- Web:
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http://www.esam.nwu.edu/riecke/Vorlesung/252-2/2002//home.html
- TAs:
- Elaine Spiller, Scott Kukuck
- TA hours:
- Available online
- Textbook:
- Calculus: An Introduction to Applied Mathematics,
by H. P. Greenspan and D. J. Benney.
Available at Norris.
- Class hours and location:
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday, 10:00 a.m., L361
- Recitation hours and location:
- Thursday, 10:00 a.m., L361 and L160
- Grading:
- 40% midterm,
30% final,
30% homework.
Week 1: Review of Differential and Integral Calculus, Chapters 1-4
- Review of limits and differentiation
- Applications of differentiation
- Review of integration
- Applications of integration
- Numerical integration techniques
Weeks 2-4: Vectors, Chapter 5
- Introduction to vectors
- Differentiation of vector functions
- Scalar and vector products
- Higher order products
- Curvilinear motion
- Planetary motion
Weeks 5-10: Partial Differentiation, Chapter 6
- Partial derivatives
- Differentials
- Directional derivatives and the gradient
- The chain rule
- Functions with parameters
- Implicit functions
- Maxima and minima problems
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