Course Information

Winter 1997

MTH 255: Vector Calculus II

Lectures: MWF 12:00 Kidd 280 (Section 60) and MWF 1:00 StAg 107 (Section 70)
Instructor: Tevian Dray
Office hours: W 10:30-11:15+, F 9:30-10:15+ in Kidder 306 and by appointment (W 2-4 is best)
Phone: 737-5159
Email: tevian@math.orst.edu

Recitations: Th 12:00 StAg 323 (Section 61) and Th 1:00 Bat 250 (Section 71)
TA: Roger Ahders
Office hours: Th 12-2 in Kidder 354 & F 10-12 in MLC Lab (and by appointment)
Phone: 737-5141
Email: ahders@math.orst.edu

Texts:

Dray, Calculus Study Guide -- MTH 255

Stewart, Calculus, 3rd edition, Chapters 11-14
(You may use either the Early Transcendentals volume or the shorter Multivariable volume.)

WWW Study Guide
(Please note that the WWW Study Guide has no official connection to the course, and in particular bears no relation to the required Calculus Study Guide. This link is included as a service only.)

Grades:

Worksheets: 15% (best 6 out of 7)

Midterms: 25% (each)

Final: 35%

Exams:

1/29/97: Midterm 1 (parametric curves, gradient)

2/19/97: Midterm 2 (line integrals, Green's Thm, curl, divergence, change of variables)

3/20/97 and 3/18/97: Final (above + parametric surfaces, surface integrals, Stokes' Thm, Divergence Thm) (midterms are in class; Th 3/20 final is 6-8 PM in Kidd 280; Tu 3/18 final is 6-8 PM in StAg 107)

Worksheets:

WS 0 (1/9/97; ungraded)

WS 1 (1/16/97)

WS 2 (1/23/97)

WS 3 (2/6/97)

WS 4 (2/13/97)

WS 5 (2/27/97)

WS 6 (3/6/97)

WS 7 (3/13/97)
(No worksheets during exam weeks; instead, go over exam.)

Outline:

Lesson Section(s) Topic(s)

1 § 11.7 Parametric Curves
2 § 11.8/11.9 Arc Length, Curvature, Acceleration
3 § 12.7 Maxima/Minima Problems
4 § 12.6 Directional Derivatives and Gradient
5 § 12.8 Lagrange Multipliers
6 § 14.1 Vector Fields
7 § 14.2 Line Integrals
8 § 14.3 Independence of Path
9 § 14.4 Green's Theorem
10 § 14.5 Curl & Divergence
11 § 13.9 Change of Variables
12 § 14.6 Parametric Surfaces
13 § 14.7 Surface Integrals
14 § 14.8 Stokes' Theorem
15 § 14.9 The Divergence Theorem

Lesson	Section(s)	Topic(s)
1	§ 11.7	Parametric Curves
2	§ 11.8/11.9	Arc Length, Curvature, Acceleration
3	§ 12.7	Maxima/Minima Problems
4	§ 12.6	Directional Derivatives and Gradient
5	§ 12.8	Lagrange Multipliers
6	§ 14.1	Vector Fields
7	§ 14.2	Line Integrals
8	§ 14.3	Independence of Path
9	§ 14.4	Green's Theorem
10	§ 14.5	Curl & Divergence
11	§ 13.9	Change of Variables
12	§ 14.6	Parametric Surfaces
13	§ 14.7	Surface Integrals
14	§ 14.8	Stokes' Theorem
15	§ 14.9	The Divergence Theorem

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