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Math 241 Exam 1 Info Fall 2024

Exam 1 takes place in class on Tuesday, October 1 in the evening 6:45-8:00pm. See Canvas for location info.

Topics
Exam 1 will be on material covered in class in Lectures 1-12 (8/26 - 9/23).
This corresponds to material from sections 12.1 - 12.6 and 14.1 - 14.6 in the text.
The exam only covers topics we covered in class.

Important concepts include:


1. Coordinate systems in 3-space: distance, equations for lines, planes, spheres
2. Vectors: vectors versus scalars, displacement vectors
3. Vector addition and scalar multiplication: algebraic and geometric computations
4. Dot product: vector projection, scalar projection, angles
5. Cross product: algebraic properties, geometric meaning, angles
6. Equations for planes and lines in space
7. Visualize multivariable functions: level sets
8. Visualize (quadric) surfaces: traces
9. Parametric curves/vector valued functions
10. Investigating multivariable limits for convergence
11. Methods for showing convergence of a limit, squeeze theorem and polar coordinates
12. Continuity
13. Partial derivatives
14. Tangent planes to graphs
15. Linear approximation
16. Differentiability
17. Chain rule
18. Directional derivatives
19. Gradient

Detailed Objectives
1. Describe sets in cartesian coordinates
2. Find distance between points in n-dimensional space
3. Perform basic vector arithmetic (finding the vector between two points, addition, scalar multiplication,
magnitude & finding unit vectors) algebraically or geometrically
4. Determine the dot product of two vectors, algebraically or geometrically; know it’s basic properties
5. Use the formula v · w = |v||w| cos(𝜃) to compute any one term, algebraically or geometrically
6. Find vector projection and scalar projection, algebraically or geometrically; calculate work
7. Find the parametric and symmetric equations of a line through a point parallel to a vector
8. Find the equation of a plane through a point normal to a vector
9. Find the distance from a point to a plane
10. Determine the cross product of two vectors, algebraically or geometrically; know its basic properties
11. Use the formula v × w = |v||w| sin(𝜃) to compute any one term, algebraically or geometrically
12. Use cross products or determinants to find the area of parallelograms and the volume of parallelepipeds
13. Find the equation of a plane through three points
14. Find the domain of a function
15. Match the equations, graphs and/or contour maps of functions of two variables; sketch simple examples
16. Match the equations and level sets of functions of three variables
17. Recognize, define, and sketch: cones, ellipsoids, hyperboloids of one or two sheets, elliptic paraboloids,
hyperbolic paraboloids, and cylinders (of any type)
18. Define the limit of a function of two variables
19. Find the limit of a function of two variables or show that it doesn’t exist by using polar coordinates, the
squeeze theorem, and the function’s value along curves
20. Determine where a function is continuous
21. Define partial derivatives
Math 241 Exam 1 Info Fall 2024

22. Find (higher) partial derivatives from an equation, graph, contour map, or table. State and apply
Clairaut’s theorem
Note:
(a) In this class, students are not responsible for remembering precisely which partial derivatives
must be defined and/or continuous for a theorem to hold, but are expected to avoid applying
them where the function itself isn’t defined and continuous
(b) Students are not responsible for implicit differentiation
23. Check if a function satisfies a partial differential equation
24. Find the normal vector to the graph of a function at a point
25. Find the tangent plane to the graph of a function at a point
26. Determine if a function is differentiable at a point; compute its differential
27. Use linear approximation to estimate the value of a function at a point
28. Use chain rule to compute partial derivatives of composite functions
29. Define directional derivative of a function in the direction of a vector
30. Compute directional derivatives, algebraically or geometrically
31. Define the gradient of a function at a point, and compute it algebraically or geometrically
32. Use gradients to find the direction and rate of maximal increase/decrease
33. Use gradients to find tangent lines and planes to level sets of functions of two or three variables,
respectively; find normal lines

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