Calculus III
Contents
Syllabus
You can find the link to the general syllabus and the course syllabus below:
General Syllabus
Course Syllabus
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Past Final Exams: Click here to find past MAT 397 final exams.
Past MAT 397 Courses: You can find my past MAT 397 courses under the ‘Courses’ tab.
Resources
Challenge Integrals: A collection of difficult integrals and series. Solving these problems could result in prizes!
Symbolab: Symbolab is a useful online computational device, which will not only integrate but show steps. This can be a useful study tool, but be careful how you use it!
WolframAlpha: WolframAlpha is a useful online computation device. WolframAlpha takes written commands, interprets the input, and performs the computations. WolframAlpha is an online ‘watered down’ version of Mathematica, which at this time is offered to Syracuse University students for free! However, WolframAlpha will take many Mathematica commands, as I outline in this document.
Reference Tables: I created a reference table which is not just useful for Calculus, but most of the more applied mathematics courses you could take as an undergraduate.
Extra Book Problems: You can find extra recommended book problems at this link.
Other Lectures/Notes: There are a number of excellent sources of additional Multivariable Calculus lectures and notes. If you want or need more explanations or problems, I would recommend the following:
Multivariable Calculus 2007 (But especially the lectures, found here)
Calculus 3: Professor Leonard
Paul’s Online Notes (Especially good for problems/solutions)
Multivariable Calculus 2010
Multivariable Calculus 2006
Calculus of Several Variables 2010
Multivariable Calculus (Khan Academy)
Handouts
Calculus III: Course Prerequisite ‘Bootcamp’
Dot Product, Cross Product, Projections
Course Notes & Workbook
There is a textbook for this course. However, there is no single textbook which exactly addresses all the types of problems we will see in this course. Accordingly, I have written a workbook for the majority of problem types that we shall see in this course, this includes space for your notes for each topic. You can also find my lecture notes, as well as a student version of the notes with the problem solutions removed.
Workbook: Student Version
Workbook: Instructor Version
Lecture Notes (Instructor Version)
Quizzes
Exams
Wolfram Demonstrations
The Wolfram Demonstrations page contains over 12,000 different demonstrations of applications of Mathematica programs to dozens of fields, including Calculus. You can interact with these demonstrations by downloading the Wolfram CDF player for your browser. Feel free to use these to help you engage with course concepts, and explore other topics.
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Geometry & Coordinate Systems:
3D Coordinates
Polar Coordinates
Polar & Rectangular Coordinates
Cylindrical Coordinates
Exploring Cylindrical Coordinates
Spherical Coordinates
Exploring Spherical Coordinates
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Vectors
Sum of Two Vectors I
Sum of Two Vectors II
Sum of Two Vectors III
Decomposing a Vector
Basics of 2D Vectors
Vectors in 3D
Scalar Multiple of a Vector
Tension Problems
Sailing Against the Wind
Determining Stress in a Truss
Find the Vector Combination
Addition of ‘n’ Vectors in 2D
Commutativity of Vector Addition
Triangle Interior
Translation of the Plane
Constructing Vector Solutions
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Lines:
Lines in 3-Space
Intersecting Lines with Vectors
Skew Lines
Angle between Two Lines in 2D
Line Perpendicular to Two Intersecting Lines
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Quadratic Surfaces:
Which Quadric is Which?
Ellipsoids
Paraboloid
Hyperboloids & Ellipsoids
Hyperboloid of One Sheet
Hyperboloid of Two Sheets
Quadratic Surfaces Level Curves
Quadratic Surface Cross-Sections
Cross Sections of Quadratic Surfaces
Plane Sections of Surfaces
Level Surfaces & Quadratic Surfaces
Intersection/Union of Cylinders
Intersection of Ellipsoid & Hyperboloid
Intersection of a Cone & Sphere
Geodesics on Some Surfaces
Hyperboloid by Rotating Line
Hyperboloid as a Ruled Surface
Quadrics
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Vector Functions
Plotting Vector-Valued Functions
Parametric Curves in 2D
Parametric Curves in 3D
Parametric Circle in 3D
Parametric Trace
Comparing Parametrizations
Four Space Curves
Circle, Ellipse, Hyperbola, Astroid
Derivative of Vector Functions
2D Kinematics on a Figure-Eight Curve
Sine and Cosine in 3D
Sine & Cosine Helix
Motion on a Surface
Parametric Plots from Rectangular Plots
Some Polar Plots
Exploring Polar Plots
Polar Plots for Rose Curves & Limaçons
Limaçons as Loci
Pedal Curves of Conics
Spirographs
Cycloid & Archimedes’ Spiral
Cycloid & their Tangents
Cycloid from an Ellipse
Spherical Cycloids I
Spherical Cycloids II
Spherical Trochoid
Hypocycloids
Epicycloid Plotting
Epitrochoids
Epitrochogon Plotting
Elliptic Epitrochoid
Peritrochoid
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Arclength & Curvature
Arclength and Polygonal Approximations
Arclegnth Approximation
Curvature and Torsion
Frenet Frame
