Detailed Syllabus for Math 290-2, Section 61, Winter 2008

This syllabus is meant to be a rough guide as to when topics will be taught. It is tentative!

Monday Wednesday Friday
Jan 7
L6.1: Inner Products
Jan 9
L6.3: Orthogonal Projections
Jan 11
L7.1: Diagonalization of Symmetric Matrices
Jan 14
L7.1: Diagonalization of Symmetric Matrices, and
L7.2: Quadratic Forms
Jan 16
L7.2: Quadratic Forms
Jan 18
C1.1-1.3: Vectors, Matrices, etc.
(Introduction to Colley's notation)
Jan 21
Martin Luther King Day. No Class.
Jan 23
C1.4: The cross product
Jan 25
C1.5: Planes and Distance problems.
Jan 28
C1.6: n-dimensional geometry
Jan 30
C1.7: New coordinate systems
Feb 1
C1.7: New coordinate systems
Feb 4
C2.1: Functions of several variables. Graphs.
Feb 6
C2.1: Functions of several variables. Graphs.
Feb 8
C2.1: Functions of several variables. Graphs.
Feb 11
C2.2: Limits
Feb 13
C2.2: More limits
Feb 15
C2.2: More limits
Feb 18
C2.3: The derivative
Feb 20
C2.4: Higher-order partial derivatives
Feb 22
C2.5: The chain rule
Feb 25
C2.6: Directional derivatives and the gradient
Feb 27
C2.6: Directional derivatives and the gradient
Feb 29
C4.1: Taylor's Theorem
Mar 3
C4.2: Extrema of functions
Mar 5
C4.2: Extrema of functions
Mar 7
C4.3: Lagrange Multipliers
Mar 10
C4.3: Lagrange Multipliers
Mar 12
WCAS Reading Week
Mar 14
WCAS Reading Week
The final exam will be held on Friday, March 21st from 12-2pm.

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