Course Outline

ME201
Advanced Calculus

Department of Mechanical Engineering
University of Waterloo
Fall 2007

Week Topic
Week 1
  • scalar & vector arithmetic
  • vectors
  • scalar & vector product
  • vectors & points, curves, lines in 3D
Week 2
  • vectors and planes in 3D
  • calculation of distance in 3D
  • differentiation of vectors
  • integration of vectors
Week 3
  • tangent vectors and arc length of curves in 3D
  • curvature and centripetal acceleration
Week 4
  • introduction to multivariable functions
  • partial derivatives
  • chain rule for partial derivatives
Week 5
  • gradients
  • directional derivatives
  • tangent lines and tangent planes
  • extrema of functions
Week 6
  • mid term week
Week 7
  • constrained max/min problems
  • numerical integration
  • method of least squares
Week 8
  • review of single integrals
  • double integrals
  • surface areas from double integrals
  • volumes from double integrals
Week 9
  • triple integrals
  • volume calculations in cylindrical & spherical coordinates
  • moments of area, mass and volume
Week 10
  • derivatives of definite integrals
  • vector fields
  • gradient, divergence and curl operations
  • divergence, grad and curl identities
Week 11
  • line integrals of scalar functions
  • line integrals of vector functions
  • conservative force fields
  • surface integrals of scalar functions
Week 12
  • surface integrals of vector functions
  • integral theorems involving vector functions
  • divergence theorem
  • Green's theorem
Week 13
  • Stoke's theorem
  • Review

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