Math 14 - Syllabus

This is a tentative syllabus. This page will be updated irregularly.
 
 
 
Date
section
Description
Friday - Jan 4, 2002
1.1-1.5
The geometry of Euclidean space 
Saturday - Jan 5, 2002
2.1, 2.2
The geometry of real-valued functions

Limits and continuity

Monday - Jan 7, 2002
2.3, 2.4, 2.5
Differentiation, Introduction to paths,

Properties of the derivative 

Wednesday  - Jan 9, 2002
2.6, 3.1
Gradients and directional derivatives. 

Iterated partial derivatives.

Friday - Jan 11, 2002
3.2, 3.3
Taylor's theorem.

Extrema of real-valued functions 

Monday  - Jan 14, 2002
3.4, 3.5
Constrained extrema and Lagrange multipliers. 

The implicit function theorem

Wednesday - Jan 16, 2002
3.6
Some applications 
Friday - Jan 18, 2002
4.1, 4.2
Acceleration and Newton's Second Law

Arc Length 

Monday - Jan 21, 2002
 Martin Luther 
  King Jr. Day 
 Classes moved to the X-hour
Wednesday  - Jan 23, 2002
4.3, 4.4
Vector fields

Divergence and curl 

Friday - Jan 25, 2002
5.1, 5.2
The double integral 
Monday - Jan 28, 2002
5.3, 5.4
The double integral over more general regions 

Changing the order of integration

Wednesday - Jan 30, 2002
5.6
The triple integral
Friday - Feb 1, 2002
6.1, 6.2
The geometry of maps from R^2 to R^2 

The change of variables theorem

Monday - Feb 4, 2002
6.2, 6.3
The change of variables theorem

Applications of double and triple integrals

   X-period Tuesday Feb 5, 2002           6.3, 6.4  Applications of double and triple integrals

Improper integrals

Wednesday - Feb 6, 2002
7.1, 7.2 
The path integral

The line integral

       Friday - Feb 8, 2002  Carnival Holiday   Classes moved to the X-period
Monday  - Feb 11, 2002
7.3
Parametrized surfaces
Wednesday - Feb 13, 2002
7.4
Area of a surface
Friday - Feb 15, 2002
7.5
Integrals of scalar functions over surfaces
Monday  - Feb 18, 2002
7.6
Surface integrals of vector functions 
Wednesday  - Feb 20, 2002
8.1
Green's theorem 
Friday - Feb 22, 2002
8.2
Stoke's theorem
Monday - Feb 25, 2002
8.3
Conservative fields 
Wednesday - Feb 27, 2002
8.4
Gauss' theorem 
Friday - March 1, 2002
8.5
Applications to physics, engineering, and differential equations
Monday - March 4, 2002
8.6
Differential forms 
Wednesday - March 6, 2002
  Review



 
 

Last updated: January 1, 2002