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MATH 20C FA20 C (Swanson)

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Note: Sections for a given lecture are only approximate and are subject to revision during the term without notice.

Week 0
F: Oct. 2 First lecture: 1.1 Vectors in 2D and 3D
Week 1
M: Oct. 5 1.1 continued
No discussion sections
W: Oct. 7 1.1 continued, formulas of lines, intersecting lines
F: Oct. 9 1.2 Dot product (inner product)
Week 2
M: Oct. 12 1.2 continued: dot product, properties of dot product, length, distance, angles
First discussion sections
W: Oct. 14 1.2 continued: components, projections; 1.3 Matrices, determinants, the cross product
Quiz 1 on GradeScope, 9:00-9:50am or 1:00-1:50pm Pacific Time
F: Oct. 16 1.3 Geometric interpretation of cross product, planes
HW 1 due on Achieve at 11:59pm
Week 3
M: Oct. 19 1.3 Volume of a parallelpiped
Discussion sections
W: Oct. 21 2.1 The geometry of real-valued functions
F: Oct. 23 2.1 continued: Level curves, 2.2 Limits and continuity
HW 2 due on Achieve at 11:59pm
Week 4
M: Oct. 26 2.2 continued; 2.3 Partial derivatives, how to compute them
Discussion sections
W: Oct. 28 No lecture
Quiz 2 on GradeScope, 9:00-9:50am or 1:00-1:50pm Pacific Time
F: Oct. 30 2.3 continued: technical definition of partial derivatives, tangent plane, linear approximation
HW 3 due on Achieve at 11:59pm
Week 5
M: Nov. 2 2.3 continued: more examples, derivative matrix; 2.4 Introduction to paths and curves
Discussion sections
W: Nov. 4 2.4 continued; 2.5 Chain rule for multiple variables
F: Nov. 6 2.5 continued; 2.6 Gradients and directional derivatives
HW 4 due on Achieve at 11:59pm
Week 6
M: Nov. 9 2.6 continued
Discussion sections
Quiz 3 on GradeScope, 9:00-9:50am or 1:00-1:50pm Pacific Time
W: Nov. 11 No lecture (Veteran's Day)
F: Nov. 13 Graphical demos for 2.4; 3.1 iterated partial derivatives
HW 5 due on Achieve at 11:59pm
Week 7
M: Nov. 16 3.3-3.4 Extrema of real-valued functions
Discussion sections
W: Nov. 18 3.3 continued
Quiz 4 on GradeScope, 9:00-9:50am or 1:00-1:50pm Pacific Time
F: Nov. 20 3.4 Constrained extrema and Lagrange multipliers
HW 6 due on Achieve at 11:59pm
Week 8
M: Nov. 23 3.4 continued; 4.1 Velocity and acceleration; 4.2 Arc length
Discussion sections
W: Nov. 25 No lecture
HW 7 due on Achieve at 11:59pm (Wednesday, not Friday)
F: Nov. 27 No lecture (Thanksgiving)
Week 9
M: Nov. 30 4.1-4.2 continued
Discussion sections
W: Dec. 2 Catchup
Quiz 5 on GradeScope, 9:00-9:50am or 1:00-1:50pm Pacific Time
F: Dec. 4 5.1 Introduction to double and triple integrals; partial integration; iterated integrals in 2D (5.1) and 3D (5.5); 5.1 Double integrals over rectangles; Mean Value Theorem
HW 8 due on Achieve at 11:59pm
Week 10
M: Dec. 7 5.3 Double integrals over more general regions
W: Dec. 9 5.4 Changing the order of integration; 5.5 Triple integrals
Th: Dec. 10 Discussion sections
F: Dec. 11 5.5 Triple integrals, continued
HW 9 due on Achieve at 11:59pm
Week 11 (Finals Week)
W: Dec. 16 Quiz 6 on GradeScope, 9:00-9:50am or 1:00-1:50pm Pacific Time