SCHEDULE
MTH 255 — Winter 2012


This is a rough schedule showing which topic we will cover when. All dates are subject to change.
The topic links refer to my online book.

  Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri
Week 1
(Jan)
9
Vectors
Dot Product
10  
 
 
11
Differentials
 
12  
Which Way is North?
  Line Elements 13 Coordinates
Vector Differentials (more)
Week 2
(Jan)
16
 
MLK Day
17  
 
 
18
Gradient
Directional Derivatives
19  
 
The Hill
20
 
OSU closed
Week 3
(Jan)
23
Gradient
Vector Fields
24  
 
 
25
Vector Fields
Line Integrals I
26  
 
The Valley
27
Line Integrals I
 
Week 4
(Jan/Feb)
30 Line Integrals II
Use What You Know
31  
 
 
1
Path Independence
 
2  
 
The Wire
3  
Conservative Vector Fields
 
Week 5
(Feb)
6  
Finding Potentials
7  
 
8  
Review
9  
Review
10  
Midterm
Week 6
(Feb)
13
Cross Product
14  
 
15
Surfaces
16  
The Cone
17
Surface Elements
Week 7
(Feb)
20
Flux
21  
 
22
Flux
23
The Fishing Net
24
Surface Integrals
Week 8
(Feb/Mar)
27
Divergence
Divergence Thm
28  
 
 
29
Curl
Other Coords
1  
Curl and Divergence
2  
Curl and Divergence
 
Week 9
(Mar)
5
Curl and Divergence
6  
 
 
7
Stokes' Thm
Product Rules
8  
 
Stokes' Theorem
9
Stokes' Thm
Second Derivatives
Week 10
(Mar)
12
Change of Variables
13  
 
 
14  
Change of Variables
 
15  
Change of Variables
16  
 
Review
Finals
(Mar)
19  
 
 
20  
Final (2–3:50 PM)
21  
 
 
22  
 
 
23