Topics for Mathematics 234

The textbook

List of topics

    Vector Valued Functions
    13.1. Vector functions and space curves, parametrizations, velocity and acceleration (this is partially review).
    13.3 Arclength and the unit tangent vector
    13.4 Curvature and the unit normal vector
    13.5 Torsion and the unit binormal vector
    13.6 Applications (if time permits): Motion in space, planetary motion

    Partial derivatives
    14.1. Functions of several variables
    14.2. Limits & continuity
    14.3. Partial derivatives
    14.4. The Chain Rule, implicit derivatives
    14.5. Directional derivatives and the gradient
    14.6. Tangent planes and the differential
    14.7. Extreme values and saddle points
    14.8. Lagrange multipliers
    14.10. Taylor's formula in two variables

    Multiple integrals
    15.1. Double integrals
    15.1. Double integrals over non rectangular domains
    15.2. Areas, moments and centers of mass
    15.3. Double integrals in polar coordinates
    15.4. Triple and iterated integrals
    15.5. Masses and Moments in three dimensions
    15.6. Triple integrals in spherical and cylindrical coordinates
    15.7. Substitution in multiple integrals.

    Vector Analysis
    16.1. Line integrals
    16.2. Vector Fields, Work, Flux and Circulation
    16.3. Path independence, Potential Functions and Conservative Fields
    16.4. Green's theorem in the plane
    16.5. Surface area and surface integrals
    16.6. Parametrized surfaces
    16.7. Stokes' theorem
    16.8. The divergence theorem