Math 32AH Course Outline

DateTopics
Fri, Sep 231.1-1.2 Vectors and Coordinates
Mon, Sep 261.3 Lines and Planes
Wed, Sep 281.4 Dot product
Fri, Sep 301.5 Euclidean geometry
Mon, Oct 031.6 Cross product
Wed, Oct 054.1.A Functions from R^n to R^m, linear transformations and matrices, functions of a single variable and their image curves
Fri, Oct 074.1.A Functions of a single variable: limits and continuity, epsilon-delta definitions
Mon, Oct 104.1.A-C Functions of a single variable: differentiability, smooth curves, velocity and acceleration
Wed, Oct 124.1.D, 8.2 Arc length, curves parametrized by arc length
Fri, Oct 148.3 Normal vectors, tangential and centripetal accelerations, curvature
Mon, Oct 17Derivation of Kepler's First Law
Wed, Oct 19FIRST MIDTERM
Fri, Oct 214.2.A Functions of several variables: graphs
Mon, Oct 244.2.B,D Level sets, quadratic surfaces
Wed, Oct 265.1.A Topology of R^n: open and closed sets, interior and boundary points
Fri, Oct 285.1.B Limits of functions from R^n to R^m: comprehending the epsilon-delta definition
Mon, Oct 315.1.C Continuity of functions from R^n to R^m
Wed, Nov 024.3 Partial derivatives
Fri, Nov 045.2 Differentiability of functions from R^n to R: motivation, definition, uniqueness
Mon, Nov 075.2 Differentiability of functions from R^n to R: sufficient condition, differentiability and continuity, tangent approximation
Wed, Nov 095.3 Directional derivatives, the mean-value theorem
Fri, Nov 11Veterans Day holiday
Mon, Nov 145.4 Differentiability of functions from R^n to R^m, derivative matrices
Wed, Nov 16SECOND MIDTERM
Fri, Nov 184.4 Parameterized surfaces, tangent planes, graph of functions from R^2 to R as parametrized surfaces
Mon, Nov 216.2 Chain rule, the Inverse Function Theorem (without proof)
Wed, Nov 236.1 Plotting gradient fields, direction of maximal increase, relation with level sets
Fri, Nov 25Thanksgiving holiday
Mon, Nov 286.3 Implicit differentiation
Wed, Nov 306.4A,B Finding points of minimum and maximum (extreme points) of a function on a given set
Fri, Dec 026.4B,C Lagrange multiplier method
Tue, Dec 06,FINAL EXAM, 3:00-6:00 PM