Catalog description: A standard third course in calculus. Topics include polar coordinates and polar curves; vectors and analytical geometry in three dimensions; vector-valued functions and curvature; components of acceleration; functions of several variables; limits and continuity in three-space; partial and directional derivatives; gradients, tangent planes, and extrema of functions of two variables; multiple integrals in rectangular, polar, spherical, and cylindrical coordinates; applications of multiple integrals to area, volume, moments, centroids, and surface area. Prerequisites: MTH 1864 or its equivalent.

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Departmental First-Day Handout

Department Curriculum Committee: Mary Wilson, chair; Clarence McGuff, Lori Rosenthal, Juan Molina, David Fonken, Paul Wright (contact info for these faculty members)

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Last updated May 9, 1998. mparker@austin.cc.tx.us