Math 20 Syllabus
Note: two of these sections run on a MWF schedule
and one of the sections runs on a TuTh schedule.
For this reason, there might not be an exact day-to-day
match between the listed topics and the lectures.
However, the syllabus should be very accurate on a
week by week basis.
Week 1 Chapter 12
- 12.1-12.3 review of vectors: dot and cross product,
Week 2 Chapter 12
- 12.4 lines and planes
- 12.5 parametric curves
- 12.6 curvature and acceleration
Week 3 Chapter 13
- 13.1-13.2 intro to functions of several variables.
- 13.3 continuity of functions of several variables.
- 13.4 partial deriatives
Week 4 Chapter 13
- 13.5 first derivative test in several variables.
- 13.6 matrices and linear approximation
Week 5 Chapter 13
- 13.7 chain rule
- 12.8 gradient and directional derivatives
Week 6 Chapter 13
- 13.9 Lagrange multipliers
- 13.10 second derivative test
Week 7 Chapter 14
- 14.1: definition of double integral
- 14.2: doing double integrals in practice
- 14.3: area and volume using double integrals
Week 8 Chapter 14
- 14.4: double integrals in polar coords.
- 14.5: further applications of double integrals
- 14.6: triple integrals
Week 9 Chapter 14
- 14.7: triple integrams in spherical and cylindrical coords.
- 14.8: surface area
- 14.9: change of variables (especially cylindrical & spherical)
Week 10 Chapter 14
- 15.1: vector fields; div, grad, curl
- 15.2: line integrals
Week 11 Chapter 15
- 15.3: conservative vector fields; independence of path
- 15.4: Green's theorem
Week 12 Chapter 15
- 15.4: Green's theorem
- 15.5: Surface integrals
Week 13 Chapter 15
Week 14 Chapter 15