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Wim Ruitenburg's Spring 2026 MATH 1455-102. Recommended homeworks

Last updated: 22 March 2026
Comments and suggestions: Email   wim.ruitenburg@marquette.edu

These are not problems for points. They give an impression of questions for the exams EX1, EX2, EX3, and EX4.
20 March Section 13.4: 3, 4, 14, 24
18 March Section 13.3: 1, 2, 16, 17,21, 22, 28, 29
16 March Section 13.2: 8, 14, 23 (use letter v)
6 March Section 13.1: 1 (in the plane), 2 (in the plane), 6, 8, 17, 18, 40
4 March EX2
2 March Review
27 February Section 12.5: 1, 2, (sketch the graph of cylinder x^2 - z = 0)
25 February Section 12.4: 1, 2, 11, 12, (give the contour diagram for f(x,y) = x-2y+1)
23 February Section 12.3: 5, 6, 11, 36
20 February Section 12.2: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 16
18 February Section 12.1: 1, 2, 3, 4, 8, 9, 17, 18
16 February Section 10.1: 1, 2, 5, 6, 9, 36, 43 (an important section)
13 February Section 8.5: 2, 4, 5 (read 8.5 through top of page 469)
11 February Section 8.4: 1, 2, 7, 8, 9
9 February Section 8.2: 1, 2, 10, 11
6 February EX1
4 February Section 8.1: 1, 2, 3, 4, 15, 16
2 February Section 7.5: 1, 2, 16, 17, 18
Section 7.4: 58
30 January Section 7.4: 21, 22, 34, 35, 46
28 January Section 7.4: 6, 7, 13, 14
26 January Section 7.4: 1, 2, 3
Section 7.2: 40, 41
23 January Section 7.2: 3, 4, 13, 14, 25, 26 (weather day)
21 January Section 7.1: 1, 2, 4, 15, 16, 25, 26
16 January Section 6.4: 4, 5, 17, 18, 31ab (concavity is on page 15)
14 January Section 6.2: 3, 4, 13, 14, 24, 25, 53, 54
12 January Section 6.1: 2, 3, 4, 10, 11, 18, 19