Semester 1 2001
Lecture Outline
Week | Lecture Topics | Reading (3rd ed. of Calculus) | ||
Week 1 | Parameterisation of curves; time as a variable | Ch. 11.5 | ||
2-d and 3-d curves and surface intersection |
Ch. 11.7 Ch. 11.9 |
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Curves as vectors: motion; velocity; acceleration |
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Week 2 | Motion in a circle; arc length; line integrals | Ch. 11 | ||
Rules for vector calculus: derivatives; integrals Line integrals and applications: magnetic fields |
Ch. 14.2 |
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Week 3 | Functions of several variables: examples | Ch. 12.1 | ||
Cartesian coordinates: distance; graphs and surfaces Surfaces and examples; contour diagrams |
Ch. 11.6 |
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Week 4 | Contour diagrams and linear functions | Ch. 12.2 | ||
Functions of 3 variables and level surfaces |
Ch. 11.6 |
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Continuity |
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Week 5 | Partial derivatives and surfaces | Ch. 12.3 | ||
Computing and interpreting partial derivatives |
Ch. 12.4 |
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Differentiability and tangent plane |
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Week 6 | Gradients and
directional derivatives
Chain rule; 2nd order partial derivatives; Conservative fields |
Ch. 12.5
Ch. 12.6 Ch. 14.3 |
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Week 7 | Second order Taylor Series, local extrema | |||
Classification of local extrema |
Ch. 12.7 |
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Review for mid-semester exam ( Wednesday- Anzac Day holiday ) |
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Week 8 | Global extrema | Ch. 12.7 | ||
Lagrange multipliers examples |
Ch. 12.8 |
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Week 9 | simple diff. equations: motion of projectiles | Ch. 11.9 | ||
differential equations: definitions and slope fields |
Ch. 15 |
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( Monday- Labour Day holiday ) |
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Week 10 | numerical example:
Euler's method
separable equations: first order linear and nonlinear Solution by integrating factor |
Ch. 15
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Week 11 | first order equations and applications | Ch. 15 | ||
second-order differential equations: constant coeff. | ||||
simple harmonic motion |
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Week 12 | examples: damped oscillations | |||
particular solutions to second-order equations |
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examples of forced oscillations |
Ch. 15 | |||
Week 13 | systems of first-order differential equations | |||
review and examples |