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MTH 33, Calculus and Analytic Geometry III
Spring 2026, Section D01, 19525
Instructor:
Cormac
O'Sullivan
We meet in NL 120 (that's North Hall and
Library) on Mon, Tue, Wed, 2:00 –
3:50 pm.
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Course
Information
and the
syllabus
Math Tutoring Lab - very helpful for any math questions
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MTH 33 Class Calendar
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| Date | Day | Sections covered | Homework | |
| 1 | Jan 26 | Mon |
Introduction, 10.1 Curves Defined by Parametric Equations No class due to snow, instead study these notes |
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| 2 | Jan 27 | Tue |
10.1, 10.2 Calculus with Parametric Curves The cycloid |
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| 3 | Jan 28 | Wed |
10.3 Polar Coordinates 10.4 Calculus in Polar Coordinates |
HW #1 |
| 4 | Feb 2 | Mon | 10.5 Conic Sections | |
| 5 | Feb 3 | Tue | 10.6 Conic Sections in Polar Coordinates | HW #2 |
| 6 | Feb 4 | Wed |
12.1 Three-Dimensional Coordinate Systems 12.2 Vectors |
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| 7 | Feb 9 | Mon | 12.2, 12.3 The Dot Product | |
| 8 | Feb 10 | Tue | 12.4 The Cross Product | |
| 9 | Feb 11 | Wed | 12.5 Equations of Lines and Planes, Review | |
| Feb 16 | Mon | No class | ||
| Feb 17 | Tue | No class | ||
| 10 | Feb 18 | Wed |
Quiz #1 on HW
#1, then 13.1 Vector Functions and Space Curves |
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| 11 | Feb 23 | Mon | 13.2 Derivatives and Integrals of Vector Functions | |
| 12 | Feb 24 | Tue | 13.3 Arc Length and Curvature | |
| 13 | Feb 25 | Wed |
14.1 Functions of Several Variables, 14.2 Limits and Continuity |
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| 14 | Mar 2 | Mon | 14.3 Partial Derivatives | |
| 15 | Mar 3 | Tue | 14.4 Tangent Planes and Linear Approximations | |
| 16 | Mar 4 | Wed | 14.5 The Chain Rule | |
| 17 | Mar 9 | Mon |
Quiz #2 on HW
#2, #3, then 14.6 Directional Derivatives and the Gradient Vector |
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| 18 | Mar 10 | Tue | Review for the midterm | |
| 19 | Mar 11 | Wed | Midterm exam | |
| 20 | Mar 16 | Mon | 14.7 Maximum and Minimum Values | |
| 21 | Mar 17 | Tue | 14.8 Lagrange Multipliers | |
| 22 | Mar 18 | Wed | ||
| 23 | Mar 23 | Mon | ||
| 24 | Mar 24 | Tue | ||
| 25 | Mar 25 | Wed | ||
| 26 | Mar 30 | Mon | ||
| 27 | Mar 31 | Tue | ||
| Apr 1 | Wed | No class, spring break | ||
| Apr 6 | Mon | No class, spring break | ||
| Apr 8 | Wed | No class, spring break | ||
| 28 | Apr 13 | Mon | ||
| 29 | Apr 14 | Tue | ||
| 30 | Apr 15 | Wed | ||
| 31 | Apr 20 | Mon | ||
| Apr 21 | Tue | No class (Thursday schedule) | ||
| 32 | Apr 22 | Wed | ||
| 33 | Apr 27 | Mon | ||
| 34 | Apr 28 | Tue | ||
| 35 | Apr 29 | Wed | ||
| 36 | May 4 | Mon | ||
| 37 | May 5 | Tue | ||
| 38 | May 6 | Wed | ||
| 39 | May 11 | Mon | ||
| 40 | May 12 | Tue | ||
| 41 | May 13 | Wed | ||
| May 18 | Mon | No class | ||
| 42 | May 19 | Tue | ||
| Final Exam | ||||