Math 240-Calculus III, Summer 2011 (First Session)

Instructor: Shanshan Ding (Office: DRL 4C11; Email: shanshand [at] math [dot] upenn [dot] edu)
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Schedule, Notes & Assignments:


DateContentHomework
Week 1 (HW due on May 31)
May 23 Introduction & logistics; § 7.6 Vector Spaces § 7.6: 2, 5, 19, 21, 22*, 26
May 24 § 8.1 Matrix Algebra
§ 8.2 Systems of Linear Algebraic Equations
§ 8.1: 3, 12, 13, 15, 18, 23, 28, 33, 36*, 38
§ 8.2: 5, 7*, 9*, 20
May 25 § 8.3 Rank of a Matrix
§ 8.4 Determinants
§ 8.5 Properties of Determinants
§ 8.3: 1, 5, 9, 13*, 16*, 17
§ 8.4: 3, 7, 21*, 29
§ 8.5: 4, 7, 12*, 15, 21, 31*, 33, 37, 39*
May 26 Quiz 1 (on § 7.6 and 8.1-8.2)
§ 8.6 Inverse of a Matrix
Quiz 1 solutions
§ 8.6: 1, 5, 9, 11, 19*, 21, 27, 49*, 51
Week 2 (HW due on June 7)
May 31 § 8.8 The Eigenvalue Problem
§ 8.12 Diagonalization
§ 8.8: 1, 6, 12, 15, 21*, 26*
§ 8.12: 5, 15*, 19, 40*
June 1 § 3.1 Preliminary Theory: Linear Equations
§ 3.3 Homogeneous Linear Equations with Constant Coefficients
§ 3.1: 1*, 3, 7, 15*, 18, 21, 31, 33, 36
§ 3.3: 3, 11, 15, 16*, 37*
June 2 Quiz 2 (on § 8.3-8.6, 8.8, and 8.12)
§ 3.4 Undetermined Coefficients
§ 3.6 Cauchy-Euler Equation
Quiz 2 solutions
§ 3.4: 1, 6*, 17*, 25, 27, 33
§ 3.6: 1, 9, 11*, 15*, 27
Week 3 (HW due on June 14)
June 6 § 3.8 Linear Models: Initial-Value Problems
§ 10.1 Preliminary Theory: Systems of Differential Equations
§ 3.8: 3*,7, 25, 31*
§ 10.1: 5, 7, 13, 19*, 25*
June 7 § 10.2 Homogeneous Linear Systems § 10.2: 5, 14*, 24*, 25, 27*, 33
June 8 § 10.3 Solution by Diagonalization
Preparations for § 5.1-5.2
§ 10.3: 1, 5*, 10
§ 5.1: 3, 9, 11, 15; § 5.2: 5, 9
June 9 Review for the midterm (read here!)
The midterm will cover § 8.1-8.6, 8.8, 8.12, 3.1, 3.3-3.4, 3.6,
3.8, and 10.1-10.3; § 7.6 will not be explicitly tested
Practice with linear algebra & ODE problems
(except those on power series methods)
from past Math 240 finals
Week 4 (HW due on June 21)
June 13 Midterm Midterm solutions
June 14 § 5.1 Solutions about Ordinary Points
§ 5.2 Solutions about Singular Points
§ 5.1: 21*, 31
§ 5.2: 15*, 21, 27 (just one solution), 33 (try)
June 15 § 9.1 Vector Functions
§ 9.4 Partial Derivatives
§ 9.5 Directional Derivatives
§ 9.1: 3, 7, 13*, 15, 17, 23, 25*, 29*, 33, 39
§ 9.4: 13, 27, 33*, 39, 49, 53 (try)
§ 9.5: 1, 11, 16*, 23, 27, 31*
June 16 Quiz 3 (on § 5.1-5.2)
§ 9.6 Tangent Planes and Normal Lines
§ 9.7 Divergence and Curl
Quiz 3 solutions
§ 9.6: 1, 15, 25*, 30*
§ 9.7: 1, 9*, 13, 27*, 33, 39
Week 5 (HW due on June 28)
June 20 § 9.8 Line Integrals
§ 9.9 Independence of Path
§ 9.8: 1*, 2, 7, 19, 21*, 23, 28
§ 9.9: 1, 3, 5, 7*, 10, 21, 25*, 27
June 21 § 9.10 Double Integrals
§ 9.11 Double Integrals in Polar Coordinates
§ 9.12 Green's Theorem
§ 9.10: 1, 11, 13*, 23, 29*, 35, 40
§ 9.11: 1, 5*, 8, 25, 28, 32*
§ 9.12: 1, 5, 10, 13*, 18, 21 (try), 24*, 26, 29
June 22 § 9.13 Surface Integrals
§ 9.14 Stokes' Theorem
§ 9.13: 1, 5, 11*, 19, 27, 33*, 37
§ 9.14: 1, 3, 5*, 11, 15, 17*
June 23 Quiz 4 (on § 9.1 and 9.4-9.12)
§ 9.15 Triple Integrals
§ 9.16 Divergence Theorem
Quiz 4 solutions
§ 9.15: 4, 7, 9*, 13, 15, 19, 21*, 53, 77
§ 9.16: 3, 7*, 11, 15, 17*
Week 6
June 27 § 9.17 Change of Variables in Multiple Integrals § 9.17: 1, 2, 28, 29
June 28 Review for the final (my scratch work) Practice with past Math 240 finals
June 29 Office hour in lieu of class Get a good night of sleep!
June 30 Final Final solutions
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