Richard Wong

Assistant Teaching Professor in Mathematics at Rice University.

This quarter, I will be teaching two lectures of Math 32A (Calculus of Several Variables).

Math 32A: Calculus of Several Variables

You can find the course syllabus here.

Course Description:

How can we describe the physical world mathematically? What changes, and what stays the same when we move from single variable calculus to multivariable calculus? What does it mean to take a derivative of a multivariable function?

Multivariable calculus is the mathematical language that allows us to describe the geometry of the physical world around us, such as the motion of planets in orbit, the behavior of electromagnetic forces, or the path of steepest ascent through the hills of Los Angeles.

In this course, you will develop the reasoning and questioning skills needed to explore these geometric concepts and apply them to real-life situations. Moreover, you will become fluent in communicating your ideas through the mathematical language of multivariable calculus.