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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:
- Homework Set 6 due Wednesday, March 2
Notes on differentiating electric and magnetic fields E and B
(This problem was on HW 7 in Spring 2004)
- Lecture 22: 28 February
Curvilinear Coordinates:
Spherical and orthogonal curvilinear coordinates, level surfaces, coordinate curves, scale factors, gradient
Reading: D&S Ch.3 (3.10, 3.11)
- Lecture 23: 2 March
Path Integrals:
Divergence, Laplacian, curl in general curvilinear coordinate systems; path integral of scalar fields, element of arc length
Reading: D&S Ch.3&4 (3.10, 3.11, 4.1)
- Lecture 24: 4 March
Line Integrals and Domains:
Parametrization, line integral of vector fields, examples; neighbourhoods, interior, boundary and exterior points, open and closed sets; connected sets, domains, simply connected sets, star-shaped domains
Reading: D&S Ch.4 (4.1, 4.2)
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