Math 2210-4
Calculus III, Multivariable Calculus
Spring term, 2005

Class Notes

Send e-mail to : Professor Korevaar


Links:
Math 2210-4 home page
Professor Korevaar's home page
Department of Mathematics




Lectures are listed in reverse chronological order.

Week 15
apr27.pdf        All:   course review and practice exam
apr25.pdf        17.4-17.7:   Green's - Stoke's - Divergence theorems explain the geometric meaning of divergence and curl. They are all consequences of the fundamental theorem of Calculus.

Week 14
apr22.pdf        17.4-17.7:   flux integrals and the n=2 divergence theorem. Surface integrals, Stokes and the n=3 divergence theorem.
apr20.pdf        17.4: Green's Theorem
apr18.pdf        17.3-17.4:   gradient fields and conservation of energy; Green's Theorem

Week 13
apr15.pdf        17.3:   path-independent line integrals and gradient vector fields.
apr13.pdf        17.2:   curve integrals and line integrals.
apr11.pdf        17.1:   vector fields, divergence and curl

Week 12
apr8.pdf        16.8:   triple integrals in cylindrical and spherical coordinates, and the big picture.
apr6.pdf        16.7:   triple integrals

Week 11
apr1.pdf        16.6:   surface area of graphs
mar30.pdf     16.5:   applications of double integrals to mass and moments
march 28       16.4: We used Friday's notes!

Week 10
mar25.pdf      16.4:   double integrals in polar coordinates
mar23.pdf      16.3:   integrals over non-rectangular domains
mar21.pdf      16.1-16.2:   double integrals over rectangular domains

Week 9
mar11.pdf      15.9:   Lagrange multipliers approach to constrained max-min problems
mar9.pdf        15.8:   finding maxima and minima for functions of several variables
mar7.pdf        15.7:   gradients are perpendicular to level surfaces; also differential approximation (again)

Week 8
mar4.pdf        15.6:   chain rule
mar2.pdf        15.5:   directional derivatives and the gradient
feb28.pdf       15.4:   multivariable differentiability: good tangent function property

Week 7
feb25.pdf       15.3:   limits and continuity.
feb23.pdf       15.2:   partial derivatives: what they measure and how to compute them

Week 6
feb18.pdf       15.1:   functions of several variables
feb14.pdf       new and review:   intro to 15.1 and review for exam

Week 5
feb11.pdf       14.7   polar, cylinderical, spherical coordinates
February 9       No new notes; finished February 7 notes!
feb7.pdf         13.5, 14.5   curvature and the roller coaster equation for acceleration

Week 4
feb4.pdf         13.4, 13.5, 14.5   geometry of curves and its relation to physics
feb2.pdf         13.4, 14.5   derivatives of vector-valued functions: what they mean and how to compute them.
jan31.pdf        13.1, 14.5   parametric curves

Week 3
jan28.pdf        14.6   Graphing quadric surfaces and cylinders in 3-space. This document is mostly blank because we drew in class!
jan26.pdf        14.3-14.4   More geometry with the dot and cross products.
jan24.pdf        14.3-14.4   cross product applications continued. Lines in the plane and 3-space.

Week 2
jan21.pdf        14.3   determinants and the cross product
jan19.pdf        13.3, 14.2   dot product applications

Week 1
jan14.pdf        13.2,13.3,14.2   introduction to dot product and its uses.
jan12.pdf        13.2,13.3,14.2   vectors: geometric and algebraic addition, scalar multiplication, magnitude.
jan10.pdf        14.1   geometry of 3-space.