SCHEDULE
MTH 255H — Winter 2019


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)
7
Vectors, Dot Product,
Law of Cosines
8  
 
 
Which Way is North? 9  
Differentials I,
Differentials II
10  
 
 
Vector Displacement 11
Coordinates
Vector Differentials (more)
Week 2
(Jan)
Line Elements 14
Gradient
15  
 
The Hill 16
Gradient
17  
 
18
Directional Derivatives
Week 3
(Jan)
21
MLK Day
22  
 
The Valley 23
Vector Fields
24  
 
25
Line Integrals I
Week 4
(Jan/Feb)
28 Line Integrals II
Use What You Know
29  
 
The Wire 30
Path Independence
31  
 
1  
Conservative Vector Fields
Week 5
(Feb)
4  
Finding Potentials
 
5  

   
The Cone 6
Cross Product,
Surfaces
7  

   
8
Surface Elements
 
Week 6
(Feb)
11
Review
12
 
13  
Midterm
14  
 
15
Flux
Week 7
(Feb)
18
Surface Integrals I,
Surface Integrals II
19  
 
 
The Fishing Net 20
Surface Integrals I,
Surface Integrals II
21
 
 
22
Divergence
 
Week 8
(Feb/Mar)
25
OSU Closed
(AM only; snow)
26  
 
 
27
OSU Closed
(AM only; snow)
28  
 
 
1 Divergence
Divergence Thm
Curl
Week 9
(Mar)
Curl 4
Curl and Divergence
Other Coords
5  
 
 
Stokes' Theorem 6
Stokes' Theorem
Product Rules
7  
 
 
8
Stokes' Theorem
Second Derivatives
Week 10
(Mar)
11
Change of Variables
12  
 
Change of Variables 13
Change of Variables
14  
 
15  
Review
Finals
(Mar)
18  
 
 
19  
 
 
20  
Final
(6–7:50 PM)
21  
 
 
22