Calculus of Functions of One and Several Variables

Math 8 Winter 2024

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
Wed
Jan 3
V2: 1.1 - 1.5, 3.1. Review of Math 3; Riemann sums and the Fundamental Theorem of Calculus.
Fri
Jan 5
V2: 3.1, 5.1, 5.2. Integration by parts; Infinite sequences and infinite series; Geometric series.
Mon
Jan 8
V2: 5.3. Divergence and integral tests.
Wed
Jan 10
V2: 5.4, 5.5. Comparison test, alternating series test.
Fri
Jan 12
V2: 5.6, 6.1 Remainder of alternating series; Conditional and absolute convergence; Ratio test.`
Wed
Jan 17
V2: 6.1, 6.2. Power series (including differentiation and integration).
Thu
Jan 18
V2: 6.3. Taylor and Maclaurin series (The class on MLK day Mon, Jan 15 is moved to Thu for Sections 1-2, and to Tue for Section 3)
Fri
Jan 19
V2: 6.3 Taylor and Maclaurin series.
Mon
Jan 22
V2: 6.4 Working with Taylor series.
Wed
Jan 24
V2: 5.1-5.6; 6.1-6.4. Review.
Fri
Jan 26
V3: 2.1, 2.2. Coordinates in Rn as a vector space; Distance formula; Simple surfaces.
Thursday Jan 25: 5:00 pm - 6:45 pm. TEST 1 Material covering V2.
Mon
Jan 29
V3: 2.3. Dot products and projections.
Wed
Jan 31
V3: 2.3. Dot products and projections.
Fri
Feb 2
V3: 2.4. Cross products and geometry; relation to volume/area.
Mon
Feb 5
V3: 2.5. Lines in R3: parametric and symmetric equations.
Wed
Feb 7
V3: 2.5. Planes in R3: vector and scalar equations.
Fri
Feb 9
V3: 3.1-3.3. Derivatives and integrals along curves, arc length.
Mon
Feb 12
V3: 4.1-4.2. Limits and continutiy in two and three dimensions.
Wed
Feb 14
V3: through 4.2 Catch up and review.
Fri
Feb 16
V3: 4.3. Partial derivatives.
Thursday Feb 15: 5:00 pm - 6:45 pm TEST 2 Material through 4.2 in V3.
Mon
Feb 19
V3: 4.4. Tangent planes.
Wed
Feb 21
V3: 4.5. Chain rule and implicit differentiation.
Fri
Feb 23
V3: 4.6. Gradients and directional derivatives.
Mon
Feb 26
V3: 4.7. Extreme values.
Wed
Feb 28
V3: 4.7, 4.8. Extreme values continued; Lagrange multipliers.
Fri
Mar 1
V3: 4.8. Lagrange multipliers, continued.
Monday
Mar 4
V2 and V3 Reivew for final.
Final Exam Fri, Mar 8, 3-6 pm, Cummings 100 Exam covers material from the whole course.