In class work done in Multivariable Calculus
    Spring '08, Math 236

    January and February, 2008



    (Last modified: Friday, February 29, 2008, 10:01 AM )


    1/23/08: Intro to multi - a function of several variables and a vector-valued function: (Maple file; download to your desktop by right-or control-clicking; then open in Maple.)
    1/25/08: Practice with vectors
    Solutions
    1/28/08: Using scalar and/or vector products to begin thinking about lines and planes in space
    Solutions
    1/30/08: The graph of the plane 3x-z=0(Maple file; download by right- or control-clicking)
    Working with lines and planes in space
    Solutions
    2/1/08: A few vector-valued functions(Maple file; download by right- or control-clicking)
    2/4/08: Intro-working with vector-valued functions
    2/6/08: Intro-working with vector-valued functions, revisited (cow in a tornado)
    A visual display of where the cow is moving horizontally and where it's moving straight up/straight down(Maple file; download by right- or control-clicking)
    Solutions to today's in-class work, using several Maple commands (like fsolve)(Maple file; download by right- or control-clicking)
    Unfinished example from class - cow launched from tower
    2/8/08Curvature: an illustration on two circles(Maple file; download by right- or control-clicking)
    2/11/08: Tangential and Normal Components of Acceleration
    Solutions to Today's In-Class Work
    2/13/08: Intro to Quadric Surfaces - sketching traces, and identifying
    A few traces and quadric surfaces to display(Maple file; download by right- or control-clicking)
    2/15/08: More on Quadric Surfaces - sketching traces, identifying,and finding equations
    More traces and quadric surfaces to display(Maple file; download by right- or control-clicking)
    2/18/08: Converting parametric equations into a relationship between x,y, and z.
    2/20/08: Converting a relationship between x,y, and z into parametric equations.
    Plotting surfaces in Maple w/ implicitplot3d vs with parametric equations; intro to multi-variate functions and ways to understand them with graphs other than graphs of surfaces(Maple file)
    2/22/08: Level curves, contour plots, surfaces
    2/25/08: Practice with showing a multivariate function doesn't have a limit
    Visualizing limits of functions of 2 variables(Maple file)
    2/29/08:Visualizing rates of change for functions of 2 variables(Maple file)




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