M243. Fall 2011. On Final Exam. F. Lazebnik.

1. Problems will be taken from all assigned core problems in Homework 1 12 (except those for
Sections 16.7, 16.9), examples discussed in the text in the corresponding sections, the ones discussed
on lectures, and the ones you had to submit in Homework assignments.
2. The Maple part will require knowledge of command from the package VectorCalculus related to
the material. You should be able to use Maple to compute numerically, and symbolically, and
should be able to use Maple in most of the core problems.
3. There will be no question on denitions on the exam.
The exam will contain two question asking you to prove one theorem or fact listed below (or a
part of any of them); one question from problems you had to submit; and six problems from the
assigned core problem or examples from the corresponding sections. You will have about 90 minutes
to answer these nine questions.
For the remaining 30 minutes you will be asked to answer four questions using Maple (with very
brief comments inserted in the worksheet), print the worksheet and submit.
The thirteen questions may be of various diculty, but all will be assigned the same number of
points. Partial credits will be given for only correct essential parts of your solution if they are
presented well.
At least one questions (out of all thirteen) will be taken from the previous exams.
Here is the list of the fact you should know how to prove.
(a) a

b = |a||

b| cos
(b) |a

b| = |a||

b| sin = the area of the parallelogram determined by a and

b.
(c) |a (

b c)| = the volume of the parallelepiped determined by vectors a,

b, c.
(d) All dierentiation Rules from Theorem 3 page 826 (for part 5 use Maple). Show that if
|r(t)| = c (a constant), then

r

(t) is orthogonal to r(t).

(e) Distance formuli from a point to a line (in R
3
), and from a point to a plane (in R
3
).
(f) Proof that a trajectory of a planet is a plane curve. Proof of the Second Keplers Law (pages
848, 849).
(g) All facts from the handout Gravitational Force of Uniform Ball
(http://www.math.udel.edu/

lazebnik/BallPoint.pdf): be able to explain all details.

(h) The Law of Conservation of Energy.
Students are allowed to bring an 8 x 11 page with formula and facts only. You can write on both sides,
and include trigonometric formuli and some values of trigonometric functions. No proofs, nor examples
of solved problems, nor Maple commands, can be on the sheet. The sheet will be submitted with your
nal exam, so if you wish to have a copy of it make it in advance.
Do not overestimate the presence of such a sheet on the nal. It certainly helps, but much less that
one often expects.
Please bring on nal the list of your grades for the homework and exams, and the graded homework
and exams.
Arrange the grades as this: rst list homework grades in the order of their appearance, and then list
the exam grades in the order of their appearance.
During the exam I will compare your lists with my le of your grades to make sure that all is correct.
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