Mathematical Methods for Physical Sciences 1,

MA 20000/55, Winter 2016

MWF: 12:30 PM 1:20 PM, HGS-184

Instructor Information:

Name: Andrei Tarfulea

Office: E 405
Office Hours: Monday and Thursday, 5PM 6PM, E 405
Discussion Session: Friday, 6PM 7PM, E 206
E-mail: atarfulea@math.uchicago.edu
Office Phone #: (773) 702-6408

Course Description:

This sequence is intended for students who are majoring in a department in the Physical
Sciences Collegiate Division other than mathematics. MATH 20000 covers multivariable
calculus, including the algebra and geometry of Euclidean space, differentiation and
integration of functions of several variables, vector valued functions and the classical
theorems of vector analysis (i.e., theorems of Green, Gauss, and Stokes).

Textbook:
Vector Calculus, by Jerrold E. Marsden and Anthony Tromba.

Grade Rubric:

Your course grade will be determined by two in-class midterm exams (2 x 20%), a
cumulative final exam (40%), and nine weekly homework assignments (20%) due at
the end of class each following Monday.

Lecture Schedule
Date
Mon 01/04
Wed 01/06
Fri 01/08
Mon 01/11
HW1 Due
Wed 01/13
Fri 01/15
Mon 01/18
Wed 01/20

Section
1.1 Vectors in Two- and Three-Dimensional Space
1.2 The Inner Product, Length, and Distance
1.3 Matrices, Determinants, and the Cross Product
1.4 Cylindrical and Spherical Coordinates
1.5 n-Dimensional Euclidean Space
2.1 The Geometry of Real-Valued Functions
2.2 Limits and Continuity
2.3 Differentiation
2.4 Introduction to Paths and Curves
2.5 Properties of the Derivative
2.6 Gradients and Directional Derivatives
No class (MLK Day)
3.1 Iterated Partial Derivatives

Homework
1.1:
1.2:
1.3:
1.4:
1.5:
2.1:
2.2:
2.3:

10, 16, 26
8, 12, 20, 36
14, 16, 28, 40
2, 8
2
8, 34
4, 10
2, 6, 10, 16

2.4: 4, 12, 18, 20

2.5: 6, 10, 16, 36
2.6: 6, 8, 10, 26
3.1: 4, 14, 30

HW2 Due
Fri 01/22

3.2 Taylor's Theorem

3.3 Extrema of Real-Valued Functions

Mon 01/25
HW3 Due
Wed 01/27

3.4 Constrained Extrema and Lagrange Multipliers

Fri 01/29
Mon 02/01
HW4 Due
Wed 02/03
Fri 02/05
Mon 02/08
HW5 Due
Wed 02/10
Fri 02/12
Mon 02/15
HW6 Due
Wed 02/17
Fri 02/19
Mon 02/22
HW7 Due
Wed 02/24
Fri 02/26
Mon 02/29
HW8 Due
Wed 03/02
Fri 03/04
Mon 03/07
Wed 03/09
Tue 03/15

4.1 Acceleration and Newton's Second Law

4.2 Arc Length
MIDTERM 1 (Chapters 1 to 3)
4.3 Vector Fields
4.4 Divergence and Curl
5.1 Introduction (to Double and Triple Integrals)
5.2 The Double Integral Over a Rectangle
5.3 The Double Integral Over More General Regions
5.4 Changing the Order of Integration
5.5 The Triple Integral
6.1 The Geometry of Maps from R2 to R2.
6.2 The Change of Variables Theorem
No class (college break)
6.3 Applications
7.1 The Path Integral
7.2 Line Integrals
MIDTERM 2 (Chapters 4 to 6)
7.3 Parametrized Surfaces
7.4 Area of a Surface
7.5 Integrals of Scalar Functions Over Surfaces
7.6 Surface Integrals of Vector Fields
7.7 Applications to Differential Geometry, Physics, and
Forms of Life
8.1 Green's Theorem
8.2 Stokes' Theorem
8.3 Conservative Fields
8.4 Gauss' Theorem
REVIEW
FINAL EXAM (4PM 6PM)

3.2: 6, 10, 14
3.3: 2, 12, 26
30, 52
3.4: 2, 4, 6, 8
20, 38
4.1: 4, 12, 20
4.2: 2, 6, 8, 12
4.3:
4.4:
5.1:
5.2:
5.3:
5.4:
5.5:

16, 20
2, 3, 14, 38
10, 12, 14
2, 4, 10
4, 14
4, 14
4, 6, 14, 16

6.1: 2, 4
6.2: 8, 16, 24, 28
6.3: 2, 4, 6, 14, 18
7.1: 4, 8, 12,
18, 24
7.2: 4, 8, 18
7.3:
7.4:
7.5:
7.6:
7.7:

14, 18
6, 12, 24
2, 6, 8, 10, 26
2, 4, 10, 14
2

8.1: 4, 6, 8
8.2: 8, 10, 18, 20
8.3: 2, 4, 6, 22
8.4: 6, 14, 16, 24

It is the policy of the Department of Mathematics that the following rules apply to final
exams in all undergraduate mathematics courses:
1. The final exam must occur at the time and place designated on the College Final
Exam Schedule. In particular, no final examinations may be given during the
tenth
week of the quarter, except in the case of graduating seniors.
2. Instructors are not permitted to excuse students from the scheduled time of the
final exam except in the cases of an Incomplete, or a graduating senior.