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Course Name
Vector Calculus II
Course Number
mth255
Year/Term
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Course Credits
4
Class meeting times
3 hours of lecture per week
Prerequisites
Course description
Topic/Day
Activities
Resources
Homework Due
1: M 3 Jan
Vectors
Vectors
Dot Product
Dot Product
Law of Cosines
2: T 4 Jan
Vector Addition
Magnitude
Which Way is North?
Vector addition
Bases
3: W 5 Jan
Differentials
Differentials I
,
II
4: F 7 Jan
Curvilinear Coordinates
Coordinates
Vector differential in two dimensions
Finding $d\boldsymbol{\vec{r}}$
\(d\vec{r}\) (rect)
,
(polar)
5: M 10 Jan
Vector differential in three dimensions
Vector Differential
Curvilinear Differential
Gradient in Curvilinear Coordinates
6: T 11 Jan
Gradient
Gradient Definition
Gradient Properties
7: W 12 Jan
Gradient
The Hill
8: F 14 Jan
Directional Derivatives
Directional Derivatives
9: T 18 Jan
Vector Fields
Vector Fields
10 : W 19 Jan
The Valley
Diagonal Differential
11: F 21 Jan
Line Integrals
Vector Line Integrals
Use what you know
12: M 24 Jan
Line Integrals
The Pretzel
Scalar Line Integrals
Densities
13: T 25 Jan
Line integrals around closed curves
The Wire
14: W 26 Jan
Path Independence
Path Independence
15: F 28 Jan
Conservative Vector Fields
Conservative Vector Fields
Visualizing Conservative Vector Fields
16: M 31 Jan
Potential Functions
Murder Mystery Method
Potential Functions
17: T 1 Feb
The Cone
Mass
18: W 2 Feb
Surfaces
Cross Product
Surface Element
19: F 4 Feb
Surface Elements
Vector Surface Element
20: M 7 Feb
Review
21: T 8 Feb
Midterm
22: W 9 Feb
Go over midterm
23: F 11 Feb
Flux
Flux Integrals
24: M 14 Feb
Highly Symmetric Surfaces
Less Symmetric Surfaces
25: T 15 Feb
Surface Integrals
Highly Symmetric Surfaces
Less Symmetric Surfaces
26: W 16 Feb
27: F 18 Feb
Divergence
Divergence Definition
28: M 21 Feb
Divergence
Visualization of Divergence
Interactive Divergence
Seeing Divergence
29: T 22 Feb
Divergence in Curvilinear Coordinates
Divergence in Curvilinear Coordinates
30: W 23 Feb
Divergence Theorem
Divergence Theorem
31: F 25 Feb
Curl
Circulation
Definition of Curl
32: M 28 Feb
Curl
Visualization of Curl
Geometry of Curl
Interactive Curl
Seeing Curl
33: T 1 Mar
Curl
Curl in Curvilinear Coordinates
Product Rules for Vector Fields
34: W 2 Mar
Stokes' Theorem
Stokes' Theorem
Stokes' Theorem
35: F 4 Mar
Stokes' Theorem
Stokes' Theorem
36: M 7 Mar
Second Derivatives
Second Derivatives
37 : T 8 Mar
Change of Variables
Change of Variables
38: W 9 Mar
Change of Variables
39: F 11 Mar
Review
40: Th 17 Mar
Final
EXTRA MATERIAL
Parametrization
Position vector
Parametric curves
Vector representation
Distance Formula
Dot Product
Curvilinear Coordinates
Curvilinear basis vectors in two dimensions
Acceleration
Position Vector
Curvilinear Position Vector
Vector Fields in MATLAB
Visualizing Divergence and Curl