MAT 223: Multivariable Calculus
Fall 2018
Exam 2 information
1. Notes
You are permitted one letter-size handwritten notes sheet (both sides) for use as a reference during the exam.
Calculators and laptops are not allowed on exams.
2. How to study
Please see tips from last exam.
Practicing by solving problems is much more effective than reading over solutions. There are plenty of review questions in the textbook. Going over homework and correcting mistakes is also a good idea.
3. Exam content
The exam covers everything we have done, up to and including Section 13.5. (Section 14.1 will be on the next exam.) While the exam is cumulative, we will focus on what was not already tested. As mentioned in the syllabus, we do not have time to cover every single topic in class. You are responsible for the material in the sections even if they were not discussed in class. If we didn't talk about something and no exercise problems for a specific concept was ever assigned as homework, it is unlikely it will occur on an exam. Here are some topics we emphasized since the last exam:- cross product; determinant, area of parallelogram, volume of parallelepiped
- planes in 3-space
- quadric surfaces
- cylindrical and spherical coordinates: conversion between them and rectangular coordinates
- vector-valued functions: limit, continuity, derivative, integral, tangent vector
- arc length, speed, arc length parametrization
- curvature; TNB frame, osculating plane and circle
- motion in 3-space: velocity, acceleration, tangential and normal components
As usual, please note that this document is not a contract. I may have inadvertently left something off that ends up on an exam question. Moreover, I will not be able to test all of this material given the time limitations of the exam. I will have to pick and choose some subset of it.