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Advanced Calculus Skills Guide

Math 217 covers several advanced multivariable calculus topics including: vector functions and their use in describing space curves and motion; functions of several variables including domains, ranges, graphs, limits, and continuity; partial derivatives and their applications; double and triple integrals and their computations; vector fields and computing line and surface integrals; and theorems like Green's theorem, Stokes' theorem, and the divergence theorem. Students will understand key concepts and be able to apply techniques like using parametrizations and coordinate transformations to evaluate integrals.

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Advanced Calculus Skills Guide

Math 217 covers several advanced multivariable calculus topics including: vector functions and their use in describing space curves and motion; functions of several variables including domains, ranges, graphs, limits, and continuity; partial derivatives and their applications; double and triple integrals and their computations; vector fields and computing line and surface integrals; and theorems like Green's theorem, Stokes' theorem, and the divergence theorem. Students will understand key concepts and be able to apply techniques like using parametrizations and coordinate transformations to evaluate integrals.

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Math 217: List of Core Skills

A student successfully completing Math 217 (Fall 2013) should:


understand vector functions of one variable, their use in describing space
curves (their tangent vectors, lengths), and in describing motion in space (posi-
tion, velocity/speed, acceleration)
understand functions of several variables, their domains, ranges, graphs,
level curves/surfaces, limits, and continuity
understand the denition, computation, and interpretation of partial deriva-
tives, their relation to the tangent plane and their role in linear approximation,
and the notion of dierentiability of a function of several variables
be able to use the various forms of the chain rule for functions of several
variables
know the gradient vector and its meaning, and its relation to level curves/surfaces
and to directional derivatives
be able to nd local and global maximum and minimum values of functions
of several variables, and to use the Lagrange Multiplier method in the presence
of constraints, and understand the Extreme Value Theorem and its role in such
problems
understand the denition and simple applications (eg. volumes, centres of mass)
of double/triple integrals, and be able to compute them over regions of
TypeI/II(/III) as iterated integrals, possibly using change of variables (including
polar, cylindrical or spherical coordinates)
know what a vector eld is
know how to to compute line integrals of functions (with respect to arc length
or one of the coordinates) and vector elds, by parameterizing the curve
know what the curl and divergence of a vector eld are, the basic calculus
of div, grad, and curl (eg. product rules with dot or cross products, etc.), and
that curl grad = 0 and div curl = 0
know what conservative vector elds are, how to detect them using curl (or
its 2D version Q
x
P
y
), and the the path-independence property of their line
integrals (and the fundamental theorem for line integrals)
understand parametric surfaces, their normals and surface areas, and how to
compute surface integrals of (scalar) functions and vector elds by parame-
terizing the surface
understand the statements of the theorems of Green, Stokes, and Gauss
(Divergence) and be able to use them to compute/relate line, surface, and
double/triple integrals
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