MA 242 -- Fall 2016 -- Schedule

Date Notes Topics
8/18   Review of cartesian coordinates, vectors
8/19 (Friday) Begin: Maple 0 and 1  
8/23 Due: First three webassigns Dot products, projections, cross products, and applications
8/24 (Wednesday) Begin: Maple 2  
8/25 Due: Webassigns 1.2 and 1.3 Cross product. Lines and planes.
8/26 (Friday) Due: Maple 0 and 1  
8/30 Due: Webassign 1.4 More on planes. Curves.
9/1 Due: Maple 2 and Webassigns 1.5 and 2.1 Differential geometry of curves.
9/6 Due: Webassign 2.2. and 2.3 Applications to physics and engineering
9/8 Due: Six blue books and Webassign 2.4 and 2.5 Review for test. Link to review sheet.
9/13 Test 1. Class statistics Bonus lecture: Different sizes of infinity
9/15   Functions of multiple variables. Limits.
9/20 Due: Webassign 3.1 More on limits. Continuity. Partial derivatives, gradient and directional derivatives
9/22 Due: Webassign 3.2, 3.3 Tangent planes, linear approximation, chain rule
9/23 (Friday) Begin: Maple 3  
9/27 Due: Webassign 3.4, 3.5A, and 3.5B Optimization
9/29 Due: Webassign 3.6 and 3.7 Review for test. Link to review sheet
9/30 (Friday) Due: Maple 3  
10/4 Test 2. Class statistics. Begin: Maple 4 Bonus lecture: Problems that computers can't solve
10/6 No Class: Fall Break  
10/11   Multiple Integration
10/13 Due: Webassign 4.1 More multiple integration
10/14 (Friday) Due: Maple 4. Begin: Maple 5  
10/18 Due: Webassign 4.2 Applications. Integration in polar coordinates
10/20   Cylindrical and spherical coordinates
10/21 (Friday) Due: Maple 5  
10/25   Problem session. Link to problems.
10/27 Due: Webassign 4.3 and 5 Review for test. Link to review sheet.
11/1 Test 3 Class statistics Bonus lecture: The four color theorem
11/3   Vector fields and line integrals
11/8 Due: Webassign 6.1 Fundamental theorem of line integrals. Surface integrals
11/10 Begin: Maple 6. Due: Webassgin 6.2/3 Surface integrals over vector fields
11/15 Due: Webassign 6.4 and 7.2 Green's theorem, Stokes' theorem, Divergence theorem
11/16 (Wednesday) Begin: Maple 7  
11/17 Due: Webassign 7.4 and 7.5 Review for test. Link to review sheet
11/18 (Friday) Due: Maple 6  
11/21 (Monday) Due: Maple 7  
11/22 Test 4 Class statistics Bonus lecture: P =NP? The million dollar question
11/24 No Class: Thanksgiving  
11/29   Review for final
12/1   Review for final
12/7 Make-up tests at 8:30AM in SAS 2235  
12/13 Final Exam at 1:00PM