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Calendar

LEC # TOPICS KEY DATES
1 Euclidean Geometry in 3 Dimensions

Geometric Proofs
 
2 Geometric Vectors and Vector Algebra  
3 Vector Algebra with Cartesian Coordinates  
4 Analytic Geometry in 3 Dimensions  
5 Calculus of 1-Variable Vector Functions  
6 Calculus of Vector Functions Problem set 1 due
7 Paths and Curves  
8 Scalar Fields

Cylindrical Coordinates
Problem set 2 due
9 Linear Approximation and Differentiability  
10 Linear Approximation and Gradient

The Chain Rule
Problem set 3 due
  Exam 1 (Covers through Lecture 8)  
11 Elimination Method for the Chain Rule  
12 Terminology for Point-Sets in Euclidean Spaces

Maximum-Minimum Theorems
 
13 Two-Variable Test

Constrained Maximum-Minimum Problems
Problem set 4 due
14 Multiple Integrals  
15 Iterated Integrals Problem set 5 due
16 Integrals in Polar, Cylindrical, and Spherical Coordinates  
17 Curvilinear Coordinates

Change of Variables
 
18 Change of Variables (cont.)

Vector Fields
Problem set 6 due
19 Visualizing Vector Fields

Line Integrals
 
20 Vector Line Integrals

Conservative Fields
Problem set 7 due
  Exam 2 (Covers Lecture 9 through 17)  
21 Line Integrals (cont.)

Conservative Fields (cont.)
 
22 Surfaces  
23 Surface Integrals Problem set 8 due
24 Measures  
25 Green's Theorem Problem set 9 due
26 Divergence and the Divergence Theorem  
27 Curl and Stokes' Theorem  
28 Measures (cont.)

Irrotational Fields
Problem set 10 due
29 Mathematical Applications  
  Exam 3 (Covers Lecture 17 through 29)  
30 n-Vectors and Matrices Problem set 11 due
31 Equation Systems  
32 Row Reduction

Determinants
 
33 Determinants (cont.)

Matrix Algebra
 
34 Subspaces Problem set 12 due
35 Multivariable Calculus in Higher Dimensions