Math 13, Fall 2004

Calculus of Vector-Valued Functions

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Syllabus

The following is a tentative syllabus for the course. It is based on the 2nd edition of Vector Calculus by Susan Jane Colley.
This page will be updated irregularly. On the other hand, the weekly syllabus contained in the Homework Assignments page will always be accurate.



Lectures Sections in the Textbook Brief Description
Day 1: September 22, Wednesday 1.1–1.6 Brief recollection: Vectors, Dot and Cross Products, Lines and Planes; Matrix Multiplication and Determinants
Day 2: September 24, Friday 1.7 Polar, Cylindrical, and Spherical coordinates (skip Standard Bases)
Day 3: September 27, Monday 2.1, 2.2 Brief recollection: Functions of Several Variables
Day 4: September 29, Wednesday 2.3 Derivative of Vector-Valued Functions
Day 5: October 1, Friday 2.4, 2.5 Higher-Order Partial Derivatives (briefly); the Chain Rule
Day 6: October 4, Monday 2.6 Directional Derivatives and the Gradient
October 5, Tuesday   Last day to add/drop
Day 7: October 6, Wednesday 3.1 Parametrized Curves (skip Kepler's Laws)
Day 8: October 8, Friday 3.2 Arclength (skip Curvature)
Day 9: October 11, Monday 3.3 Vector Fields
Day 10: October 13, Wednesday 3.4 Divergence, Curl, Gradient, and the Del Operator
Day 11: October 15, Friday 5.1 Areas and Volumes; Cavalieri's Principle
Day 12: October 18, Monday 5.2 Double Integrals
Day 13: October 20, Wednesday 5.2 Double Integrals (cont.)
October 20, Wednesday   First Midterm 6PM - 8PM
Day 14: October 22, Friday 5.3 Changing the Order of Integration
Day 15: October 25, Monday 5.4 Triple Integral
Day 16: October 27, Wednesday 5.5 Change of Variables
Day 17: October 29, Friday 5.5 Change of Variables (cont.)
Day 18: November 1, Monday 5.6 Applications of Integration
Day 19: November 3, Wednesday 6.1 Scalar and Vector Line Integrals
Day 20: November 5, Friday 6.1 Scalar and Vector Line Integrals (cont.)
Day 21: November 8, Monday 6.2 Green's Theorem
Day 22: November 10, Wednesday 6.3 Conservative Vector Fields
November 10, Wednesday   Second Midterm 6PM - 8PM
Day 23: November 12, Friday 7.1 Parametrized Surfaces
November 12, Friday   Last day to drop
Day 24: November 15, Monday 7.1 Area of Surfaces
Day 25: November 17, Wednesday 7.2 Surface Integrals
Day 26: November 19, Friday 7.3 Stokes's Theorem
Day 27: November 22, Monday 7.3 Gauss's Theorem
November 24 – November 28   Thanksgiving recess
Day 28: November 29, Monday 7.3 Stokes's and Gauss's Theorem
Day 29: December 1, Wednesday Review etc.