Calculus of Functions of One and Several Variables

Math 8 Fall 2023

Lecture Plan

The following is a tentative schedule for the course. Please check back regularly for updates as the term progresses. Assignments will be made available through the CANVAS website.

Lectures Sections in Text (V2 or V3) Description Additional comments
Monday
September 11
V2: 1.1 - 1.5, 3.1. Review of Math 3; Riemann sums and the Fundamental Theorem of Calculus.
Wednesday
September 13
V2: 3.1, 5.1, 5.2. Integration by parts; Infinite sequences and infinite series; Geometric series.
Friday
September 15
V2: 5.3. Divergence and integral tests.
Monday
September 18
V2: 5.4, 5.5. Comparison test, alternating series test.
Wednesday
September 20
V2: 5.6, 6.1 Remainder of alternating series; Conditional and absolute convergence; Ratio test.`
Friday
September 22
V2: 6.1, 6.2. Power series (including differentiation and integration).
Monday
September 25
V2: 6.3. Taylor and Maclaurin series.
Wednesday
September 27
V2: 6.3 Taylor and Maclaurin series.
Friday
September 29
V2: 6.4 Working with Taylor series.
Monday
October 2
V2: 5.1-5.6; 6.1-6.4. Review.
Wednesday
October 4
V3: 2.1, 2.2. Coordinates in Rn as a vector space; Distance formula; Simple surfaces.
Thursday October 5: 5:00 pm - 6:45 pm. TEST 1 Material covering V2.
Practice exam from W20.
Friday
October 6
V3: 2.3. Dot products and projections.
Monday
October 9
V3: 2.3. Dot products and projections.
Wednesday
October 11
V3: 2.4. Cross products and geometry; relation to volume/area.
Friday
October 13
V3: 2.5. Lines in R3: parametric and symmetric equations.
Monday
October 16
V3: 2.5. Planes in R3: vector and scalar equations.
Wednesday
October 18
V3: 3.1-3.3. Derivatives and integrals along curves, arc length.
Friday
October 20
V3: 4.1-4.2. Limits and continutiy in two and three dimensions.
Monday
October 23
V3: through 4.2 Catch up and review.
Wednesday
October 25
V3: 4.3. Partial derivatives.
Thursday October 26 test 2 Material through 4.2 in V3. Old exams posted on CANVAS.
Friday
October 27
V3: 4.4. Tangent planes.
Monday
October 30
V3: 4.5. Chain rule and implicit differentiation.
Wednesday
November 1
V3: 4.6. Gradients and directional derivatives.
Friday
November 3
V3: 4.7. Extreme values.
Monday
November 7
V3: 4.7, 4.8. Extreme values continued; Lagrange multipliers.
Wednesday
November 9
V3: 4.8. Lagrange multipliers, continued.
Friday
November 10
V3: Chapter 4. Catch up and reivew.
Monday
November 13
Last in class lecture. Review for final.
Final November 17. Time 11:30 Room TBD Exam covers material from the whole course. Old exams posted on CANVAS