Math 251:25-27, MW, 3:50pm-5:10pm, SEC-210, Fall 2025
Syllabus and General Information
| Lecture | Date | Topic(s) and text sections | Suggested Homework |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 09/03 | 12.1 Three Dimensional Coordinate Systems 12.2 Vectors |
12.1/ #3,9,15,16,21,23,39,59 12.2/ #9,19,23,25,31,41,47 |
| 2 | 09/08 | 12.3 The Dot Product 12.4 The Cross Product |
12.3/ #3,13,18,19,22 12.4/ #7,15,21,23,27,33,35,45 |
| 3 | 09/10 | 12.5 Lines and Planes in Space |
12.5/ #6,6,9,23,27,31,37,41, 47, 57 |
| 4 | 09/15 | 12.6 Cylinders and Quadric surfaces 13.1 Curves in Space and Their Tangents |
12.6/ #1-12, 13, 15, 21, 25
13.1/ #1,15,19,23, 31 |
| 5 | 09/17 | 13.2 Integrals of Vector-Valued Functions, Projectile Motion | 13.2/ #3,5,8,11,15,19 |
| 6 | 09/22 | 13.3 Arc Length in Space | 13.3/ #5,9,13,15 |
| 7 | 09/24 | 14.1 Functions of Several Variables 14.2 Limits and Continuity in Higher Dimensions |
14.1/ #6,6,9,15-18,27,31,41,58,59 14.2/ #11,15,20-22,31,47,48,53,59 |
| 8 | 09/29 | 14.3 Partial Derivatives 14.4 The Chain Rule |
14.3/ #9,14-18,27,3046,67 14.4/ #7,28,29,33,39,44 |
| 9 | 10/01 | 14.5 Directional Derivatives and Gradient
Vectors 14.6 Tangent Planes and Differentials |
14.5/ #3-6,9,10,21,28,29,31 14.6/ #5,9,13,19,21,31 |
| 10 | 10/06 | Exam1 in our class room on material covered in Lectures 1-7 | |
| 11 | 10/08 | 14.7 Extreme Values and Saddle Points | 14.7/ #13,19,29,33,35,43,45,62 |
| 12 | 10/13 | 14.8 Lagrange Multipliers | 14.8/ #1,5,9,13,17,21,29 |
| 13 | 10/15 | 15.1 Double and Iterated Integrals Over
Rectangles 15.2 Double Integrals over General Regions |
15.1/ #7,11,13,18,23,27,29,36 15.2/ #1-8,12,15,18,23,29,35,38,43,53 |
| 14 | 10/20 | 15.3 Area by Double Integration 15.4 Double Integrals in Polar Form |
15.3/ #6-8,16,18,21 15.4/ #1-6,9,11,16,23,25,28,35 |
| 15 | 10/22 | 15.5 Triple Integrals in Rectangular Coordinates | 15.5/ #3,6,17,21,27,28,37,45 |
| 16 | 10/27 | 15.7 Triple Integrals in Cylindrical and Spherical Coordinates | 15.7/ #3-7,13-17,25,31,38,47,59,65 |
| 17 | 10/29 | 15.8 Substitution in Multiple Integrals | 15.8/ #1,3,6,7,9 |
| 18 | 11/03 | 16.1 Line Integrals of Scalar Functions | 16.1/ #1-9,14,15,25,26,29,35,36 |
| 19 | 11/05 | 16.2 Vector Fields & Line Integrals: Work, Circulation, Flux | 16.2/ #3,7,11,14,15,18,25,27,29,30,35,39,40,57,59 |
| 20 | 11/10 | Exam 2 in our classroom on material covered in Lectures 8-14 | |
| 21 | 11/12 | 16.3 Path Independence, Conservative Fields, Potentials | 16.3/ #3,5,9,11,19,22,25,29,31 |
| 22 | 11/17 | 16.4 Green's Theorem in the Plane | 16.4/ #2,5,9,13,16,17,21,29,31,37 |
| 23 | 11/19 | 16.5 Surfaces and Area | 16.5/ #1,7,11,13,15,27,41,43 |
| 24 | 11/24 | 16.5 Surfaces and Area 16.6 Surface Integrals | 16.5/ #1,7,11,13,15,27,41,43 |
| 25 | 12/01 | 16.6 Surface Integrals | 16.6/#3,5,6,17,23,26,28,43 |
| 26 | 12/03 | 16.7 Stokes' Theorem | 16.7/ #5,7,11,19,23,28 |
| 27 | 12/08 | 16.8 The Divergence Theorem | 16.8/ #9,11,13,15,27,28 |
| 28 | 12/10 | Review for the Final Exam | |
| TBA | Final Exam: cumulative |