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Prairie State College
Math 173-01 Spring 2010
Calculus III

PSC - MATH 173.01 - Calculus III - 5 Credit Hours
MW --- 12:00pm - 12:50pm
TTh --- 12:00pm - 1:15pm
Room 2625

This is the final course in the three-semester sequence of courses covering calculus for scientists and engineers. Topics covered include basic operations on vectors, vector-valued functions, functions of several variables, partial derivatives, multiple integrals, and introductory vector calculus.

Course Information Sheet | Lecture Pace | Homework Problems | Maxima Info
Tests & Quizzes | Office Hours | Formula Sheets | Grades

April is Math Awareness Month!

Links to interesting or useful stuff

Text: Software:
  • Sage
  • MuPAD Light v2.5 - A free, very nice, computer algebra system for windows.  (MuPAD examples)
  • GeoGebra
  • Maxima (Portable Maxima for USB drives)
  • Useful comparison of computer algebra systems (with links)
  • Mathematica | The Mathematica Book On-Line
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    Online Computation:

  • The Integrator - Interactive integration brought to you by the makers of Mathematica.
  • Function calculator
  • MathServ Calculus Toolkit
  • Newton's method
  • Lagrange Multipliers
  • Multivariable Calculus Tools
  • Free graph paper
  • Projectile Motion
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    Review / Tutorials / Videos / Topics

  • MIT's Multivariable Calculus course - includes videos and lecture notes
  • UC Berkeley's Multivariable Calculus videos
  • Multivariable Calculus videos
  • Vector Calculus videos
  • Vector Calculus videos
  • Visual Calculus - Good review for Calculus I & II
  • Calculus on The Web - Excellent practice problems!
  • Mathematics Archives
  • Math Forum
  • Ask Dr. Math
  • The Connected Curriculum Project
  • Calculus graphics
  • Gallery of Quadric Surfaces
  • Quadric Surfaces
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    Reference:

  • Dave's Math Tables
  • Favorite Mathematical Constants
  • Visual Dictionary of Plane Curves
  • National Curve Bank
  • On-Line Encyclopedia of Integer Sequences
  • Mathematical Functions
  • Digital Library of Math Functions
  • MAA Calculus articles especially for students
  • MathWorld (Click here for a random entry)
  • Numbers, Constants, and Computation
  • Plouffe's Inverter
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    History and Other Stuff:

    Calculators:

    Organizations:

    Steve Kifowit
    Prairie State College
    Chicago Heights, IL 60411    		 PSC Logo

    This page was last updated on May 1, 2010.