3D Extrusion with Frenet-Serret
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Multivariable Functions
Domain of a Multivariable Function
Graphs and Contour Plots
Asymptotes in 2D/3D
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Limits & Continuity
Nonexistence of a Limit
Multivariable Epsilon-Delta
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Partial Derivatives
Cross-Sections & Partial Derivatives
Partial Derivatives in 3D
Partial Derivatives & Plots
Taylor Polynomials in 2 Variables
Isolated Singularities
Second-Order Partial Derivatives
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Lagrange Multipliers
Lagrange Multipliers in 1D
Geometry of Lagrange Multipliers
Constrained Optimization
Lagrange in 2D
Method of Lagrange Multipliers
Cobb-Douglas Utility Solution
Cobb-Douglas Optimization
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Maxima & Minima
Saddle & Inflection Points
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Change of Variables
2D Jacobians
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Vector Fields
Vector Field Plot Examples
Slope Fields
3D Vector Fields
Vector Field on a Curve
Potential Flows
Streamlines through a Point
2D Flows
Flow of a Vector Field in 2D
Sources, Saddle Points, and Sinks
Predator-Prey Models
Direction Fields for Differential Equations
Tour of Second-Order Differential Equations
Families of Solutions for ODEs
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Dot Product:
Dot Product
Dot Product Angle
Mechanical Work
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Cross Product:
Cross Product in yz-Plane
Determinant Diagonal Trick
Determinant via Cofactor Expansions
Determinants (seen Geometrically)
3×3 Matrix Explorer
Cross Product of Vectors
Area of a Parallelogram
Area of a Triangle (Determinant) I
Area of a Triangle (Determinant) II
Volume of a Parallelepiped
Scalar Triple Product
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Projections:
Vector Projection I
Vector Projection II
Vector Projection III
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Distances:
Distance between 2 Points
Distance Point to Line I
Distance Point to Line II
Distance Point to Segment
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General Surfaces:
Slicing a Torus
Solids of Known Cross Section
Crazy Surfaces
Named Algebraic Surfaces
Algebraic Surfaces with Many Nodes
A General Cone
Whitney Umbrella
Calabi-Yau Space
Gyroid
Catalan’s Surface
Steiner Surface
Boy Surface
Jeener’s Klein Surface
Thomsen Surfaces
Dini’s Surface
Family of Surfaces (Möbius Strip)
Level Surfaces for a Polynomial
Contours of Algebraic Surfaces
Modern Thread Lampshade
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Vector Functions (Continued)
Cyclogons I
Cyclogons II
Lemniscate Plotting
Lemniscate Linkage
Anticycloid I
Anticycloid II
Rolling Ellipse I
Rolling Ellipse II
Rolling Ellipse III
Rolling a Polygon on a Circle
Rolling a Circle on a Parabola
Cycloids & Trochoids with Elliptic Base
Orbits with Epicycles on a Deferent
Circle Involute
Plane Cubic Curves
Loxodrome
Lissajous Figures from Projections
Lissajous-like Kolam
Robotic Application of Lissajous Curves
Witch of Agnesi
3D Loops
Torus Paths
Starr Plots
Voyager I and II Spaceflights
Galileo Spaceflight
New Horizons Spaceflight
Five-Bar Linkage for Bicycles
Closed Curve with Four-Bar Linkage
Elliptical Drive
Kepler’s Second Law
Kepler’s Third Law
3D Boid Model
Polar Plots from Mechanical Linkages
Designs from Mechanical Linkages
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Splines & Interpolation
Simple Spline Curves
Bézier Curves
Constructing a Bézier Curve
Subdivision in Bézier Curves
Higher Degree Bézier Curves
Interactive Spline
B-Splines with Boundary Conditions
3D Cubic B-Splines
B-Spline Curve with Knots
B-Spline Surfaces
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Tangent Planes & Approximations
Tangent Plane to a Sphere
Tangent Planes on a 3D Graph
Tangent Planes to Quadratic Surfaces
Tangent to a Surface
Total Differentials
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Directional Derivatives
Directional Derivatives
Directional Derivatives in 3D
Directional Derivative & Gradient
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Double & Triple Integrals
Riemann Sums in 2 Variables
Double Integrals with Cuboids
Double Integral for Volume
Sweeping Integrals
Double Integral as a Volume
Triple Integrals for Mass
Triple Integral: Cone Example
Triple Integral: Cylinder & Plane
2D Integrals with Monte Carlo
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Gradients, Curl, and Divergence
Gradients in 2D and 3D
Visualizing the Gradient Vector
Curl of Some Vector Fields
Flow through/around a Circle
Flux
Swirl and Curl
Expansion and Divergence
Gradient Descent
Curves of Steepest Descent
Linear Regression with Gradient Descent
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Line Integrals
Integrating along a Curve
Contour Integration
Motion on a Surface
Work Independent in a Conservative Field
Integraph
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Green’s Theorem
Polar Planimeter
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Stokes’ & Divergence Theorem
Surfaces and Gradients
Flux
Divergence Theorem