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Tentative Term Syllabus

The following is a tentative syllabus for the course. 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 Text Brief Description
Day 1: 9/20 10.1, 10.2 General DEs, models, direction fields (skip Euler's method)
Day 2: 9/22 10.3, 10.4 Separable equations (skip orthogonal trajectories), exponential growth
Day 3: 9/25 10.6 Linear equations and applications
Day 4: 9/27 Appendix G Complex numbers
Day 5: 9/29 Appendix G, 18.1 Complex numbers (cont.), second order linear DEs
Day 6: 10/2 18.1 Second order linear DEs (cont.)
Day 7: 10/4 18.3 Applications of second order DEs
Day 8: 10/6 12.1, 12.2 Sequences, series
Day 9: 10/9 12.2, 12.10 Series (cont.), Taylor series (include examples, ratio test, radius and interval of convergence)
Day 10: 10/11 12.10 Taylor series (cont., omit multiplication and division of power series)
Day 11: 10/13 13.1, 13.2 Three dimensional coordinate systems, vectors
Day 12: 10/16 13.3 Dot products
Day 12: 10/16   First Hour Exam 4 - 6 pm
Day 13: 10/18 13.4 Cross products
Day 14: 10/20 13.5 Equations of lines
Week of 10/23   Classes meet during x-hour (Tues 10/24). Friday classes (10/27) are cancelled
Day 15: 10/23 13.5 Equations of planes
Day 16: 10/24 (x-hour) 14.1 Vector functions and space curves
Day 17: 10/25 14.2, 14.3 Derivatives of vector functions (skip integrals), arc length (skip curvature)
Day 18: 10/30 14.4 Motion in space
Day 19: 11/1 15.1, 15.2 Functions of several variables, limits, continuity
Day 20: 11/3 15.3 Partial derivatives (skip Cobb-Douglas function)
Day 21: 11/6 15.4 Tangent planes and approximation
Day 21: 11/6   Second Hour Exam 4 - 6 pm
Day 22: 11/8 15.5 Chain rule (skip implicit differentiation)
Day 23: 11/10 15.5, 15.6 Chain rule (cont.), directional derivative and gradient
Day 24: 11/13 15.6 Directional derivative and gradient (cont.)
Day 25: 11/15 15.7 Maxima and minima
Day 26: 11/17 15.7 Maxima and minima (cont.)
Day 27: 11/20 15.8 Lagrange multipliers
11/22   No class - Thanksgiving Break
Day 28: 11/27 15.8 Lagrange multipliers (cont.)
Day 29: 11/29   Loose ends, questions, etc.


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