MATH 214 Calculus of Several Variables

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MATH 214Calculus of Several Variables

• A Great and Enjoyable Class!!!!
• WELCOME

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Education and Experience

• EDUCATION
• Bs, Ms Universidad Central de Venezuela (Caracas,
  Venezuela)
• PhD Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (Troy, New
  York)
• TEACHING AND RESEARCH
• Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (1 year)
• Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois (2
  years)
• Universidad Central de Venezuela (10 years)
• New Jersey Institute of Technology, Newark, New
  Jersey (1 year)
• Brigham Young University (8 years)

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Education and Experience

• At BYU, I have taught
• Math 334. Ordinary Differential Equs.
• Math 311. Num. Analysis
• Math 214. Multivariable Calculus.
• Math 511. Num. Soln. Of Partial Diff. Equs
• Math 343. Elementary Linear Algebra
• Math 521. Methods in Applied Mathematics
• Research interest
• Numerical and Asymptotic Methods Applied to
  Linear and Nonlinear Partial Differential and
  Integral Equations
• Wave Propagation Acoustic, Electromagnetic, and
  Elastic Scattering.

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BYU Mission

• The mission of Brigham Young University
  founded, supported, and guided by The Church of
  Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is
• To assist individuals in their quest for
  perfection and eternal life.

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Syllabus
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Homework

• You are strongly encouraged to work on homework
  problems everyday. You should be willing to put
  in at least three hours outside the classroom for
  each hour of class.
• A lower time commitment is likely to lead to an
  average grade B-/C or lower. To achieve
  excellence, students may need to invest even more
  hours.
• Late homework wont be accepted. To make up for
  this, your lowest (weekly) homework grades will
  be dropped

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Exams

• The best way to prepare for the exams is to go
  over the homework problems and the examples
  worked in class (they constitute your best study
  guide) and then try to solve related problems
  that you havent seen before.
• If you can reach the point where you can do fresh
  problems without help in all sections, I can
  anticipate that you will be able to successfully
  solve all problems on the midterms and final
  exam.

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• Make up exams and quizzes cannot be arranged
  except in case of an emergency or absence due to
  official university business. Exam and quizzes
  dates will be strictly enforced. According to the
  University Final Exam Policy
• Scheduled final examinations are to be
  administered in accord with the published Final
  Examination Schedule as to date, time, and place.
  They are not to be given or taken early.

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Grading

• Homework 15
• Quizzes 20
• Midterms 40 (20 each)
• Final 25

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Levels of Learning

• Level 1 Remember.
• Level 2 Understand.
• Level 3 Apply
• Level 4 Analyze
• Level 5 Evaluate
• Level 6 Create

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Teaching and Learning Mathematics

• Mathematics can be learned only by doing.
• Dont expect to read mathematics the way you read
  a novel. If you zip through a page in less than
  an hour you are probably going too fast.
• Linear Algebra Done Right
• by Sheldon Axler

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Test Difficulty

• Best advice 1 Corinthians 1013
• God is faithful, who will not suffer you to be
  tempted above that ye are able but will with the
  temptation also make a way to escape, that ye may
  be able to bear it.
• Application to Math 214
• God is faithful, who will not suffer you to be
  tested above that ye are able but will with the
  exam also make a way for you to study hard, that
  ye may be able to obtain a good grade.

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Motivation to Learn

• Love of Learning
• The more I consider what learning is, the more I
  see it as a sacred privilege, an act of wonder. I
  believe that when we are learning we feel most
  alive. When we are learning we feel closest to
  God Russ Osguthorpe, 1996

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My Challenge

• Love of Learners
• If we want to influence learners for good, we
  should not merely love to teach we should love
  each person we teach.
• Teaching, No greater Call, 1999

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Pres. G. B. Hinckley

• Here we are doing what is not done in any other
  major university of which I am aware.
• We are demonstrating that faith in the almighty
  can accompany and enrich scholarship in the
  secular. It is more than an experiment. It is an
  accomplishment.