yourself, such as your math/physics background and your motivation for taking this class.
I will assume that email is a reliable way to reach you unless you tell me otherwise. If you don't check your email regularly, please let me know. It is to your advantage to provide me with a campus email address, as there are some things (such as grades) that I will not send elsewhere.