1. 9/24: Scalars and vectors. Dot product and cross product of vectors. Scalar and vector-valued functions. Derivatives of vector-valued functions. Read through Sec. 3.4. 2. 9/25: Kinematics in the plane. Position, velocity, acceleration. Polar coordinates. Orthogonal basis vectors for polar coordinates. Arc length. Finish reading Topics 2 and 3. Start Topic 4. 3. 9/26: Scalar and vector fields. Directional derivatives. Gradient. Finish reading Topic 4. Start Topic 5. 4. 9/28: Orthogonal curvilinear coordinates. Cylindrical and spherical coordinates. Finish reading Topic 5. 5. 10/1: More on orthogonal curvilinear coordinates. Basis vectors as tangent lines to intersections of level surfaces and as normals to level surfaces. Scale factors. 6. 10/2: Rates of change of vector fields. Divergence and curl in Cartesian and general orthogonal curvilinear coordinates. Topic 6. 7. 10/3: Relations between curl and divergence. Line integrals. Read Topic 7. 8. 10/5: More on line integrals. Computing work done by a force field moving a particle along a curve. Conservative vector fields. 9. 10/8: How to describe a surface. Normal vector to a surface. Surface integrals. Read Topic 8. 10. 10/9: More on surface integrals. Flux through a surface. Stokes Theorem. Read Topic 9. 11. 10/10: More on Stokes Theorem. Using it to compute areas. Physical applications. Start on volume integrals and divergence theorem. Read Topic 10. 12. 10/12: More on the divergence theorem. Applications. Finish reading Notes on Vector Calculus. 13. 10/15: Coulomb's law and applications of the divergence theorem. Review. 14. 10/16: Review. 15. 10/17: Complex numbers. Topic 11. 16. 10/19: Differentiation of complex functions. Cauchy-Riemann conditions. Read Topic 12. 17. 10/22: Problem session. 18. 10/23: Midterm. 19. 10/24: Cauchy-Riemann conditions in polar coordinates. Elementary functions. Start Topic 13. 20. 10/26: Go over midterm. 21. 10/29: Multivalued functions and branch cuts. Logarithm and square root. Finish Topic 13. 22. 10/30: Examples. 23. 10/31: What is the same and what is different between complex-valued functions of a complex argument and real-valued functions of a real argument? Start on complex integration. Start Topic 14. 24. 11/2: Complex integration. Cauchy and Cauchy-Goursat Theorems. Continue Topic 14. 25. 11/5: Proof of Cauchy-Goursat Theorem. Integrating (z-a)^n over a curve enclosing a. Continue Topic 14. 26. 11/6: Answer questions from previous midterm, homework, etc. 27. 11/7: Midterm. 28. 11/9: Cauchy integral formula and formulas for derivatives. Examples. Start power series. Finish Topic 14. Start Topic 15. 29. 11/13: Go over midterm 2. Taylor series. Start Laurent series. 30. 11/14: Laurent series. Types of singularities. 31. 11/16: More on singularities. Computing residues. Finish Topic 15. Start Topic 16. 32. 11/19: The residue theorem. Ways to evaluate residues. Using the residue theorem to evaluate contour integrals. 33. 11/20: Evaluating real integrals using contours in the complex plane. Finish Topic 16. 34. 11/21: Jordan's lemma. Evaluating contour integrals of functions with branch cuts. Start Topic 17. 35. 11/26: More contour integrals. Integrating over a small arc around a singularity. Using contour integrals to compute infinite sums. Finish Topic 17. 36. 11/27: The argument principle. Using the argument principle to prove the Fundamental Theorem of Algebra. Start Topic 19. 37. 11/28: Rouche's Theorem. Finish Topic 19. 38. 11/30: Laplace transforms. Using Laplace transforms to solve initial value problems for ordinary differential equations. Start Topic 18.