Math 311, Section 002, Vector Analysis, Fall 2009
General Information
Instructor: Matthew Blair
Email Address: blair ["at"] math.unm.edu
Course Web Page: http://www.math.unm.edu/~blair/math311.html
Office: Humanities 443
Office Hours: Wednesday 3:00-5:00 pm, and by appointment.
Text: Introduction to Vector Analysis, Seventh Edition, by Harry F. Davis
and Arthur David Snider.
Meeting times/location: Monday, Wednesday, and Friday at 11 am, Dane Smith Hall
333 .
The grader is Alexey Sukhinin, he will hold an office hour on Tuesday from 1-2pm
in Humanities 316.
Course Syllabus (in .pdf format)
Announcements
August 26: Homework 1 has been adjusted to fit the pace of the class. The
problems from 1.10 will now be part of Homework 2 rather than Homework 1.
October 8: Solutions to Midterm 1 can now be found here
November 12: Solutions to Midterm 2 can now be found here
Homework
Hand in all problems with a "*" for a grade. Do the others on your own, but do not hand
them in.
Assignment #1--Due Monday, August 31
1.5: 4, 5, 6*, 12*, 13, 15, 21*
1.7: 1, 4*, 5, 8*, 9, 13-24
1.8: 1, 3, 7*, 11, 12, 13, 18*
1.9: 3, 5, 11, 13*, 15
Reading: 1.1-1.10
Assignment #2--Due Friday, September 4
1.10: 3*, 5, 11*
1.12: 2*, 5, 11*, 12*, 13, 19, 20, 21*, 23, 26
1.13: 3*, 5, 7*, 8
Reading: 1.11-1.14
Assignment #3--Due Friday, September 11
1.14: 3*, 6, 7, 11*
2.1: 1*, 3*, 4, 5h*,i*
2.2: 2*, 3*, 6, 9
Reading: 2.1-2.3
Assignment #4--Due Friday, September 18
2.2: 5
2.3: 3*, 4, 5, 9*, 13, 15 a*,b*,c*,d*,e*,f*,h*, 15 g,i
3.1: 1*, 3, 9*, 12, 14*, 20, 24*
Reading: 2.3 (including Frenet Formulas), 3.1, 3.2
Assignment #5--Due Friday, September 25
3.2: 3, 4*
3.3: 4*, 5*, 6*, 7, 8, 10
3.4: 4, 9*, 10, 11*
3.6: 2*, 4*, 5, 7
Reading: 3.3, 3.4, 3.5, 3.6
Assignment #6--Not collected
3.8: 6, 10 a, b, e, g. Also, derive (3.27), (3.29), (3.30) in this section.
Reading: 3.8, 3.10
Assignment #7--Due Friday, October 9
3.10: 2*, 4, 6*, 7, 8*, 10, 11, 12*, 13*, 14*
Reading: 3.10, 4.1
Assignment #8--Due Wednesday, October
14
4.1: 2, 3, 4, 5, 6*, 7*, 9, 10*, 12*, 14
4.2: 1*, 3*, 4*, 5, 6, 7
Reading: 4.1, 4.2, 4.3
Assignment #9--Due Friday, October 23
4.3: 2 b,c, 3, 4*, 5*, 6, 7, 8
4.4: 1 a, b*, c, d*, e*, 2, 3, 4*, 5*, 7, 9*, 10*
4.5: 2, 4*, 9*
Reading: 4.3, 4.4, 4.5, 4.6
Assignment #10--Due Friday, October 30
4.6: 1*, 2*, 3, 4, 5*, 6*
4.7: 1, 2c,d, 3, 4, 6*, 11*, 14*, 15, 16*, 20, 21
Reading: 4.6, 4.7, 4.8, Review double integrals
Assignment #11--Not collected
4.8: 1, 3, 4, 5, 6
Reading: 4.8, 4.9
Assignment #12--Due Friday, November 13
4.9: 1, 2c*,d*, 3, 5*, 6, 17*, 21*, 23*
Reading: 4.9, 5.1
Note: As suggested in the instructions for 2c*,d* of 4.9, you should do problems
2c and 2d in 4.7 using the divergence theorem, rather than by direct
computation.
Assignment #13--Due Friday, November 20
4.9: 8, 9c,d,e, 10*, 11, 12*, 13, 14*, 15*, 16*, 20*
5.1: 6, 7, 8, 9
Reading: 4.9, 5.1
Note: Use Stokes' Theorem for problems 10*, 12*, 14*, 15*, 16*
Assignment #14--Due Friday, December 4
5.4: 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 7*, 8*, 9*, 10*, 11, 12
5.5: 1*, 2*
Reading: 5.4, 5.5
Assignment #15--Due Friday, December 4
5.5: 3*, 5, 6*, 7*
5.2: 1*, 2*
Reading: 5.2, 5.3
Assignment #16--Not collected
5.2: 6, 9, 10
5.3: 3, 4, 5
Reading: 5.3