SUMMER 2018 - MATH010A: Calculus of Several Variables
Main instructors: Xavier Ramos Olivé
TA: Jonathan Dugan
Syllabus: download the syllabus here.
Textbook: Vector Calculus, by Marsden and Tromba, 6th edition.
Office Hours:
Mondays and Thursdays, 11:10 am - 1:00 pm, Surge 261
Classes:
Main lecture: Monday to Thursday, 10:10 pm - 11:00 am, Sproul Hall 1340
Discussion: Tuesdays, 3:10 pm - 4:30 pm, CHASS Interdisciplinary-South 2134
Final Exam: Saturday September 15, 10:30 am - 12:30 pm, Sproul Hall 1340.
Lists of problems
- List of problems from chapter 1
- List of problems from chapter 2
- List of problems from chapter 3
- List of problems from chapter 4
Note: these problems come from different sources. Some of them are of my own creation, some are problems I liked when I was studying Calculus back in the day in UPC (so they were created by professors in that institution), some are inspired by the problems in the textbook/webassign, and some are problems that I took form other professors at UCR, particularly from John Baez and Zhixian Zhu.
Online Homework: Webassign, check the syllabus for details.
Written Homework Assignments
- HW1: Problems #14, #22, #27, due 8/7 in discussion
- HW2: Problems #41, #43, #57, due 8/14 in discussion
- HW3: Problems #68, #70, #76, due 8/21 in discussion
- HW4: Problems #83, #91, #94 parts a), b), c), d), #95, due 9/4 in discussion
- HW5: Problems #101, #102, #105, and watch this video, due 9/11 in discussion
- Extra Credit HW: find it here, due 9/6
Midterm and solutions: find it here.
TA: Jonathan Dugan
Syllabus: download the syllabus here.
Textbook: Vector Calculus, by Marsden and Tromba, 6th edition.
Office Hours:
Mondays and Thursdays, 11:10 am - 1:00 pm, Surge 261
Classes:
Main lecture: Monday to Thursday, 10:10 pm - 11:00 am, Sproul Hall 1340
Discussion: Tuesdays, 3:10 pm - 4:30 pm, CHASS Interdisciplinary-South 2134
Final Exam: Saturday September 15, 10:30 am - 12:30 pm, Sproul Hall 1340.
Lists of problems
- List of problems from chapter 1
- List of problems from chapter 2
- List of problems from chapter 3
- List of problems from chapter 4
Note: these problems come from different sources. Some of them are of my own creation, some are problems I liked when I was studying Calculus back in the day in UPC (so they were created by professors in that institution), some are inspired by the problems in the textbook/webassign, and some are problems that I took form other professors at UCR, particularly from John Baez and Zhixian Zhu.
Online Homework: Webassign, check the syllabus for details.
Written Homework Assignments
- HW1: Problems #14, #22, #27, due 8/7 in discussion
- HW2: Problems #41, #43, #57, due 8/14 in discussion
- HW3: Problems #68, #70, #76, due 8/21 in discussion
- HW4: Problems #83, #91, #94 parts a), b), c), d), #95, due 9/4 in discussion
- HW5: Problems #101, #102, #105, and watch this video, due 9/11 in discussion
- Extra Credit HW: find it here, due 9/6
Midterm and solutions: find it here.
SUMMER 2018 - PDE QUal Preparation Seminar
This year, the PDE Qualifying Exam will be held on September 26th, 10:00 am - 1:00 pm, in Surge 268. The professors in the Qualifying Exam Committee are Amir Moradifam (part A), James Kelliher (part B), and Po-Ning Chen (part C). For more information, check UCR's Math Department website.
- Official syllabus
- Official Copy of old qualifying exams
- List of problems to practice (contains questions from 2015 and 2016 Qualifying Exams, which are missing in the document above, as well as questions from HW, midterms, and final exams assigned during the 2017-2018 academic year, or relevant problems assigned in the past by the professors in the Qual Committee). Here is a copy of the LaTeX document that I used to create this list. It should not be taken as a closed list that's enough to PhD pass the qual, but rather as a study guide!
The following are "practice qualifying exams"; they have never been qualifying exams themselves, but I wrote them keeping in mind the material covered during the 2017-2018 academic year, and the kinds of problems assigned by the professors in the Committee in previous years. Not all the problems have been assigned in the past, but they are good practice. You should do them on your own, without external help, as if you were taking an actual exam (which have a duration of 3 hours).
- Fake Qual 1
- Fake Qual 2
- Fake Qual 3
- Fake Qual 4
