The City College of New York

MATH 392F Course Syllabus

Department of Mathematics
Spring 2010

Course Supervisor: Prof. S. Ocken (stevock@gmail.com)

Required Texts:
1) Essential Calculus (Stewart) Thomson Brooks-Cole
2) Linear Algebra for Calculus (Heuvers et. al.), Brooks-Cole
For this course, you need ONLY chapters 12 and 13, which can be downloaded for $7.99 each from
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The syllabus leaves a total of 4 hours for exams and review.

Section and Topic
Part 1: Vector Calculus: 24 hours. (Stewart Essential Calculus)

Hours
24 hours

10.7,10.8 Parametrized curves; arc length Omit curvature

1.5

13.1 Vector Fields

13.2 Line Integrals

13.3 Fundamental theorem for line integrals

13.4 Greens Theorem

13.5 Curl and Divergence

12.5-12.7 Triple integrals; cylindrical and spherical coordinates

13.6 Parametric Surfaces and their areas

13.7 Surface Integrals

2.5

13.8 Stokes Theorem

13.9 Divergence Theorem

Part 2: Linear Algebra: 14 hours. (Heuvers Linear Algebra for Calculus)

14 hours

1 Matrices and Matrix Algebra

2 Linear Systems, Elementary Row Operations

3 Varieties of Systems of Linear Equations

4 The Determinant of a Matrix

2.5
2

5 The Inverse of a Matrix

1.5

6 Orthogonal Matrices and Changes of Coordinates (6.1 & 6.2 only; optional)

1.5

7 The Eigenvalue Problem (7.1 & 7.2 only) (with applications to systems of
ODEs in notes distributed by course supervisor)

3.5

SYLLABUS:

(1.2-1.3) Preliminaries, (2.2) First Order Separable ODEs and First Order Homogeneous
ODEs, (2.1) First
Order Linear ODEs, (2.3) Modeling with First Order ODEs, (2.6) First Order Exact
ODEs, (3.1) 2nd Order Linear Homogeneous ODEs, (3.2) The Wronskian, Linear
Independence, Abels Theorem, (3.3) 2nd Order Linear Homogeneous ODEs (complex
roots), (3.4) 2nd Order Linear Homogeneous ODEs (repeated roots), Reduction of Order,
(3.5) Undetermined Coefficients, (3.6) Variation of Parameters, (3.7, 3.8) Mechanical
Vibrations, (4.1-4.2) General nth Order Linear ODEs, (4.3) Undetermined Coefficients,
(5.1, 5.2) Series Solutions to ODEs near Ordinary Points, (5.4) Euler Equations, (5.5)
Series Solutions about Regular Singular Points, (6.1-6.2) The Laplace Transform, (10.1)
Boundary Value Problems, (10.2-10.4) Fourier Series, (10.5) Separation of Variables for
PDEs