SCHEDULE
MTH 255H — Winter 2011


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