Math 253/504-506: Hot Topics for Wed, 12/Sep/2007

1. Today we cover the following section. Also view the corresponding calculator videos.
   • 12.3: Partial Derivatives
   
   
2. EXAM 1 over Chapter 11 is this Friday, 14/Sep, in lecture; nominally between 9:05-10:05 am (60 minutes). Get a BLUE BOOK at a local bookstore. You'll write down ALL your work in your blue book---not on your exam sheet.
   
   
3. In MATLAB computer lab tomorrow, you'll hand in MATLAB Assignment 1, then start work on MATLAB Assignment 2. Be sure that you have read chapters 3 and 4 of Cooper. Also watch the corresponding videos IN ADVANCE.
   
   
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