Syllabus for Math 126A     Spring 2000

Here is the tentatively planned schedule for the quarter.
Changes WILL be made as the term progresses - check this page regularly.
Unless announced otherwise, all of the homework from a given week will be due on the following Tuesday.

Week Section Topic Homework
March 27
1
March 31
1 Vectors in the Plane 1.12 - 1.21
2 Lines and Curves in the Plane 2.7 - 2.15
3 The Dot Product 3.8 - 3.16
April 3
2
April 7
4 Coordinates and Vectors in Space 4.5 - 4.11
5 Lines in Space 5.4 - 5.8
6 The Dot Product in Space 6.7 - 6.14
April 10
3
April 14
7 The Cross Product 7.5 - 7.11
8 Planes 8.9 - 8.15
9 Curves in Space 9.3 - 9.10
April 17
4
April 21
10 Normal of Curves 10.4 - 10.6
11 Review of Sections 1 - 10
First Midterm - Friday, April 21
April 24
5
April 28
12 Functions of Two Variables 12.15 - 12.22
13 Functions of Three Variables 13.7 - 13.13
14 Partial Derivatives 14.14 - 14.29
May 1
6
May 5
15 The Chain Rule(s) 15.10 - 15.26
16 Directional Derivatives of Fcns of Two Variables 16.9 - 16.16
17 Linear Approximation of Fcns of Two Variables 17.12 - 17.18
May 8
7
May 12
18 Directions Derivatives of Fcns of Three Variables 18.8 - 18.17
19 Review of Sections 12 - 18
Second Midterm - Friday, May 12
May 15
8
May 19
20 Local (or Relative) Extrema 20.6 - 20.12
21 Constrained Extrema 21.9 - 21.14
22 Global (or Absulute) Extrema 22.6 - 22.9
May 22
9
May 26
23 Double Integrals - Description & Properties 23.8 - 23.14
24 Double Integrals in Cartesian Coordinates 24.6 - 24.10
25 Double Integrals in Polar Coordinates 25.5 - 25.9
May 29
10
June 2
Holiday - Memorial Day
More on Double Integrals
26 Review --- last day of class Friday, June 2

June 3
FINAL EXAM - SATURDAY, June 3: 1:30pm-4:20pm