MTHE 227 – Vector Analysis

Instructor
Ilia Smirnov
Class Times (all in Jeffery Hall 126)
Mon. 12:30 - 1:30
Wed. 11:30 - 12:30
Thurs. 1:30 - 2:30
Office Hours (in Jeffery Hall 201)
Mon. 1:30 - 2:30
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Grading Scheme
Homework: 30% (best 10 of 12)
Midterm Exam: 20%
Final Exam: 50%
Textbook
Calculus: Early Transcendentals by James Stewart, 8th edition (ISBN 978-1-285-74155-0).
Older editions will also do.
Collaboration
You are encouraged to collaborate with classmates on the homework, but please write up the solutions on your own. The University's Academic Integrity Policy.
Date Topic For Practice Problem Sets
Sept. 12 Introduction to the Course Review §12.2-12.4
14 Parametrized Paths I §13.1: 7-14, 21-26
15 Parametrized Paths II: Tangent Lines, Slopes, and Arclength §13.2: 3, 5, 7
§13.3: 3, 5, 11
19 Path Integrals of Real-Valued Functions; Integral Estimates §16.2: 1, 7, 11, 37
21 Two Families of Examples: Cycloids and Catenaries
Supplemental Note on Catenaries
§3.11: 1, 3, 7, 8, 51
§10.1: 40
Problem Set 1
22 Vector Fields and Flow Lines §16.1: 5, 7, 9, 11-14 Solutions 1
26 Gradient Fields §16.1: 23, 25, 29-32
28 Work §16.2: 17, 19, 39 Problem Set 2
29 Path-Dependence of Work §16.2: 41, 45, 46, 47 Solutions 2
Oct. 03 Gradient Fields are Path-Independent;
Finding Potentials for Path-Independent Fields I
§16.3: 13, 15, 17, 19
05 Finding Potentials for Path-Independent Fields II;
Piecewise Paths
Problem Set 3
06 Flux Across a Path
Solution to Exercise From Class
Solutions 3
10 Thanksgiving - No Class
12 Double Integrals;
Fubini's Theorem I: Rectangles
§15.1: 11, 15, 17, 21
13 Polar Coordinates I: Definition, Arclength, Double Integrals §10.3: 10, 45
§10.4: 17, 19, 45, 47
Problem Set 4
17 Fubini's Theorem II: More General Regions §15.2: 7, 9, 13, 17, 25 Solutions 4
19 Polar Coordinates II: Unit Direction Vector Fields,
Velocity and Acceleration, Path Integrals, Gradient
§15.3: 39
20 Cross Product in the Plane;
Change of Variables for Double Integrals I
§15.9: 1, 3, 5, 11 Problem Set 5
24 Change of Variables for Double Integrals II §15.9: 15, 17, 19 Solutions 5
26 Green's Theorem I: Planar Curl and Work §16.4: 11, 13, 17
27 Green's Theorem II: Simply-Connected Spaces;
Curl Test for Path-Independence of Work
§16.3: 3, 5, 7 Problem Set 6
Worked-Out Example
31 Halloween - Counterexamples Day!
''I turn with terror and horror from this lamentable scourge of
continuous functions with no derivatives.'' - C. Hermite
Solutions 6
Nov. 02 Green's Theorem III: Planar Divergence and Flux §16.4: 21, 28, 29
03 Parametrized Surfaces §16.6: 13, 15, 17,
19, 21, 23
Problem Set 7
07 Smoothness and Tangent Planes; Cross Product in 3-Space §12.4: 53 Solutions 7
09 Surface Area; Surface Integrals of Real-Valued Functions §16.7: 9, 13, 17
10 Flux Through a Surface §16.7: 25, 27, 29 Problem Set 8
14 Orientability; Triple Integrals §15.6: 3, 5, 13 Solutions 8
16 Cylindrical Coordinates §15.7: 15, 21, 27
17 Spherical Coordinates
Change of Variables for Triple Integrals
§15.8: 27, 35, 43
§15.9: 22
Problem Set 9
21 The Divergence Theorem in 3-Space §16.5: 30
§16.9: 1, 9, 24
Solutions 9
23 Curl and Stokes' Theorem in 3-Space §16.5: 1, 5, 7, 12, 13
§16.8: 13, 15
24 Relationships between Div, Grad and Curl; Vector Potential §16.5: 19, 20, 21, 22 Problem Set 10
28 Finding Vector Potentials Solutions 10
30 Extended Versions of Green, Gauss and Stokes §16.8: 17
§16.9: 17
Dec. 01 The Laplacian; Harmonic Functions; Green's Identities §16.5: 34 Problem Set 11
05 Solutions 11
07
08 Problem Set 12