MATHEMATICS 252-3
VECTOR CALCULUS



Spring 1999
DAY COURSE

Instructor: Dr. John Hebron

Office: K 10529

Office Hours: Monday, Wednesday, Friday, 9:30 AM - 10:30 AM

Phone: 291-3636

Fax: 291-4947

E-mail: Click here for info.

Class E-mail List: math252-d1@sfu.ca (Restricted to members only!)

Class Web Site (containing this page): http://www.math.sfu.ca/~hebron/math252/

Class Web Conference: http://caucus.sfu.ca/caucus/math252_d1

Lectures:

Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays, 8:30 AM - 9:20 AM, in room AQ 3159.

Tutorials:

Prerequisites:

MATH 232 and MATH 251. Students with credit for MATH 312 may not take MATH 252 for further credit.

Textbook:

Introduction to Vector Analysis (Seventh Edition), by H.F. Davis and A.D. Snider, Wm C. Brown Publishers.

Calendar Description:

Vector functions of a single variable, space curves, scalar and vector fields, conservative fields, surface and volume integrals, and theorems of Gauss, Green and Stokes.

Outline:

Note: This outline may be subject to change as the semester progresses, but you can take it to be at least 80% accurate.
  1. Introductory Material and Chapter 1 of the textbook -- 6 lectures from Monday, January 4th 1999 to Friday, January 15th 1999.


  2. Chapter 2 of the textbook -- 4 lectures from Monday, January 18th to Monday, January 25th 1999.


  3. Chapter 3, sections 3.1 to 3.10 of the textbook -- 9 lectures from Wednesday, January 27th 1999 to Monday, February 15th, 1999.


  4. Mid-Term Exam -- 8:30 AM Wednesday, February 17th 1999, in class. Fifty-minute closed-book exam. No calculators.

  5. Chapter 3, section 3.11 of the textbook -- one lecture on Friday, February 19th, 1999.


  6. Chapter 4 of the textbook -- 9 lectures from Monday, February 22nd to Friday, November 12th 1999.


  7. Chapter 5 of the textbook -- 8 lectures from Monday, March 15th to Wednesday March 31st 1999


  8. Final Exam -- 8:30 AM Tuesday, April 6th 1999. Three-hour closed-book exam. No calculators. Location t.b.a.

Lecture Notes:

A summary of each lecture will be posted on the Class Web Site, along with scanned-in colour transparancies which were used in the lectures.

Homework Assignments:

Weekly homework assignments will be given in each Friday's class, and will be due in class the following Friday at 8:30 AM. The homework assignments will also be posted on the Class Web Site, along with solutions (after the assignment is due).

Reference Books:

  1. Advanced Calculus by M.R. Spiegel, Schaum Series, Chapters 6 - 10.

  2. Vector Analysis by M.R. Spiegel, Schaum Series.

  3. Advanced Engineering Mathematics by D.G. Zill and M.R. Cullen,
    PWS-Kent Publishing Company, Chapter 8.

Computers and Math 252:

Grading:

Midterm - 30%
Assignments - 20%
Final Exam - 50%



Students should be aware that they have certain rights to confidentiality concerning the return of course papers and the posting of marks. Click here for more info.

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Revised January 1999 by John Hebron.