SCHEDULE
MTH 255H — Winter 2013


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  
 
 
Line Elements 11
Coordinates
Vector Differentials (more)
Week 2
(Jan)
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  
 
6  
Review
7  
 
8  
Midterm
Week 6
(Feb)
11
Cross Product,
Surfaces
12  
 
 
The Cone 13
Surface Elements
 
14  
 
 
15
Flux
 
Week 7
(Feb)
18
Surface Integrals I,
Surface Integrals II
19  
 
 
The Fishing Net 20
Divergence
 
21
 
 
22
No class
 
Week 8
(Feb/Mar)
25
Divergence
Divergence Thm
26  
 
 
Curl and Divergence 27
Curl
Other Coords
28  
 
 
1  
Curl and Divergence
 
Week 9
(Mar)
4
Curl and Divergence
 
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  
 
 
21  
Final
(9:30–11:20 AM)
22