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Instructor:
Ralf Wittenberg
K-10536, 291-4792
ralf@sfu.ca |
Lectures:
M, W, F 8:30-9:20am
in K 9500 |
Text:
Davis & Snider,
Introduction to Vector Analysis
Wm.C. Brown |
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Announcements:
- End of Semester!
The final exam and overall grades have been posted on WebCT
The exams are available for viewing in my office
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Previous Weeks:
- Week 1: Introduction, Vector Algebra
- Week 2: Vector Identities, Vector Functions of One Variable
- Week 3: Space Curves
- Week 4: Motion in Polar Coordinates, Scalar and Vector Fields, Gradients
- Week 5: Divergence, Curl, Laplacian
- Week 6: Dyadics, Vector Identities
- Week 7: Cylindrical and Spherical Coordinates, Midterm
- Week 8: Curvilinear Coordinates, Line Integrals
- Week 9: Conservative and Solenoidal Fields
- Week 10: Surface and Volume Integrals
- Week 11: Integral Theorems of Vector Calculus
- Week 12: Divergence and Stokes' Theorems
- Week 13: Orthogonality
Instructor: |
Ralf Wittenberg
Office: K-10536; Tel: 291-4792
E-Mail: ralf@sfu.ca |
Lecture: |
Monday, Wednesday, Friday
8:30-9:20am : K 9500
Tutorials Tuesday mornings |
Web Page: |
http://www.math.sfu.ca/~ralfw/math252 |
Text: |
Harry F. Davis and Arthur David Snider,
"Introduction to Vector Analysis" (7th edition) Wm.C. Brown Publishers.
Additional reading |
Vector Analysis
The mathematical description of much of physics and engineering, including mechanics, continuum and fluid mechanics, and electromagnetism, depends heavily on the language of vectors, particularly in three dimensions. In this course we will develop the theory of vector analysis, the differential and integral calculus of scalar and vector functions in one and several dimensions, leading us to the great theorems of Green, Gauss and Stokes and some of their applications. We will aim for an appreciation both of the underlying mathematics as well as of some of the applications that have historically motivated this theory. As time permits, we will explore how one can extend the linear structure of vector algebra to more general vector spaces of polynomials and functions, including an introduction to Fourier series.
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