Multivariable calculus: Weekly schedule

Weekly schedule and homework #

Below are the homework assignments for each week. Book section numbers will always refer to our course text. Solutions will be posted shortly after the homework is due and are protected by a password; it was included in the class introduction email. As part of each homework, you will also be asked to complete a cover sheet as well as submit the class notes for that week You will submit your homework using GradeScope, the link is on this website’s main menu.


Week 1: Due Thursday, September 11 at 12pm
§12.1 8, 20, 22, 36, 41 [solutions]
§12.2 20, 22, 41 [solutions]
§12.3 11, 14, 50 [solutions]

Week 2: Due Thursday, September 18 at 12pm
§12.4 8, 14, 18, 24, 42 [solutions]
§12.5 2, 8, 24, 29, 38 [solutions]
§13.1 16, 24, 38, 44 [solutions]

Week 3: Due Thursday, September 25 at 12pm
§13.2 12, 14, 18 [solutions]
§13.3 16, 22, 42, 46, 78 [solutions]
§13.4 10, 16, 28, 43 [solutions]
Exercise from the language recognition lab [solutions]
In preparation for the lab this week, you should complete the short Mathematica tutorial and sign up for a free Wolfram account. You should be able to use Mathematica for basic computations and be able to graph single and multivariable functions.

Week 4: Due Thursday, October 2 at 12pm
§14.1 8, 16, 20a, 22 [solutions]
§14.2 4, 10, 40, 45 [solutions]
§14.3 4, 26 [solutions]
§14.4 32, 46, 76 [solutions]

Week 5: Exam preparation: solutions already posted
§14.5 24, 28, 42 [solutions]
§14.6 4, 7, 10, 29 [solutions]

Week 7: Due Thursday, October 23 at 12pm
§15.1 16, 24, 28, 34 [solutions]
§15.2 14, 28, 32, 36 [solutions]
§15.3 6, 16, 24, 28, 48 [solutions]

Week 8: Thursday, October 30 at 12pm
Regression [solutions]
Validation sets [solutions]
COVID-19 lab [solutions]
This week’s work comes from the regression section of the course web page. In each of the linked sections, complete the problems marked as Homework exercise. Feel free to read through the sections. They recapitulate what we covered in class.

Week 9: Due Thursday, November 6 at 12pm
§16.1 16, 22, 24 [solutions]
§16.2 8, 13, 30, 33, 44, 56, 58, 66, 71, 73, 87 [solutions]
§16.3 6, 8, 16, 20, 36, 41 [solutions]