Syllabus
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Week    Sections from the Third Edition
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12.1: Functions of two variables
12.2: Graphs of functions of two variables
12.3: Contour diagrams
12.4: Linear functions
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12.5: Functions of three variables
12.6: Limits and continuity
13.1: Displacement vectors
13.2: Vectors in general
13.3: The dot product
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13.4: The cross product
14.1: The partial derivative
14.2: Computing partial derivatives algebraically
Midterm: Sections 12.1-14.2
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14.3: Local linearity and the differential
14.4: Gradients and the directional derivatives in the plane
14.5: Gradients and the directional derivative in the space
14.6: The chain rule
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14.7: Second order partial derivatives
14.8: Differentiability
15.1: Local extrema
15.2: Optimization
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15.3: Constrained optimization: Lagrange multipliers
17.1: Parametrized curves
17.2: Motion, velocity, and acceleration
Review
Final: Sections 12.1-15.3 and 17.1-17.2
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