MAT 307, Fall 2021
MAT 307, Fall 2021
Instructor: Andrew Hanlon
Office Hours: Mondays 3-4 pm and Wednesdays 3-4 pm in 304 Simons Center for Geometry and Physics OR via Zoom and accessed by Zoom personal meeting here.
Math Learning Center Hours: Wednesdays 2-3 pm via Zoom and accessed from the MLC website.
Lectures: Mondays and Wednesdays 4:25-5:45 pm in 313 Frey Hall.
Syllabus: The course syllabus is available here and on Blackboard.
Textbook: R. E. Williamson and H. F. Trotter, Multivariable Mathematics, 4th edition
Teaching Asistant: Saman Habibi Esfahani
Office Hours: Mondays 8-9 am via Zoom and accessed by Zoom personal meeting here.
Math Learning Center Hours: Tuesdays 4-6 pm via Zoom and accessed from the MLC website.
Recitations: R01 on Mondays 6:05-7 pm in 115 Harriman Hall and R02 on Thursdays 4:45-5:40 pm in N3074 Library.
Midterm 1: Wednesday, September 29th, 4:25-5:45 pm, 313 Frey Hall, Covers Chapters 1, 2 and Section 3.1. Here are some expectations and information.
Midterm 2: Wednesday, November 10th, 4:25-5:45 pm, 313 Frey Hall, Covers Chapters 4, 5, 6, and 7.1-7.5. Here are some expectations and information.
Final Exam: Wednesday, December 8th, 8:30- 11 pm, 313 Frey Hall (normal lecture location), Cumulative. Here are some expectations and information.
Homework is due on Gradescope on the day indicated below before 11:59 pm New York time. Please upload your solutions by following the instructions in this video. In particular, be sure that each problem has been assigned an image or a part of your pdf file. If you are skipping a problem, it is easier for the grader if you write "Skip" and upload that as your solution to the problem. See syllabus above for grading information and other homework policies.
The specific topics covered in each class are tentative and will be updated as the semester progesses. Moreover, the notes posted for each lecture may contain slightly more content than the lecture and may bleed a bit into the next lecture.
Math Learning Center - through Zoom.
It is highly recommended to solve as many exercises from the textbook or other resources as you have time for. This will be more useful than rereading your class notes or textbook as it will often force you to go back to look at the material anyway. The only way to truly learn mathematics is through practice. Feel free to ask about your solutions.
Previous MAT 307 webpages are available on the math department webpage. These may be another good source of exercises and practice exams. In particular, Scott Sutherland's site from Fall 2013 has recordings of his lectures.
MIT's OpenCourseWare project has excellent lecture videos on multivariable calculus taught by my PhD advisor.
The 3Blue1Brown Youtube channel has high-quality video series on linear algebra and multivariable calculus.
There are many other textbooks and online materials that you can consult. If you have questions on whether a particular one might be useful, do not hesitate to reach out.