Professor: Jeff Johannes
Section 1 MF 2:30-3:20p
South 336
Office: South
326A
Telephone: 245-5403
Office Hours: Monday 11:30a - 12:20p, Tuesday 8-9p, Wednesday
4-5p, Thursday 12:30-1:30p, Friday 1:30 - 2:20p, and by appointment or
visit.
Email Address: Johannes@Geneseo.edu
Web-page:
http://www.geneseo.edu/~johannes
Textbooks
Second Year Calculus, David M. Bressoud
Course Goals
- Discuss the fundamentals of vector calculus from a more advanced
perspective (differential forms, gradient, directional derivative,
divergence, curl, Laplacian, and differential forms)
- Place them in the physical context for which they were initially
developed and learn the story of their creation.
- Read a serious mathematics book from page 1 to page 360.
Learning Outcomes
Math 350 - Upon successful completion of Math 350 -
Vector Analysis, a student will be compute and analyze:
- Scalar and cross product of vectors in 2 and 3 dimensions represented
as differential forms or tensors,
- The vector-valued functions of a real variable and their curves and in
turn the geometry of such curves including curvature, torsion and the
Frenet-Serre frame and intrinsic geometry,
- Scalar and vector valued functions of 2 and 3 variables and surfaces,
and in turn the geometry of surfaces,
- Gradient vector fields and constructing potentials,
- Integral curves of vector fields and solving differential equations to
find such curves,
- The differential ideas of divergence, curl, and the Laplacian along
with their physical interpretations, using differential forms or tensors
to represent derivative operations,
- The integral ideas of the functions defined including line, surface
and volume integrals - both derivation and calculation in rectangular,
cylindrical and spherical coordinate systems and understand the proofs
of each instance of the fundamental theorem of calculus, and
- Examples of the fundamental theorem of calculus and see their relation
to the fundamental theorems of calculus in calculus 1, leading to the
more generalised version of Stokes' theorem in the setting of
differential forms.
Grading
Your grade in this course will be based on problem sets,
three in-class quizams, two take-home exams, and a final examination.
Each of those aspects will be worth 1/4 of your grade and each component of
each aspect will be equally weighted.
Problem Sets
Problem sets will consist of questions related to
material presented in the previous two weeks. They will be due two
weeks after assigned. Before these papers are handed in, I
strongly suggest discussing them with me and others outside of class.
These discussions will be graded on a ten point decile scale based on
completeness, accuracy, and writing.
These problems will be evaluated as follows.
0 Missing
3 Question copied, nothing written
6 Something written that appears that it was only written
to take up space
7 Substantially incomplete. Something written, but does
not really answer the main questions. Major errors. Very poor writing
8 Mostly complete, maybe a few minor errors
9 Complete, no errors, some personal insight, well-written
10 Wonderful
We will discuss these problem sets in detail on the day
they are due. Therefore no late problem sets will be accepted.
Solutions and Plagiarism
There are plenty of places that one can find all kinds of
solutions to problems in this class. Reading them and not referencing
them in your work is plagiarism, and will be reported as an academic
integrity violation. Reading them and referencing them is not quite
plagiarism, but does undermine the intent of the problems. Therefore,
if you reference solutions you will receive 0 points, but you will *not* be
reported for an academic integrity. Simply - please do not read any
solutions for problems in this class.
Quizams
Quizams are like long quizzes or short exams. You
will have 20 minutes to complete them. They will focus on
computational fluency with material since the last quizam.
Take Home Exams
The take home exams will be more involved than quizams
and less than problem sets. They will be distributed on Fridays and
due on Mondays. You may not consult with any other person, and any
resource other than your notes and your textbook. If you do consult
with other sources, you will be failed in this course and reported to the
Dean of Students for a violation of academic integrity.
Final Examination
You will have two options for a final examination.
You may take a cummulative three hour final examination (more involved than
a quizam and less involved than a take-home exam). Your second option
is a cummulative take-home exam that will be distributed at the last day of
class and due by the end of the final examination period (more
involved than the other take home exams).
Feedback
Occasionally you will be given anonymous feedback
forms. Please use them to share any thoughts or concerns for how the
course is running. Remember, the sooner you tell me your concerns, the
more I can do about them. I have also created a web-site
which
accepts anonymous comments. If we have not yet discussed this in
class, please encourage me to create a class code. This site may also
be accessed via our course page on a link
entitled anonymous
feedback. Of course, you are always welcome to approach me
outside of class to discuss these issues as well.
Religious Holidays
It is my policy to give students who miss class because
of observance of religious holidays the opportunity to make up missed
work. You are responsible for notifying me no later than January 31 of
plans to observe the holiday.
Tentative Schedule subject to change
Date
Topic
Assigned
Due
January 23 Introduction, 1.5
26
3.1
30
3.1
PS 1
February 2 3.3
6
3.3
9
4.1 / 4.2
13
4.2 Discuss problem set
PS 2
PS 1
16
4.4
20
4.6
Quizam 1
(material thru PS1)
23
4.6
27
4.7 Discuss problem set
PS 3
PS 2
March 2 8.1 / 8.2
6
8.4
Take
Home Exam 1 (material thru PS2)
9
8.4
THX1
13
8.5 Discuss problem set
PS 3
23
10.1
PS4
27
10.2
Quizam 2 (material thru PS3)
30
10.2
April 3 10.4 Discuss problem
set
PS 5 PS
4
6
10.4
10
10.6
Take Home Exam 2 (material thru PS4)
13
10.6
THX2
17
10.7 Discuss problem set
PS 6
PS 5
20
10.9 / 11.1
24
11.2
Quizam 3
(material thru PS5)
27
11.3/11.5
May 1 11.5Discuss problem
set
PS
6
May 4
review
Take-home final
Tuesday, May 12 3:30 - 6:30p Final
Examination
Take-home Final