Calculus III
Math 2433, Section 005
Fall Semester 2021




Welcome to the Calculus III course: Math 2433-005, University of Oklahoma, Fall 2021. This web site will be used to disseminate important information about the course as the semester progresses. Much of what is posted here will not be available on the OU Canvas page for Math 2433-005. On the other hand, a course calendar and student exam scores will be maintained on the Canvas page, but not here.





About the Final Exam:
The final exam will consist of a take-home portion (worth 10%) and an in-class portion (worth 90%). The in-class test will take place on Thursday, December 16, 1:30-3:30 pm in PHSC 222 (our usual classroom). The take-home portion will need to be completed before 1:30 pm on December 16, with written work submitted at the start of the in-class test (or earlier). (Instructions regarding the take-home portion of the test are posted as an announcement on Canvas and replicated below.)

The written in-class portion of the exam will cover material from chapters 10, 12 and 13 of Stewart's book excluding sections 10.5 and 12.6. At the class WebWork site there is a set of problems entitled "FinalExamReview-NotForCredit" that may be used to assist in studying this material. Also Exam 1 and Exam 4 (which are posted below) cover some of this ground as well. For the in-class portion of the test there will be problem review sessions on Monday, 12/13 starting at 4:30pm and Wednesday, 12/15 starting at 5:00pm. The zoom links for these sessions are available on the course calendar in Canvas.


Instructions for the Take-Home Portion of the Final Exam:
In working on the (take-home) portion of the Final Exam you are permitted to refer to Stewart's textbook and/or to any of the class lecture notes, and you are allowed to use a numerical calculator, if desired. However you are not allowed to use any graphing capabilities on a calculator, or any mathematical software on any other device. You must not consult with or discuss or even mention any of the problems with classmates or other individuals until after 1:30 PM on December 16. No internet use (with the exception of accessing class notes) or use of any reference other than indicated above is permitted. (In particular use of GroupMe or chegg or any similar internet service during the exam period may result in a score of zero on the test and additional penalties.)
There are two parts to completing the take-home portion of the final, both of which MUST be completed to receive any credit:

  1. From Webwork you are to print out a pdf copy of the specific questions that have been assigned to you. On separate paper you should write your solutions for each problem with the appropriate level of explanation. You may use as many sheets as paper as needed, but please make sure that the problem numbers are clearly indicated. Your written work, with the pdf copy of problems attached as cover pages, must be submitted in person no later than 1:30 pm on December 16.
  2. In addition you should submit your answer to each problem through the WebWork app. For this, note that no more than two attempts will be allowed for each problem. Answers are due by 1:30 pm on December 16.

Here are some answers for Exam 4--white and for Exam 4--yellow.

12.4 861 1-7, 13, 17-20
12.5 871 1-68, 71-74
Chapter 12 Review Exercises 882 15-22, 24-26
13.1 893 1-2, 21-26
13.2 900 3-20, 23-26, 33-34
13.4 918 3-14, 19
Chapter 13 Review Exercises 922 6, 9, 17-18
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Modification to Course Grading Scheme:
The 2433-005 Course Syllabus indicates that the "Four Midterms" will constitute 50% of the total course grade. This will remain in place. However each student's midterm exam score will be determined by replacing the lowest of the four midterm exam scores with the highest score earned among the four midterms exams and the final exam. For example, if the midterm grades are 40, 60, 80 and 90 and the final exam score is 90 then the "Four Midterms" portion of the course grade would be the average of {60, 80, 90, 90} which equals 80..





Any notes related to the class will be posted here as the semester progresses. These posting may be sporadic and sketchy.



Here are some review problems for Exam 4, and some brief answers for Exam 4 review.
Also, some not-for-credit webwork review problems will be posted at the course webwork site.

Here are solutions to Exam 2-White and Exam 2-Yellow.






IMPORTANT NOTE: In all written work for this course you must provide adequate details to explain the procedures you have used to solve each problem. Just providing an answer will not receive credit.


Office Hours this week:




Weekly Topics List (to keep up with class topics and readings from Stewart's book):







Here is a link to a list of recommended study exercises from Stewart's book. (The exercises are highly repetitive but should give a good idea of the type of problems you might expect to encounter.)


The 2433-005 Course Syllabus describes the basic set-up and procedures for this class. As the semester progresses, scores on individual assignments and exams will be available through the course Canvas page. However running course totals will NOT be posted there. Students can keep rough track of their semester average by referring to the course grading scales which are available on the Course Information Sheet.




The first midterm exam took place in class on Friday, September 17. and covered sections 12.1--12.4 and 10.1--10.2 in Stewart's book. Here is a Sample Exam 1 and some very brief answers


We will use the on-line math homework system "WebWork" in this class. WebWork is an open source software that is maintained nationally by the Mathematical Association of America. It has a rich library of problems from calculus that we will draw on throughout the semester. There will be regular weekly WebWork assignments, and course exams will often have a WebWork component.

Each student should access the system through their Canvas page by following the link to the WebWork assignments as they become available there. The due dates on each of WebWork assignments will be posted on the course calendar in Canvas, and here, at the course web site.
If you encounter any difficulties accessing the system at point during the semester, you should contact me (Prof Miller) as soon as possible.
In addition to the graded WebWork assignments, special problem sets will be posted in WebWork that can be used as review for the midterm exams; these assignments will always be labelled with "NFC" in their title to indicate "not for credit".

Notes On Using WebWork: