First Half of Class Schedule for MCS 222

(Link to second half of schedule)

In the following, HH-B stands for appendix B of Calculus by Hughes-Hallett, et al; similarly for HH-C.

Date	Reading	Topic	Homework	Due
9/5
9/6	1.1	Vectors in low dimensional space	#2, 5, 8, 12, 15, 18, 20	9/12
9/8	1.2	Inner product, length and distance	#2, 5, 6, 12(6), 15, 21, 26	9/12
9/9	1.3	Matrices, determinants, and the cross-product	#2c, 4, 7, 12, 15a, 24, 27, 28	9/16
9/12	1.3	More on matrices, determinants, and the cross-product
9/13	HH-B	Polar coordinates; area elements	#4, 8, 11, 12, 22, 25, 26, 30	9/16
9/15	HH-C	Complex numbers	#4, 7, 10, 11, 23, 26, 34a, 35	9/16
9/16	1.4	Cylindrical and polar coordinates; volume elements	#2a,b, 3a,b,  4a, 8, 12	9/23
9/19		Review/Catch-up
9/20		Test #1 on Chapter 1 and HH
9/22	2.1	The geometry of real-valued functions	#1a, 2b, 6, 9, 13, 28	9/30
9/23	2.2	Limits and continuity	#4, 9, 10, 15, 16b, 20b	9/30
9/26		Maple lab (Olin 326)
9/27	2.2	More on Limits and Continuity
9/29	2.3	Differentiation	#1bc, 2b, 3ac, 4b, 6c, 8c	10/7
9/30	2.3	More on differentiation	#9, 10, 13b, 16	10/7
10/3	2.4	Paths	#2, 6, 7, 10, 15, 16, 18	10/10
10/4		Nobel Conference (NO CLASS)
10/6	2.5	Properties of the derivative	#3a, 5a ,6a, 8, 10, 12a, 13	10/10
10/7	2.5	More on properties of the derivative
10/10	2.6 & 3.1	Gradients & directional derivs; iterated partial derivs	2.6: #2d, 3c, 4a, 5a, 6b, 7b, 16 3.1: #3, 8b, 12, 19	10/14
10/11		Review/catchup
10/13		Test #2 on Chapter 2 and 3.1
10/14	4.1	Acceleration and Newton's second law	#6, 7, 12, 14, 15	10/21
10/17	4.2	Arc Length	#2, 3, 5, 10	10/21
10/18	7.1	Path Integrals	#2a, 3a, 11	10/21
10/20	4.3	Vector fields  Maple Lab (download)	#2, 6, 9, 13, 14	10/28
10/21	7.2	Line Integrals	#1c, 2a, 3, 4a, 6, 12, 14	10/28
10/24 - 10/25  FALL BREAK