Math 273: Lecture Notes and Videos on Calculus III

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Sorry, lecture videos were lost during the transition from Tegrity to Panopto :-(.


Scribes from all lectures so far (as a single big file)

Lec Date Topic(s) Scribe
1 Aug 26 syllabus, functions of several variables, domain, range, interior, boundary, open and closed sets Scb1
2 Aug 28 (un)bounded sets, level curves and surface of \(f(x,y)\), limits and continuity in high dim., partial derivatives Scb2
3 Sep   2 \(\frac{\partial f}{\partial x}\) as tangent in one plane to \(z=f(x,y)\), implicit partial differentiation, 2nd order partial derivatives Scb3
4 Sep   4 mixed derivative theorem: \(\frac{\partial^2 f}{\partial x \partial y} = \frac{\partial^2 f}{\partial y \partial x}\), chain rule for one independent and one intermediate variable Scb4
5 Sep   9 application of chain rule, chain rule for \(f(x(t),y(t),z(t))\), branch diagrams, other instances of chain rule Scb5
6 Sep 11 chain rule in implicit differentiation, more chain rule problems, intuition for directional derivative Scb6
7 Sep 16 gradient vector \(\nabla f\), \(~(D_{\mathbf{\hat{u}}} f)_{P_0} = (\nabla f)_{P_0} \cdot \mathbf{\hat{u}},~\) derivative of \(f\) at \(P_0\) in the direction of a vector \(\mathbf{u}\) Scb7
8 Sep 18 direction of largest increase and decrease, tangent line to level curve, find \(\hat{\mathbf{u}}\) along which \((D_{\hat{\mathbf{u}}} f)_{P_0}=d\) Scb8
9 Sep 23 Find \((D_{\mathbf{w}} f)_{P_0}\) given \((D_{\mathbf{u}} f)_{P_0}, (D_{\mathbf{v}} f)_{P_0}\), tangent plane and normal line to surface \(f(x,y,z)=c\) at \(P_0\) Scb9
10 Sep 25 tangent plane and normal line, tangent line to curve of intersection of two surfaces, plot 3D surfaces Scb10
11 Sep 30 estimating change in specific direction, review for exam 1 Scb11
12 Oct   2 exam 1
13 Oct   7 linearization of \(f(x,y)\), total differential \(df = f_x dx + f_y dy\), change in temperature wrt space and time Scb13
14 Oct   9 wind chill factor exercise (Matlab/Octave session), application of total differential, local maxima/minima Scb14
15 Oct 14 local extrema, first derivative test, critical points, saddle point, second derivative test, Hessian \(f_{xx} f_{yy} - f_{xy}^2\) Scb15
16 Oct 16 more on seocnd derivative test, critical point where \(f_x,f_y\) are undefined, finding absolute extrema in a region Scb16
17 Oct 21 more problems on absolute extrema in a region \(R\), critical points in interior of \(R\) and along boundaries of \(R\) Scb17
18 Oct 23 limits of an integral that give absolute maximum, multiple integral over rectangular domain as volume sum Scb18
19 Oct 28 examples of double integrals over rectangular regions, volume under surface and above the \(xy\)-plane Scb19
20 Oct 30 double integrals over general domains, region of integration, limits using vertical and horizontal cross sections Scb20
21 Nov  4 sketching the region of integration \(R\), reversing order of integration, splitting \(R\) into simpler regions Scb21
22 Nov  6 properties of double integrals-- sum,domination, additivity, volume of region bounded by surface and \(R\) Scb22
23 Nov 11 Veteran's Day (no class); review for exam 2 (flipped lecture) Scb23
Nov 13 exam 2
24 Nov 18 area of closed region in plane by double integration, average value of \(f(x,y)\) over \(R\) Scb24
25 Nov 20 double integrals in polar coordinates, finding limits of \(r,\theta\), area of \(R\) in polar coordinates \(A = \iint\limits_R r dr d\theta\) Scb25
26 Dec   2 line integrals, curve C: \(\mathbf{r}(t) = g(t)\mathbf{i} + h(t)\mathbf{j} + \ell(t)\mathbf{k}, a \leq t \leq b\), \(\int\limits_C f(x,y,z) ds = \int\limits_a^b f(g(t),h(t),\ell(t))|\mathbf{v}(t)| dt\) Scb26
27 Dec   4 line intergals over vector fields, \( \int\limits_C \mathbf{F}\cdot\mathbf{T} ds = \int\limits_a^b ( \mathbf{F}(\mathbf{r}(t))\cdot\left( \frac{d\mathbf{r}}{dt} \right) dt \), work done in moving along \(C\) in field \(\mathbf{F}\) Scb27
28 Dec   9 simple closed curve \(C\), circulation around \(C\), flux across \(C = \int\limits_C \mathbf{F} \cdot \hat{\mathbf{n}} ds = \int\limits_C M dx - N dy\) for \(\mathbf{F} = M \mathbf{i} + N \mathbf{j}\) Scb28
29 Dec 11 flux/circulation density, Green's theorem \(\oint\limits_C \mathbf{F} \cdot \hat{\mathbf{n}} ds = \iint\limits_R \left(\frac{\partial M}{\partial x} + \frac{\partial N}{\partial y}\right) dA\), \(\oint\limits_C \mathbf{F} \cdot \hat{\mathbf{T}} ds = \iint\limits_R \left(\frac{\partial N}{\partial x} - \frac{\partial M}{\partial y}\right) dA\) Scb29
30 Dec 14 review for the final exam - problems from the practice final Scb30


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