First Half of Class Schedule for MCS 222

Spring 2009

(Link to second half of schedule)

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

Date Reading Topic     Homework    
Due
2/9 1.1 Vectors in low dimensional space #2, 5, 8, 12, 15, 18, 20 2/16
2/10 1.2 Inner product, length and distance #2, 5, 6, 12(6), 15, 21, 26  2/16
2/12
1.3
Matrices, determinants, and the cross-product #2c, 4, 7, 12, 15a, 24, 27, 28 2/16
2/13
1.3
More on matrices, determinants, and the cross-product


2/16
HH-B Polar coordinates; area elements #4, 8, 11, 12, 22, 25, 26, 30   2/20
2/17
1.4
Cylindrical and polar coordinates; volume elements #2a,b, 3a,b,  4a, 8, 12   2/20
2/19

No Class

 2/20
2/20
Review/catch-up (Complex Numbers, if time)

 

2/23
Test #1 on Chapter 1 and HH


2/24  2.1 
The geometry of real-valued functions #1a, 2b, 6, 9, 13, 28 2/27
2/26 2.2
Limits and continuity #4, 9, 10, 15, 16b, 20b 2/27
2/27
Maple lab (Olin 326)


3/2
2.2 More on Limits and Continuity

 
3/3
2.3 Differentiation #1bc, 2b, 3ac, 4b, 6c, 8c 3/9
3/5
2.3 More on differentiation #9, 10, 13b, 16 3/9
3/6
2.4
Paths
#2, 6, 7, 10, 15, 16, 18 3/9

3/9
2.5 Properties of the derivative #3a, 5a ,6a, 8, 10, 12a, 13 3/13
3/10
2.5 More on properties of the derivative
 
3/12
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
3/13
3/13

Review/catchup
 

3/16



 
3/17
  Test #2 on Chapter 2 and 3.1

3/19
 4.1 Acceleration and Newton's second law
#6, 7, 12, 14, 15  3/31
3/20
 4.2 
Arc Length #2, 3, 5, 10  3/31

 3/21 - 3/29  SPRING BREAK