California State University Northridge, Math 250 Spring 2004
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MIDTERM #1 INFO:
HI GUYS! Sorry I did not show up on Wednesday, I got a new born girl (Annie) and I was helping my wife in the hospital. Even though I missed the wednesday class, I can not move the test (sorry!) since we are on a very tight schedule. Let me give you some information about the test:

Midterm #1 covers sections 14.1, 14.2, 14.3, 14.4, 14.5, 14.6

There will be 6 problems. One problem covers one topic from the material that we had on lecture. Exam has in total 100 points broken between problems as 15 20 15 20 15 15. You need to hit between 60 to 90. 60 is C (not C-) and 90 is A.

Topics that will be covered for sure:
1) Equation of the plane.
2) Cross product.
3) Curves in 3-space, tangent vector, tangent line.
PLUS three other problems that I will not tell you untill Friday afternoon!

I wish you best luck with studuing. Please stop by my office if you have questions. I am completely open Friday morning 9-12 or Thursday (today) if you can catch me in my office.

You can try this link for practice

Thanks
Alexander Alekseenko


Math 250, MWF 2pm-3:30pm JR214

The course is the third part in calculus/math analysis series. The main topics are: Cartesian coordinates; vectors; the cross product; lines and curves in tree-space; velocity, acceleration, and curvature; surfaces; cylindrical and spherical coordinates; functions of two and more variables; partial derivatives; limits and continuity, differentiability; directional derivatives; the chain rule; tangent planes; max an min; Lagrange's method; double integral, iterated integrals; double integral in polar coordinates; triple integrals; vector fields, line integrals, independence of path, Green's theorem in the plane. 3 credits. 3 classes per week, 3 midterms, 1 final exam. PostScript (78.4K) , Adobe Acrobat (58.8K) , Latex (17K) .

The textbook for Math 250 is:
1. C. Varberg, E.J. Purcell, and S.E. Rigdon Calculus , 8-th edition, Prentice Hall, 1996.

Classes schedule:
MWF 12:00pm-12:50pm JR 214.
The office hours will be MF 4:00pm--6:00pm, but you can try to talk to me MWF mornings as well.

Check the Progress Bars to see what homework numbers are assigned.

The final is scheduled on Monday, May 24, 2004. The time is 12:45pm--14:45pm. The place will be announced later
If you have any comments about the course you can send it to me and I will display it here!


PROGRESS BARS
Varberg, Purcell, and Rigdon, Calculus, 8-th edition.
14.1 14.2 14.3 14.4 14.5 14.6 14.7 15.1 15.2 15.3 15.4 15.5 15.6 15.7
Varberg, Purcell, and Rigdon, Calculus, 8-th edition.
15.8 15.9 16.1 16.2 16.3 16.4 16.5 16.6 16.7 16.8 17.1 17.2 17.3 17.4


GRADING POLICY for midterms and recitation score
F D D+ C- C C+ B- B B+ A- A
<50 50-52 53-54 55-59 60-64 65-69 70-74 75-79 80-84 85-89 >89


GRADING POLICY for the FINAL>
F D D+ C- C C+ B- B B+ A- A
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