Department of Mathematics
North
Carolina State University
MA
242 Schedule – Fall 2018
Textbook: Calculus
for Engineers and Scientists, Volume III, by
John
E. Franke, John R. Griggs, and Larry K. Norris, 1st edition.
The
text is in pdf format and will be available to the students via WebAssign.
MA 242
Day-by-day Schedule Fall, 2018
Week of |
Section |
Topic |
8/22 – 8/24 |
1.1 |
Cartesian Coordinates: In 2 and 3 dimensional
space |
1.2 |
Vectors in 2 and 3 Dimensions: |
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1.2 |
Continue
study of vectors |
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8/27 – 8/31 |
1.3 |
The Angle Between Two Vectors:
The Dot Product |
1.4 |
The Cross Product: |
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1.5 |
Lines and Planes in 3-dimensional Space |
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More
on equations of lines and planes |
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9/3 |
Monday |
Holiday |
9/4 – 9/7 |
2.1 |
The Calculus of Vector-valued Functions: Limits, derivatives and integrals |
2.2 |
Parameterized Curves in Space:
Newton’s second law. Free fall under
gravity. |
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2.2 |
Projectile motion under gravity. |
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9/10 – 9/14 |
2.3 |
Fundamental Quantities Associated with a Curve: Tangent
vectors, arc length and curvature |
2.4 |
The Intrinsic Geometry of Curves in 3-Space; curvature and the osculating
plane |
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2.4 |
More on the geometry of curves in space;
the osculating circle |
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2.5 |
The decomposition of the acceleration vector into its normal and
tangential components and the formula |
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Review
for Test #1 |
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September
17 |
Monday |
TEST
#1 |
9/18 – 9/21 |
3.1 |
Multivariable Functions:
Material up through level curves |
Level
surfaces of functions of 3 variables.
Parametric surfaces. |
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3.2 |
Limits and Continuity:
Theorems on limits; Continuity; |
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3.3 |
Directional Derivatives: Partial derivatives; higher derivatives; |
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9/24 – 9/28 |
3.3 |
Geometrical
interpretation of partial derivatives; Tangent plane to the graph of f(x,y) |
3.4 |
Differentiability of multivariable functions: Definition; Differentiability and
continuity; Theorem 9 on characterizing differentiability. |
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3.5 |
The Directional Derivative and the Gradient: Formula for the directional derivative in
terms of the gradient (Corollary 2). |
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What
does the gradient vector say about a function? |
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10/01 – 10/03 |
3.5 |
The
Chain rules for multivariable functions |
Tangent
planes to graphs z = f(x,y); The general chain rule |
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3.6 |
Optimization: local and global extreme values of f(x,y) |
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3.6 |
More
on extreme values |
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10/4 – 10/5 |
Thursday-Friday |
Fall
Break |
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10/8 - 10/10 |
4.1 |
Double Integrals over a rectangle as a limit of Riemann sums |
Fubini’s
Theorem for double
integrals over rectangles; iterated integrals |
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4.1 |
Double
integrals over general regions |
10/11 |
Thursday |
Review
for Test #2 |
10/12 |
Friday |
TEST
#2 |
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4.1 |
Reversing
the order of integration; |
4.2 |
Applications of Double Integrals |
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More
on applications of double integrals |
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10/22
– 10/26 |
4.3 |
Triple Integrals in Cartesian Coordinates: Over
rectangular solid regions |
Triple
integrals over z-simple
regions |
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Triple
integrals over x- and y- simple regions |
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Applications
of triple integrals |
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10/29
– 11/02 |
5.1 |
Double Integrals in Polar Coordinates: over polar
rectangles |
Double
integrals in polar coordinates over more general regions |
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5.2 |
Triple integrals in cylindrical coordinates |
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Friday |
Review for test #3 |
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11/05 |
Monday |
TEST
#3 |
11/06
– 11/09 |
5.3 |
Triple integrals in spherical coordinates |
5.3 |
More
on triple integrals in spherical coordinates |
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6.1 |
Vector Fields |
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6.2 |
Line Integrals: First briefly review parameterized
curves from section 2.2 and formula #2.6 for ds/dt
in section 2.3. |
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11/12 – 11/16 |
6.2 |
Line integrals of functions |
6.3 |
Line integrals of vector fields:
The
fundamental theorem for line integrals |
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5.3 |
Conservative
vector fields and potential functions; Conservation of total energy |
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6.4 |
Parametric Surfaces in Space: graphs, spheres and cylinders |
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11/19
– 11/20 |
6.5 |
Surface Integrals: Surface Area of a Parametrized Surface Tangent
planes to parametric surfaces |
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6.5 |
Surface Integral of a Function |
11/21
– 11/23 |
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Thanksgiving
Holiday |
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11/26 |
6.5 |
Surface Integral of a Vector Field |
11/27 |
Tuesday |
Review
for test #4 |
11/28 |
Wednesday |
TEST #4 |
11/29 |
7.1 7.2 |
Integral Curves of Vector Fields The Divergence of a Vector Field |
11/30 |
7.2 |
The Curl of a Vector Field: Maxwell’s
Equations and Electromagnetic Waves (Optional) |
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12/3 – 12/7 Last week Of Classes |
7.3 |
Green’s Theorems: for circulation
and for flux |
7.4 |
Stokes’ Theorem |
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7.5 |
The Divergence Theorem |
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Thursday |
Semester
Review |
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Friday |
Semester
Review |