MATH1052 Multivariable Calculus and Differential Equations

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

 
 
Curves as vectors: motion; velocity; acceleration
   
         
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

 

       
Week 3 Functions of several variables: examples Ch. 12.1
 
Cartesian coordinates: distance; graphs and surfaces

Surfaces and examples; contour diagrams


Ch. 11.6

 

 
       
Week 4 Contour diagrams and linear functions Ch. 12.2
 
Functions of 3 variables and level surfaces

Ch. 11.6
 
Continuity
     
       
Week 5 Partial derivatives and surfaces Ch. 12.3
 
Computing and interpreting partial derivatives

Ch. 12.4
 
Differentiability and tangent plane
 
         
Week 6 Gradients and directional derivatives
 

Chain rule; 2nd order partial derivatives;

Conservative fields

Ch. 12.5
 

Ch. 12.6

Ch. 14.3

 

 

   
Week 7 Second order Taylor Series, local extrema
 
Classification of local extrema

Ch. 12.7
 
Review for mid-semester exam

( Wednesday- Anzac Day holiday )

Week 8 Global extrema Ch. 12.7    
 
Lagrange multipliers

examples


Ch. 12.8
 
   
Week 9 simple diff. equations: motion of projectiles Ch. 11.9  
 
differential equations: definitions and slope fields

Ch. 15
 
( Monday- Labour Day holiday )
         
Week 10 numerical example: Euler's method

separable equations: first order linear and nonlinear

Solution by integrating factor

Ch. 15
 
 

 


 
 
 

 


 
 

 

Week 11 first order equations and applications Ch. 15    
  second-order differential equations: constant coeff.  
 
simple harmonic motion
   
Week 12 examples: damped oscillations    
 
particular solutions to second-order equations
 
 
examples of forced oscillations
Ch. 15  
Week 13 systems of first-order differential equations  
  review and examples