21-268 Multidimensional Calculus - CMU Spring 2016 (Sec. A and B)

This is the webpage for Lecture 1 of 21-268 at CMU Spring 2016 semester. I will try to keep it clear and simple.

Instructor

Laurent Dietrich
Office: Wean Hall 7128
e-mail:
Office Hours: Mondays 4:30-6:00pm

T.A.

Christopher Cox
Office: Wean Hall 6201
e-mail: cocox at andrew dot cmu dot edu
Office Hours:

Syllabus

Can be downloaded here.

Schedule and Assignment

Lectures take place on MWF 3:30-4:20pm in Scaife Hall 219.
Recitations for Sec. A on Tuesday 1:30-2:20pm in Wean Hall 6423 and for Sec. B on 3:30-4:20pm in Wean Hall 6423.

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Week #1
Jan. 16 - Jan. 20
Assignment | Sol.
M: Martin Luther King day, no class.
W: Geometry and topology of R^n.
F: Level sets. Limits.
Week #2
Jan. 23 - Jan. 27
Assignment | Sol.
M: Continuity.
W: Partial derivatives (+ handout).
F: Implicit differentiation. Total differential.
Week #3
Jan. 30 - Feb. 3
Assignment | Sol.
M: Continuity of partial derivatives implies differentiable. Digression: determinant.
W: The Jacobian matrix. Composition d/dt [f(g1(t),...,gn(t))].
F: The general chain rule. The implicit function theorem (n=2).
Week #4
Feb. 6 - Feb. 10
Assignment | Sol.
M: General implicit function theorem. Inverse functions and determinant.
W: The inverse function theorem. Directional derivatives. Gradient.
F: Laplacian. Minima and maxima.
Week #5
Feb. 13 - Feb. 17
Review Q. | Sol.
M: Necessary and sufficient conditions for local extrema.
W: Minima and maxima for continuous functions on compact subsets.
F: Scalar and vector fields. Divergence, gradient, curl and what they measure (+ handout).
Week #6
Feb. 20 - Feb. 24
Assignment | Sol.
M: Vectorial calculus identities. Reminder about integration on [a,b].
W: Midterm 1 and a short solution.
F: Integration on the plane. Properties.
Week #7
Feb. 27 - Mar. 3
Assignment | Sol.
M: Iterated integrals. Areas of some shapes.
W: 3D integrals.
F: More 3D integrals. The change of variable formula.
Week #8
Mar. 6 - Mar. 10
Assignment | Sol.
M: Polar and linear changes of variables.
W: More changes of variables (spherical).
F: Mid-semester break, no class.
Week #9
Mar. 13 - Mar. 17
M: Spring break, no class.
W: Spring break, no class.
F: Spring break, no class.
Week #10
Mar. 20 - Mar. 24
Assignment | Sol.
M: Arc length. Surface area.
W: Surface area. Improper integrals.
F: Improper integrals, Leibniz rule.
Week #11
Mar. 27 - Mar. 31
No assignment.
M: Curve integrals 1/2.
W: Curve integrals 2/2.
F: Green's theorem 1/2.
Week #12
Apr. 3 - Apr. 7
Assignment | Sol.
M: Green's theorem 2/2. Path independence.
W: Midterm 2 and solution.
F: Characterizations of path independence in the plane.
Week #13
Apr. 10 - Apr. 14
Assignment | Sol.
M: Line integrals in space. Oriented surfaces.
W: Surface integrals.
F: The divergence theorem 1/2.
Week #14
Apr. 17 - Apr. 21
Assignment | Sol.
M: Divergence theorem 2/2, applications to physics.
W: Stokes theorem 1/2.
F: Spring carnival, no class.
Week #15
Apr. 24 - Apr. 28
M: Stokes theorem 2/2.
W: What is the magnetic field induced by an electrical wire ?
F: Path independence. Maxwell's equations.
Week #16
May 1 - May 5
M: Review week 1/4
T: Review week 2/4
W: Review week 3/4
F: Review week 4/4
Week #17
May 8 - May 12
T: Final exam 5:30 - 8:30 p.m. in HH B131
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