­­­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:

1.2

Continue study of vectors

 

 

 

 

 

  8/27 – 8/31

1.3

The Angle Between Two Vectors:  The Dot Product

1.4

The Cross Product:

1.5

Lines and Planes in 3-dimensional Space

More on equations of lines and planes

 

 

 

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.  

 

2.2

Projectile motion under gravity.

 

 

 

 

  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

2.4

More on the geometry of curves in space; the osculating circle

 

2.5

The decomposition of the acceleration vector into its normal and tangential components and the formula

 

Review for Test #1

 

 

 

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.

3.2

Limits and Continuity:  Theorems on limits; Continuity;

3.3

Directional Derivatives: Partial derivatives;  higher derivatives;

 

 

 

 

 

 

  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.

 

3.5

The Directional Derivative and the Gradient:  Formula for the directional derivative in terms of the gradient (Corollary 2).

What does the gradient vector say about a function?

 

 

 

 

 

  10/01 – 10/03

 

3.5

The Chain rules for multivariable functions

Tangent planes to graphs z = f(x,y);  The general chain rule

3.6

Optimization: local and global extreme values of f(x,y)

3.6

More on extreme values

10/4 – 10/5

Thursday-Friday

Fall Break

 

 

 

 

  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

 

4.1

Double integrals over general regions

10/11

Thursday

Review for Test #2

10/12

Friday

TEST #2

 

 

 

 

4.1

Reversing the order of integration;

 

4.2

Applications of Double Integrals

More on applications of double integrals

 

 

 

 

10/22 – 10/26

 

 

4.3

 

Triple Integrals in Cartesian Coordinates: Over rectangular solid regions

Triple integrals over  z-simple regions

Triple integrals over x- and y- simple regions

Applications of triple integrals

 

 

 

 

10/29 – 11/02

 

5.1

 

Double Integrals in Polar Coordinates: over polar rectangles

Double integrals in polar coordinates over more general regions

5.2

Triple integrals in cylindrical coordinates

Friday

Review for test #3

 

 

 

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

6.1

Vector Fields

 

6.2

Line Integrals: First briefly review parameterized curves from section 2.2 and formula #2.6 for ds/dt in section 2.3. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 11/12 – 11/16

 

6.2

­ Line integrals of functions

6.3

Line integrals of vector fields:  The fundamental theorem for line integrals

5.3

Conservative vector fields and potential functions; Conservation of total energy

6.4

Parametric Surfaces in Space: graphs, spheres and cylinders

 

 

 

11/19 – 11/20

6.5

Surface Integrals: Surface Area of a Parametrized Surface

Tangent planes to parametric surfaces

 

6.5

Surface Integral of a Function

11/21 – 11/23

 

Thanksgiving Holiday

 

 

 

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)

 

 

 

12/3 – 12/7

Last week

Of

Classes

 

7.3

Green’s Theorems:  for circulation and for flux

7.4

Stokes’ Theorem

7.5

The Divergence Theorem

Thursday

Semester Review

Friday

Semester Review