Math V1201. Calculus III, Fall 2006, Section 005

Tentative Syllabus and Reading Assignments

You should do the assigned reading before each lecture.
Lecture DateTopicsReading
1 Wed.9/6 Cartesian and polar coordinates in two dimensions, ellipse equations 10.3
2 Mon.9/11 Cartesian coordinates in three dimensions 12.1
3 Wed.9/13 Cylindrical and spherical coordinates 12.7
4Mon.9/18 Vectors in two and three dimensions, dot product 12.2, 12.3
5 Wed.9/20 Cross product12.4
6 Mon.9/25 Equations of lines and planes in three space12.5
7 Wed.9/27 Distance formulas12.5
Mon.10/2 Yom Kippur
8 Wed.10/4 1st Midterm
9 Mon.10/9 Cylinders and quadratic surfaces12.6
10 Wed.10/11 Space curves 13.1, 13.2
11 Mon.10/16 Arc length, curvature, and torsion 13.3
12Wed.10/18 Velocity and acceleration, Newton and Kepler's laws13.4
13 Mon.10/23Functions of several variables 14.1
14 Wed.10/25Limts and continuity 14.2
15 Mon.10/30Review
16 Wed.11/12nd Midterm
Mon.11/6Academic Holiday
17 Wed.11/8 Partial derivatives14.3
18 Mon.11/13 Tangent Planes and Linear Approximations14.4
19 Wed.11/15 Chain rule 14.5
20 Mon.11/20Directional derivatives14.6
21 Wed.11/22 Complex numbersAppendix G
22 Mon.11/27Gradient 14.6
23 Wed.11/29Max and Min 14.7
24 Mon.12/4Second order behavior near a critical point, saddle points14.7
25 Wed.12.6Lagrange multiplies14.8
26Mon.12/11Two constraints14.8