Vector Calculus II | 2023-Summer
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Course Name
Vector Calculus II
Course Number
mth255
Year/Term
Summer-2023
Course Credits
4
Class meeting times
3 hours of lecture per week
Prerequisites
Course description
Topic/Day
Activities
Resources
Homework Due
Monday 6/26
Which Way is North?
Wednesday 6/28
Vectors
Acceleration
Vectors
Friday 6/30
Dot Product
Finding $d\boldsymbol{\vec{r}}$
Dot Product
Law of Cosines
Monday 7/3
The Hill
Vector Fields
Wednesday 7/5
Vector Addition
Magnitude
Vector Differential--Rectangular
Vector addition
Bases
Friday 7/7
Vector Differential--Curvilinear
Monday 7/10
Differentials
The Pretzel
Murder Mystery Method
Differentials I
,
II
Wednesday 7/12
The Wire
Friday 7/14
Curvilinear Coordinates
Coordinates
Surfaces
Up a dimension
Cross Product
Surface Element
Monday 7/17
Vector differential in two dimensions
\(d\vec{r}\) (rect)
,
(polar)
surface integrals
Surface integrals
Wednesday 7/19
The Cone
Mass
Friday 7/21
Vector differential in three dimensions
Vector Differential--Rectangular
Vector Differential
Divergence
Visualization of Divergence
Interactive Divergence
Seeing Divergence
Monday 7/24
Curvilinear Differential
Gradient in Curvilinear Coordinates
14: 7/24
Triple integrals
Wednesday 7/26
The Fishing Net
Friday 7/28
Gradient
Gradient Definition
Gradient Properties
Monday 7/31
Wednesday 8/2
Friday 8/4
Gradient
Monday 8/7
Wednesday 8/9
Directional Derivatives
Directional Derivatives
Wednesday 8 August
Path Independence
Path Independence
Conservative Vector Fields
Conservative Vector Fields
Visualizing Conservative Vector Fields
Friday 11 August
Friday
17: T 1 Feb
Monday 8/14
Vector Fields
Vector Fields
Wednesday 8/16
18: W 2 Feb
Friday 8/18
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
Surface Integrals
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
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
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
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
Position Vector
Curvilinear Position Vector
Vector Fields in MATLAB
Visualizing Divergence and Curl