SC/MATH 2015 3.

00 Applied Multivariate and Vector Calculus

Section A
Time and Place
Lectures: MWF 10:30-11:20 CLH G
Instructor
Michael Haslam. Office: Ross S621
Tel: (416) 736-2100 ext. 44645
Email: mchaslam@mathstat.yorku.ca
Office Hours: Monday 3:30pm 5pm or by appointment
Website: http://webct.math.yorku.ca/
Important Dates
Classes begin Sept 10
Fall Reading Days (Oct 29-Nov 1); no class Friday Oct 30.
Drop Deadline Nov 9
December 7 fall term classes end
For information on other important dates at York University, please check:
http://www.yorku.ca/roweb/enrol/dates/fw15.htm
Evaluation
The final grade for the course will be based on five term tests weighted at 10% each and
a final exam weighted at 50%. Suggested homework problems will be assigned but not
graded. The date of the final examination will be announced near the end of the term.
The dates for the in-class terms tests are as follows:
Test 1: Wed Sept. 30
Test 2: Wed Oct. 14
Test 3: Wed Oct. 28
Test 4: Wed Nov. 11
Test 5: Wed Nov. 25
Term tests will be written in the regular scheduled class hours. Each test will be 50
minutes in length. Notes, calculators and other study aids are not permitted.
Course credit is given to those students who attend classes and complete the
required midterm tests. Failure to write at least three of the five midterm tests for
any reason (medical or otherwise) may result in a students de-enrollment from
the course without prior warning. Students may also be de-enrolled from the
course without prior warning if they lack the necessary prerequisites listed below.
Calendar Description
Topics covered include partial derivatives; grad, div, curl and Laplacian operators; line
and surface integrals; theorems of Gauss and Stokes; double and triple integrals in
various coordinate systems; extrema and Taylor series for multivariate functions. Other
topics covered include curves and surfaces in Cartesian, cylindrical, and spherical polar
coordinates; differential vector identities, Greens theorem.

Prerequisite
One of SC/MATH 1010 3.00, SC/MATH 1014 3.00, SC/MATH 1310 3.00; or SC/MATH
1505 6.00 plus permission of the course coordinator.
Course Credit Exclusions
SC/MATH 2010 3.00, SC/MATH 2310 3.00, GL/MATH/MODR 2670 3.00, GL/MATH
3200 3.00.
Textbook
James Stewart, Calculus: Early Transcendentals, Ed 7E., Thompson, 2012. Chapters
12-16. The 8th edition is currently available, but we will be using the edition of the text
purchased by students for their first year courses.
Detailed Description
1. Introduction. Three-dimensional coordinate systems; vectors; the dot product; the
cross product; equations of lines and planes.
2. Vector Functions. Vector functions and space curves; derivatives and integrals of
vector functions; arc length and curvature; normal, bi-normal and tangent vectors.
3. Partial Derivatives. Functions of several variables; limits and continuity; partial
derivatives; tangent planes, linear approximations and Taylor's theorem; the chain rule;
directional derivatives and the gradient vector.
4. Maxima and Minima. Critical points, local max/min values, second partials tests;
unconstrained problems on infinite domains and bounded sets; constrained optimization
and the method of Lagrange multipliers.
5. Double Integrals. Double integrals over rectangular domains; iterated integrals and
interchanging order of integration; double integrals over general regions; change of
variables and the Jacobian; double integrals in polar coordinates; applications of double
integrals including center of mass and moment of inertia.
6. Triple Integrals. Triple integrals in cylindrical coordinates; triple integrals in spherical
coordinates; Jacobians.
7. Vector Calculus. Vector fields; curl and divergence and conservative vector fields; line
integrals and the fundamental theorem for line integrals; Green's theorem; parametric
surfaces and surface integrals; Gauss's divergence theorem; Stokes' theorem.