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Week of 10--14 October

Lectures
Topics Reading
M 10/10 Columbus Day, No Lectures
W 10/12
Lect. 11
Vector calculus: vector algebra, inner products, cross products, determinants as triple products, derivatives of vectors Kreyszig 9.1, 9.2, 9.3, 9.4 (pages: 364-369, 371-374, 377-383, 384-388)
F 10/14
Lect. 12
Multi-variable calculus: curves and arc length, differentials of scalar functions of vector arguments, chain rules for several variables, change of variable and thermodynamic notation, gradients and directional derivatives Kreyszig 9.5, 9.6, 9.7 (pages: 389-398, 400-403, 403-409)

Laboratory
Date Topics Reading
Th 10/13
Lab 4
Graphical representations in three and higher dimensions Mathematica Help Browser ``tutorial/BasicPlotting,''
``tutorial/RedrawingAndCombiningPlots,''
``tutorial/ThreeDimensionalSurfacePlots,''
``tutorial/ParametricPlots,''
``tutorial/SomeSpecialPlots,''
Homework
Homework Set Out Due
5 2 Nov. 11 Nov.
6 9 Nov. (18 Nov.)







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