SCHEDULE
MTH 255H — 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? 13 Coordinates
Vector Differentials (more)
Week 2
(Jan)
16
MLK Day
17   18
OSU closed
19  
 
20
OSU closed
Week 3
(Jan)
The Hill 23
Gradient
 
24  
 
The Hill 25
Directional Derivatives
26  
 
 
The Valley 27
Vector Fields
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  
 
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' Theorem
Product Rules
8  
 
 
Stokes' Theorem 9
Stokes' Theorem
Second Derivatives
Week 10
(Mar)
12
Change of Variables
13   14  
Change of Variables
15  
 
Change of Variables 16  
Review
Finals
(Mar)
19  
 
 
20  
 
21  
 
 
22  
Final (2–3:50 PM)
23