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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:
- Lecture 16: 14 February
Dyadics:
Projection operator, dyadic, gradient of a vector field, matrix representation; interpretation of Laplacian
Reading: D&S Ch.3 (3.6, 3.7)
- Lecture 17: 16 February
Tensor Notation and Vector Identities:
Del notation, differential operators, tensor notation, vector product identies, curl grad f = 0
Reading: D&S Ch.3 (3.8, 3.9)
- Lecture 18: 18 February
Cylindrical Coordinates:
Proofs of vector identities, div curl F = 0, more complicated identities; definition of cylindrical coordinates, level surfaces, coordinate curves
Reading: D&S Ch.3 (3.9, 3.10)
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