SCHEDULE
MTH 254 — Fall 2013


This is a rough schedule showing which topic we will cover when. All dates are subject to change, excepting only the dates for the midterm and final. The indicated sections refer to the Briggs/Cochran textbook; the topic links refer to my own online book.

  Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri
Week 1
(Sep/Oct)
30
intro & review
1  
 
§12.1–12.2 2
surfaces & level sets
3  
 
§5 4
single integrals
Week 2
(Oct)
§13.2 7
double integrals
8  
 
§13.2 9
order of integration
10  
 
§13.4 11
triple integrals
Week 3
(Oct)
§10.2 & §13.5 14
curvilinear coordinates
15  
 
§13.5 16
curvilinear integrals
17  
 
§13.6 18
applications
Week 4
(Oct)
21
differentials
22  
 
§12.3–12.4 23
partial derivatives
24
 
§12.4 25
partial derivatives
Week 5
(Oct/Nov)
§12.5 28
chain rule
29  
 
§12.5 30
chain rule
31  
 
1
applications
Week 6
(Nov)
§13.7 4
change of variables
5  
 
6  
Review
7  
 
8  
Midterm
Week 7
(Nov)
§11.1–11.3 11
vectors & dot product
12  
 
§12.6 13
gradient
14  
 
§12.6 15
gradient properties
Week 8
(Nov)
§12.6 18
directional derivatives
19  
 
§12.7–12.8 20
optimization
21
 
§12.8 22
optimization
Week 9
(Nov)
§11.4–11.6 25
curves & cross product
26  
 
§12.9 27
Lagrange multipliers
28  
Thanksgiving
29  
Thanksgiving
Week 10
(Dec)
§11.7–11.8 2
motion & arclength
3  
 
§11.9 4
curvature
5  
 
6  
Review
Finals
(Dec)
9  
 
10 Final
12–1:50 PM
11  
 
12  
 
13