Syllabus

The following is a tentative syllabus for the course. This page will be updated irregularly. On the other hand, the weekly syllabus contained in the Homework assignments page will always be accurate.

Lectures Sections in Text Brief Description
9/16 M Stewart 12.1 Introduction to 3-d coordinate system and distance
9/18 W Stewart 12.2 Vectors
9/20 F Linear Algebra
1.1-1.2
Linear equations and row reduction
9/23 M Linear Algebra 2.1 Linear combinations and spanning sets
9/24 T (X-hour) Linear Algebra 2.2 Using basis to provide a map of a subspace
9/25 W Libear Algebra 2.3 Vector equations of lines and planes
9/27 F Stewart 12.3 Dot products and orthogonality
9/30 M Stewart
12.3-12.4
Projections, cross products
10/2 W Stewart 12.5 Equations of lines and planes
10/4 F Stewart
13.1-13.2
Vector valued functions, space curves
10/7 M Review
10/8 T Exam 1: 5:00-6:30
10/9 W Stewart
13.2-13.3
Derivatives and integrals of vector valued functions, arclength
10/11 F Stewart 14.1 Functions of several variables and level sets
10/14 M Linear Algebra 3.1-3.2 Matrix Operations
10/15 T (X-hour) Stewart 14.2 Limit of functions in several variables
10/16 W Stewart 14.3, Linear Algebra 4.1 Partial derivatives and directional derivatives
10/18 F Linear Algebra 4.1 Directional Derivatives
10/21 M Linear Algebra 4.2 Differentiable functions and tangent planes
10/22 T (X-hour) Linear Algebra 5.1-5.2 The language of functions, linear transformations
10/23 W Linear Algebra 5.2 Visualizing linear transformation
10/25 F Linear Algebra 5.3-5.4 Linear properties, rotations/reflections
10/28 M Linear Algebra 5.6 Composition of linear transformations
10/29 T Exam 2: 5:00-6:30
10/30 W Linear Algebra 6.1-6.2 Derivatives of real-valued functions
11/1 F No Class
11/4 M Linear Algebra 6.2 Derivatives of higher dimensions
11/5 T (X-hour) Stewart 14.6 Maximizing directional derivatives
11/6 W Stewart 14.6
Linear Algebra 6.4
The chain rule
11/8 F Stewart 14.7 Min/Max for functions with several variables
11/11 M Stewart 14.7 Min/Max for functions with several variables
11/13 W Stewart 14.8 Lagrange multipliers
11/15 F Stewart 14.8 Lagrange multipliers
11/18 M Review
11/24 Sun Final Exam: 3:00-6:00