M579: Multivariable Calculus
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University of Illinois NetMath:
Course Calendar:
| August | September | October | November |
| December | January | February | March |
| April | May | June |
Course Materials:
Powerpoints and Supplemental Mathematica Notebooks
Mr Grattoni's YouTube Videos
When I am away from class for a conference or when we have a snow day, I will often post my lessons to YouTube. You can find my YouTube channel here: http://www.youtube.com/user/fhsmath. Here's the video I currently have available for Multivariable Calc:
VC 1.09: Plotting Circles and Ellipses Parametrically
Literacy Sheet Surveys
Other Web Resources:
Khan Academy Videos (Lectures on multivariable calc)
MIT Multivariable Calculus Lectures (MIT shares all of their lectures online!)
More MIT Multivariable Calculus Materials
Paul's Online Calculus III Notes (Very Thorough)
Math Insight Multivariable Calculus (University of Minnesota Project)
Studying Math in College
How to Transfer Credits at a New University
Mathematica In the News:
The Personal Analytics of Stephen Wolfram's Life: Wired 3/8/12
Class of 2012 Final Projects:
For our final project after the exam, the students worked in partners to create Wolfram Demonstrations (http://demonstrations.wolfram.com/). Their task was to create a Demonstration that illustrates an interesting mathematical or scientific idea in a way that users will find interesting and interactive.
Congratulations to David and Andrew J, whose project was published on 6/3/2012:
http://demonstrations.wolfram.com/LeChateliersPrincipleInChemicalEquilibrium/
Fun Math Videos/Links:
Finite Simple Group of Order Two (I am the videographer in this!)
Map of Wind Patterns in the USA (this might remind you of a vector field!)
I made a "Planet Mapper" Mathematica demonstration, which you are welcome to fiddle with if you are interested (warning: large file). It projects a cylindrical map of a planet onto a sphere so that you can manipulate it and revolve it like a globe. Currently, you can do this with the Earth, Moon, Sun, Mars, Venus, Jupiter, and Neptune. Hopefully this inspires you to think about our class project in May!
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