MATH 207 Syllabus



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

LectureDateTopic
1Thu 8/28Outline of the course, introduction to vectors
2Tue 9/2Euclidean spaces and their subspaces
3Thu 9/4Inner product, norm, and distance
4Tue 9/9Linear transformations
5Thu 9/11Matrices
6Tue 9/16More on matrices
7Thu 9/18Determinants
8Tue 9/23Cross product and special coordinates in R3
9Thu 9/25Geometry of scalar functions
---Tue 9/30No class
10Thu 10/2Workshop 1
11Tue 10/7Midterm 1
---Thu 10/9No class
---Tue 10/14No class
12Thu 10/16Limits and continuity
13Tue 10/21Derivatives
14Thu 10/23More on derivatives, introduction to paths
15Tue 10/28Differentiation rules
16Thu 10/30Gradient of a scalar function
17Tue 11/4Higher derivatives
18Thu 11/6Taylor's theorem
19Tue 11/11Extrema of scalar functions and classification of critical points
20Thu 11/13Workshop 2
21Tue 11/18Midterm 2
22Thu 11/20Constrained extrema
23Tue 11/25The inverse and implicit function theorems
---Thu 11/27No class
24Tue 12/2Geometry of curves in R2 and R3
25Thu 12/4Vector fields and their trajectories, geometric ODE's
26Tue 12/9Divergence and curl
27Thu 12/11More on divergence and curl
28Tue 12/16Workshop 3

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