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    Math 120 Calculus for Functions of Several Variables (Spring 2015)

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There will be 28 lectures given by the instructors, each lasting 2 class hours. The actual timing of the lectures may differ slightly from section to section because of the holidays, but the total number will be the same. Besides these lectures, there will be recitations, 2 hours per week, during which the assistants will solve extra problems and give quizzes.

The table below is a rough guideline for the content of course lectures. Professors may reorder content as necessary/desired. The section and page numbers below are from the textbook, Calculus, by James Stewart, 7th international metric ed., 2012.

Week 1:
Feb.16-20
1
Chapter 12. Vectors and the Geometry of Space
§12.1: Three-Dimensional Coordinate Systems.
§12.2: Vectors.
§12.3: The Dot Product.
2 §12.4: The Cross Product.
§12.5: Equations of Lines and Planes.
Week 2:
Feb.23-27
3 §12.5: Equations of Lines and Planes (cont).
4 §12.5: Equations of Lines and Planes (cont).
§12.6: Cylinders and Quadric Surfaces
 Gallery of Quadric Surfaces.
Week 3:
Mar.2-6
5 §12.6: Cylinders and Quadric Surfaces (cont).
Chapter 13. Vector Functions
§13.1: Vector Functions and Space Curves.
6 §13.2: Derivatives and Integrals of Vector Functions
 Motion in 3D.
Week 4:
Mar.9-13
7
Chapter 14. Partial Derivatives
§14.1: Functions of Several Variables
 Functions of Two Variables (MIT OCW).
§14.2: Limits and Continuity.
8 §14.3: Partial Derivatives.
§14.4: Tangent Planes and Linear Approximations.
Week 5:
Mar.16-20
9 §14.5: The Chain Rule.
Short Exam 1: Wednesday, March 18 at 18:40
10 §14.6: Directional Derivatives and the Gradient Vector.
Week 6:
Mar.23-27
11 §14.7: Maximum and Minimum Values.
12 §14.8: Lagrange Multipliers.
Midterm 1: Saturday, March 28 at 9:40
Week 7:
Mar.30-
Apr.3
13
Chapter 15. Multiple Integrals
§15.1: Double Integrals over Rectangles.
§15.2: Iterated Integrals.
14 §15.3: Double Integrals over General Regions.
§15.5: Applications of Double Integrals.
Week 8:
Apr.6-10
15 §10.3: Polar Coordinates.
§15.4: Double Integrals in Polar Coordinates.
16 §15.10: Change of Variables in Multiple Integrals.
Week 9:
Apr.13-17
17 §15.7: Triple Integrals (Simple regions. Omit moments & center of mass.).
18
Chapter 16. Vector Calculus
§16.1: Vector Fields.
§16.2: Line Integrals.
Week 10:
Apr.20-24
19 §16.3: The Fundamental Theorem for Line Integrals.
Holiday: Thursday, April 23
20 §16.4: Green's Theorem.
Week 11:
Apr.27-30
21
Chapter 11. Infinite Sequences and Series
§11.1: Sequences.
22 §11.1: Sequences (cont) (Including Monotonic Sequence Thm).
§11.2: Series.

Short Exam 2: Wednesday April 29 at 18:40

Holiday: Friday, May 1

Midterm 2: Saturday, May 2 at 9:40
Week 12:
May 4-8
23 §11.2: Series (cont).
§11.3: The Integral Test (Not including 'Estimating the Sum of a Series').
24 §11.4: The Comparison Tests (Including 'Estimating Sums').
Week 13:
May 11-15
25 §11.5: Alternating Series (Including 'Estimating Sums').
§11.6.1: Absolute Convergence.
26 §11.6.2: The Ratio and Root Tests.
§11.7: Strategy for Testing Series (Reading/Recitation Assignment).
Week 14:
May 18-22
27 §11.8: Power Series.
§11.9: Representations of Functions as Power Series.

Holiday: Tuesday, May 19

Short Exam 3: Wednesday May 20 at 18:40
28 §11.9: Representations of Functions as Power Series (cont).
§11.10: Taylor and Maclaurin Series.
FINAL EXAMS May 25 -- June 6

* Reading assignments may be tested in the exams and quizzes.