MATH 207 Syllabus



Here is a preliminary version of the course syllabus (subject to change).

LectureDateTopic
1Th 8/31Outline of the course, introduction to vectors
2Tu 9/5Euclidean spaces and their subspaces
3Th 9/7Inner product, norm, and distance
4Tu 9/12Linear transformations
5Th 9/14Matrices
6Tu 9/19More on matrices
7Th 9/21Determinants
8Tu 9/26Cross product and special coordinates in R3
9Th 9/28Geometry of scalar functions
10Th 10/5Limits and continuity
11Tu 10/10Workshop 1
***Th 10/12First Midterm
12Tu 10/17Derivatives
13Th 10/19More on derivatives, introduction to paths
14Tu 10/24Differentiation rules
15Th 10/26Gradient of a scalar function
16Tu 10/31Higher derivatives
17Th 11/2Taylor's theorem
18Tu 11/7Extrema of scalar functions and classification of critical points
19Th 11/9Constrained extrema
20Tu 11/14Workshop 2
***Th 11/16Second Midterm
21Tu 11/21The inverse and implicit function theorems
22Tu 11/28Geometry of curves in R2 and R3
23Th 11/30Vector fields and their trajectories, geometric ODE's
24Tu 12/5Divergence and curl
25Th 12/7More on divergence and curl
26Tu 12/12Workshop 3

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