What are basic concepts needed for Calc III course?

[jla]

Hi,

I will be taking Calc III this summer but haven't taken Calc I & II for about 5 years. So I am now relearning the material. Can anyone offer a suggestion on the basic core concepts from Calc I &II that I should focus most of my attention on in order to prepare for Calc III?

I've attempted to discuss it with my professor but no response

Thank you for your help!

 

[pka]

I will be taking Calc III this summer but haven't taken Calc I & II for about 5 years. So I am now relearning the material. Can anyone offer a suggestion on the basic core concepts from Calc I &II that I should focus most of my attention on in order to prepare for Calc III?

There is no way to comment on that unless you post a complete catalog description of the course.
Courses by number or title vary widely from school to school.

 

[daon2]

It depends on the topics in your particular class (calculus 3 is not a universal name for a particular class, but I will go on the assumption it is a typical 1 semester multivariable calculus course). Nearly everything might show up somewhere, except perhaps some of the applications you have done. At the very least be confident that given any combinations of familiar functions, you will have no trouble taking a derivative. For example cos(t^2)*e^(3t). Know well the most-used techniques for integration: algebraic or trigonometric substitution and integration by parts.

edit: what pka says is true, it might be better if you posted the description from your course catalog.

 

[mmm4444bot]

I've attempted to discuss it with my professor but no response

That's a common lament.

Try the math department, or ask a guidance counseler for a referral. Also, does your school have a math-tutoring center? Tutors may be familiar with what students in that course struggle over.

(Click HERE for a general Google search.)

By the way, have you done any math, during the past five years? If not, you may want to review some precalculus stuff like matrix arithmetic, vectors, and parameterizations.

Cheers :cool:

 

[jla]

Hi everyone & thanks!

Here's the class description from the catalog:
Differential and integral calculus of functions of a single variable, analytic geometry, infinite series, and applications.


I've been going through a "Calc for Dummies" book and am finding that everything is coming back to me fairly easy and I got an A+ in both the other Calc courses, so am proficient in math, although haven't taken any other math courses in the last few years.

Thanks again for your all your suggestion, it helps!