MATH 326 Syllabus

  • Prerequisites: 324, 308
  • Text: Advanced Calculus,3rd edition , by Taylor and Mann.
  • Questions: Please contact Brooke Miller (C-36F, 3-6830) if you have questions or suggestions concerning the syllabus.
Note: The level of rigor of 326 is higher than that of 324, but is not at the level of the somewhat axiomatic treatment in 327-8. Arguments are made to justify such theorems as the implicit function theorem, but students are not expected to make small proofs to work problems.

Syllabus for 26-29 Lectures

Note: Sections refer to the textbook. The number of lectures allotted to the various topics are meant as guidelines, only.
1. Elementary Topology:
  • §5.1, §5.2, §5.3 (3 lectures)
2. Elements of Partial Differentiation:
  • §6.1-§6.5 (4-5 lectures): (Partial derivatives, implicit functions, geometrical significance of partial derivatives, maxima and minima, differentials, composite functions and chain rule)
  • §6.6-§6.8 (3 lectures): (Derivatives of implicit functions, extremal problems with constraints, Lagrange multipliers)
3. General Theorems on Partial Differentiation
  • §7.1-§7.5 (5 lectures): (Includes material on equality of mixed partials and Taylor's Theorem in several variables)
4. Implicit Function Theorem
  • §8.1-§8.3 (3-4 lectures)
5. Inverse Function Theorem and Transformations
  • §9.1-§9.5 (5-6 lectures)
6. Change of Variables Formula
  • Review Green's theorem and Divergence theorem (1 lecture)
  • §15.32, §15.62 (2 lectures)