Math 53: Schedule of lectures, homework assignments, and exams

Michael Hutchings, Fall 2007

  Date Topic Homework
1 Aug 27 Introduction; parametric curves 9.1: 5,7,11,13,17,22,25,27
2 Aug 29 Calculus with parametric curves 9.2: 1,3,7,9,13,21,22,37,47
3 Aug 31 Polar coordinates 9.3: 13,17,19,29,33,46,47,51,55
* Sep 3 Labor day, no class  
4 Sep 5 Areas and lengths in polar coordinates 9.4: 3,5,9,23,29,33,35
5 Sep 7 Vectors 10.1: 9,13,19 10.2: 2,13,17,31,33
6 Sep 10 Dot product, cross product, and determinant 10.3: 17,21,38,45 10.4: 3,7,9,15,29,41
7 Sep 12 Lines and planes 10.5: 3,5,17,19,21,23,25,27,38
8 Sep 14 Cylinders and quadric surfaces 10.6: 3,5,17,21,23,25,34
9 Sep 17 Vector-valued functions and space curves 10.7: 3,17-22,23,29,33,35,45,49,57,63
10 Sep 19 Functions of several variables 11.1: 13,14,15,16,27,33,41-46,51
11 Sep 21 Limits and continuity 11.2: 1,3,5,7,9,11,13,15,29
12 Sep 24 Partial derivatives 11.3: 7,9,11,13,29,31,37,39,43,49,71,77
13 Sep 26 Tangent planes and differentials 11.4: 1,3,5,11,13,19,25,27,32
14 Sep 28 The chain rule 11.5: 1,3,5,7,11,17,19,23,25,33,41,43
15 Oct 1 Directional derivatives and the gradient vector 11.6: 1,3,5,7,9,15,17,31,33,37,39
16 Oct 3 Maxima and minima
17 Oct 5 More maxima and minima; Lagrange multipliers
18 Oct 8 Midterm #1: in class, covers lectures 1-15 11.7: 1,2,3,5,7,9,23,25,27,31,35
19 Oct 10 More Lagrange multipliers 11.8: 1,3,5,7,16,17,19,21,23,39
20 Oct 12 Double integrals over rectangles 12.1: 3,7,11,13,15,21,23,27,29,37,40
21 Oct 15 Double integrals over general regions 12.2: 3,7,11,15,19,23,31,35,37,43,51
22 Oct 17 Double integrals in polar coordinates 12.3: 1,2,7,11,13,15,17,23
23 Oct 19 Applications of double integrals 12.4: 1,3,5,7,9,11,13
24 Oct 22 Triple integrals 12.5: 3,5,7,9,11,13,17,27,31,33
25 Oct 24 Triple integrals in cylindrical coordinates 12.6: 5,6,11,12,15,17,19,25,27
26 Oct 26 Triple integrals in spherical coordinates 12.7: 5,7,11,15,17,20,21,31,35
27 Oct 29 Change of variables, Jacobians
28 Oct 31 More change of variables and Jacobians 12.8: 1,3,5,7,9,11,13,15,17,19,21
29 Nov 2 Vector fields 13.1: 5, 11-14, 15-18, 23, 29
30 Nov 5 Line integrals 13.2: 1,3,5,7,13,15,17,19
31 Nov 7 The fundamental theorem of line integrals 13.3: 3,5,7,9,13,15,17,21,31
32 Nov 9 Green's theorem I
* Nov 12 Veterans day, no class  
33 Nov 14 Green's theorem II
34 Nov 16 Midterm #2: in class, covers lectures 1-31, mainly 16-31 13.4: 1,3,7,9,15,17,19,21,27
35 Nov 19 Curl and divergence
36 Nov 21 Parametric surfaces 13.5: 1,3,5,7,8,9,11,13,15,17,23,25,29
* Nov 23 day after Thanksgiving, no class  
37 Nov 26 More parametric surfaces; surface integrals 13.6: 1,3,11-14,15,17,19,29,33,35,37
38 Nov 28 More surface integrals 13.7: 5,7,9,19,21,23,25,27,37
39 Nov 30 Stokes' theorem I
40 Dec 3 Stokes' theorem II 13.8: 1,3,5,7,11,12,13,14,15
41 Dec 5 Divergence theorem I 13.9: 1,3,5,7,9,17,18,19,24,25,27
42 Dec 7 Divergence theorem II
43 Dec 10 Review Memorize chart on p. 795
44 Dec 15 Final exam, 12:30-3:30, location TBA covers entire course