Math 230H Course Diary, Fall 2001


The course diary contains about 53 class lectures. I propose to divide up our class time roughly as follows: This rough outline will probably be modified as time goes on. Consult the diary, below, for up-to-date information!

Date Topic and Book Section Practice Problems Slides Calendar Reminders
Aug 22 Introduction to the class None Here None
Aug 23 Vectors in Space, 10.2 Ex 10.2: 17, 26, 35, 57, 67 Here None
Aug 24 Dot Products, 10.3 and last part of 10.5 Ex 10.3: 4, 15, 40; Ex 10.5: 22, 42 Here None
Aug 27 Cross Products, 10.4 and first part of 10.5 Ex 10.4: 2, 4, 8, 16, 18 Here None
Aug 29 More Dotting and Crossing Not yet available Here None
Aug 30 Vector-Valued Functions: Space Curves, 11.1 Ex 11.1: 3, 11, 19, 31, 39 Here Homework 1 due
Aug 31 Arc Length, Acceleration, and Curvature, 11.3 Ex 11.3: 2,7, 13 Here None
Sep 3 . . . No Class - Labor Day
Sep 5 More on Arc Length and Curvature Ex 11.4: 4, 21 None None
Sep 6 Quadrics, 10.6, and Generalized Coordinate Systems, 10.7 Ex 10.6: 2,4,6,8 and Ex 10.7: 12,26 None Homework 2 due. May delay until tomorrow with NO penalty.
Sep 7 Review and discussion None today None Late homework accepted with NO penalty today. Finish `Vectors and Geometry' section.
Sep 10 Partial Derivatives, 12.3 Ex 12.3: 4, 8, 18, 26, 30 Here None
Sep 12 More on Partial Derivatives, 12.3 and 12.4 Ex 12.3: 46, 59, 60, 67, 75 None
Sep 13 This class was canceled owing to a bomb threat. . . Test 1 CANCELED
Sep 14 Higher Partial Derivatives Ex 12.4: 5,6,23,26 . None
Sep 17 Linearization and Directional Derivatives, 12.4 and 12.7 Ex 12.4: 18,20 Lecture notes None
Sep 19 The Chain Rule, 12.5 and 12.6 Ex 12.7: 15, 28, 31 Lecture notes None
Sep 20 The Chain Rule, 12.5 and 12.6 Ex 12.5: 2,7,18,28,40. Here Homework 3 due
Sep 21 The Chain Rule, 12.5 and 12.6 Ex 12.6: 4,7,10,12 . None
Sep 24 Taylor's Theorem, 12.10 Ex 12.10: 2,7,11 . None
Sep 26 Taylor's Theorem, 12.10 Ex 12.8: 2, 12, 27, 28, 30 (Just find the critical points) . None
Sep 27 Maxima and Minima, 12.8 and 12.9 Ex 12.8: 12, 30, 32, 40, 41 Here Homework 4 due
Sep 28 Maxima and Minima, 12.8 and 12.9: Lagrange Multipliers Ex 12.9: 5, 15, 26, 31 . Practice problems will be reviewed October 3rd
Oct 1 TEST TEST TEST Test 1 (postponed from September 13th)
Oct 3 Review and discussion . . Finish `Partial derivatives' section.
Oct 4 TEST TEST TEST Test 2
Oct 5 Curvilinear Coordinates and Partial Derivatives . Here None
Oct 8 . . . No Class - Fall Break
Oct 10 Multiple Integrals: Double Integrals 13.1 Ex 13.1: 2, 6, 31, 41 . Office Hour rescheduled to 1:30
Oct 11 More Double Integrals 13.1 Ex 13.1: 37, 49 . Homework 5 due
Oct 12 Applications of Double Integrals 13.2 Ex 13.2: 18, 25, 36, 49 . Office hour rescheduled to 11.15-12.00. Homework 5 may be handed in today with NO penalty
Oct 15 Double Integrals in Polar Coordinates 13.3 Ex 13.3: 4,9,24,35 . None
Oct 17 Triple Integrals 13.4 Ex 13.4: 7, 16, 26, 29 . None
Oct 18 Triple Integrals in Generalized Coordinates 13.6 Ex 13.6: 3, 14, 21, 38 . Homework 6 due. Instructor out of town; class will be taken by Professor Nigel Higson.
Oct 19 Triple Integrals in Generalized Coordinates 13.6 . . Instructor out of town; class will be taken by Professor Nigel Higson.
Oct 22 Change of Variable in Multiple Integrals 13.7 Ex 13.6: 70, 75, 84 . None
Oct 24 Change of Variable in Multiple Integrals 13.7 . Ex 13.7: 1,8 None
Oct 25 TEST TEST TEST Test 3
Oct 26 More about Change of Variable . Here Finish Multiple Integrals section
Oct 29 Vector Fields and Operators . . .
Oct 31 Vector Fields and Operators . Here None
Nov 1 Line Integrals Ex 14.1: 11, 24, 29. . Homework 7 due
Nov 2 Applications of Line Integrals Ex 14.2: 13, 18, 24 . None
Nov 5 Conservative Vector Fields Ex 14.3: 8, 14, 33, 34 . Instructor out of town; class will be taken by Professor Nigel Higson.
Nov 7 NO CLASS NO CLASS NO CLASS Use class time to work on Honors Projects.
Nov 8 Green's Theorem . . Homework 8 due
Nov 9 Green's Theorem Ex 14.4: 2,4,5,9 . None
Nov 12 More on Green's Theorem . . None
Nov 14 Surface Integrals 14.6 Ex 14.6: 17,24,29,32 Here None
Nov 15 TEST TEST TEST Test 4
Nov 16 Surface Integrals 14.5 . . None
Nov 19 Surface Integrals . . None
Nov 21 . . . No Class - Thanksgiving
Nov 22 . . . No Class - Thanksgiving
Nov 23 . . . No Class - Thanksgiving
Nov 26 Flux Integrals 14.7: 2,4,7,8 . None
Nov 28 Stokes' and Divergence Theorems 14.8: 5,7,12 . None
Nov 29 Stokes' and Divergence Theorems . . .
Nov 30 Stokes' and Divergence Theorems . . Homework 9 due
Dec 3 PRACTICE EXAM PRACTICE EXAM PRACTICE EXAM PRACTICE EXAM
Dec 5 . . . None
Dec 6 . . . None
Dec 7 Review session . . Last day of class. Honors projects due. Finish `Vector analysis' section.

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