MATH 201 Syllabus



Here is a preliminary version of the course syllabus (subject to change). There will be a quiz at the end of the lectures marked with a "Q".

LectureDateTopicSection
1Tue 9/1General remarks, parametric curves9.1
2Thu 9/3Calculus with parametric curves9.2
3Tue 9/8Polar coordinates9.3, 9.4
4 QThu 9/103-dimensional space and vectors10.1, 10.2
5Tue 9/15Dot product10.3
6 QThu 9/17Cross product10.4
7Tue 9/22Lines and planes10.5
8 QThu 9/24Cylinders and quadric surfaces10.6
---Tue 9/29No class (Monday schedule)---
9Thu 10/1Calculus of vector functions10.7
10 QTue 10/6Arclength, curvature and Motion10.8, 10.9
11Thu 10/8Review I---
12Tue 10/13Midterm I---
13Thu 10/15Functions of several variables, limits and continuity11.1, 11.2
14Tue 10/20Partial derivatives11.3
15 QThu 10/22Derivatives and Linear approximations11.4
16Tue 10/27Chain rule11.5
17 QThu 10/29Directional derivative and the gradient11.6
18Tue 11/3Critical points and extrema11.7
19 QThu 11/5Double integrals over rectangles12.1
20Tue 11/10Double integrals over general regions12.2
21Thu 11/12Review II---
22Tue 11/17Midterm II---
23Thu 11/19Double integrals in polar coordinates 12.3
24 QTue 11/24Applications of double integrals12.4
---Thu 11/26No class (Thanksgiving)---
25Tue 12/1Triple integrals12.5
26 QThu 12/3Triple integrals in cylinderical coordinates12.6
27Tue 12/8Triple integrals in spherical coordinates12.7
28Thu 12/10Review III---

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