Math
427-428, 527-528 Advanced Calculus I and II
Syllabus
In mathematics you don't
understand things. You just get used to them.
-- John von Neumann, Nobel Prize winner.
- Time and Place: 5:00-6:15 pm TR at 514 Smith Hall.
- Instructor:
Peter Saveliev (please, call me Peter)
- Office:
Smith Hall 741A
- Office Hours:
TR 12:30-1:30, 3:15-4:30 (tentative), or by appointment, or any
time I am there (usually in the afternoon)- Office Phone:
x64639
- Home Phone:
697-7827 (9 a.m. - 8 p.m.)
- E-mail:
saveliev@marshall.edu (put Math
427 as the subject)
- Class Web-Page:
can be reached at
http://math02.com
- Prerequisites:
Math 300
- Text: Calculus Two. Linear and Nonlinear
Functions by F.J. Flanigan and J.L. Kazdan
- Chapters1-3. Algebra and geometry of the n-dim space
-
Chapter 4. Curves
- Chapter 5. Some applications
- Chapter 6. Scalar functions
- Goals: familiarity with the n-dim calculus and
its applications
-
Grade Breakdown:
- quizzes (open book) + possibly
some take home homework: 40%
(drop one)
- 2 exams (open book): 15% each
- final exam: 30%
- Letter Grades:
A: 90-100, B: 80-89, C: 70-79, D: 60-69, F: <60