MATH 2415 - Calculus 3 (Fall 2024)


Dallas College - Eastfield Campus


Instructor: Dr. Timothy Lo


Course Description

Advanced topics in calculus, including vectors and vector-valued functions, partial differentiation, Lagrange multipliers, multiple integrals, and Jacobians; application of the line integral, including Green's Theorem, the Divergence Theorem, and Stokes' Theorem.

Textbook

Calculus: Early Transcendentals 3rd Edition (Briggs) - Chapters 13-17

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Full Calculus 3 Notes

Notes by Chapter

Chapter 1 - Vectors and the Geometry of Space (8/26/24 - 9/10/24) Vectors in the Plane
Vectors in Three Dimensions
Dot Products
Cross Products
Lines and Planes in Space
Cylinders and Quadric Surfaces
Notes
Chapter 2 - Vector-Valued Functions (9/11/24 - 9/23/24) Vector-Valued Functions
Calculus of Vector-Valued Functions
Motion in Space
Length of Curves
Curvature and Normal Vectors
Notes
Chapter 3 - Functions of Several Variables (9/24/24 - 10/16/24) Graphs and Level Curves
Limits and Continuity
Partial Derivatives
The Chain Rule
Directional Derivatives and the Gradient
Tangent Planes and Linear Approximation
Maximum/Minimum Problems
Lagrange Multipliers
Notes
Chapter 4 - Multiple Integration (10/17/24 - 11/11/24) Double Integrals over Rectangular Regions
Double Integrals over General Regions
Double Integrals in Polar Coordinates
Triple Integrals
Triple Integrals in Cylindrical and Spherical Coordinates
Integrals for Mass Calculations
Change of Variables in Multiple Integration
Notes
Chapter 5 - Vector Calculus (11/12/24 - 12/11/24) Vector Fields
Line Integrals
Conservative Vector Fields
Green's Theorem
Divergence and Curl
Surface Integrals
Stokes' Theorem
Divergence Theorem
Notes

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