Partial Derivatives & Approximation Methods
Class Schedule
APB3Al
- Monday – 1430-1620 – A108
- Wednesday – 1200-1250 – F230
Contents
Week | Date | Topic | ||
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1 | 9 Sept - 13 Sept 2013 | 1 | FUNCTIONS OF SEVERAL VARIABLES | |
1.1 | Introduction to Functions of Several Variables | |||
ο | Definitions, notations | |||
ο | Graph of functions of two variables | |||
ο | Domain and range | |||
ο | Limits and continuity | |||
2 | 16 Sept - 20 Sept 2013 | 1.2 | Partial Derivatives | |
16 Sept (Malaysia Day) | ο | Definitions (using limits) | ||
ο | Interpretations (in 3 dimensions, derivatives as slope/rate of change | |||
ο | Finding and evaluating partial derivatives using rules | |||
3 | 23 Sept - 27 Sept 2013 | 1.3 | Higher Order Derivatives | |
ο | Notations | |||
ο | Higher order derivatives | |||
Quiz 1 | ||||
4 | 30 Sept - 4 Oct 2013 | 1.4 | Chain Rule | |
1.5 | Implicit Differentiation | |||
5 | 7 Oct - 11 Oct 2013 | 1.6 | Total Diferentials | |
Test 1 | ||||
14 Oct - 20 Oct 2013 | Semester Break | |||
15 & 16 Oct 2013 | Raya Qurban | |||
6 | 21 Oct - 25 Oct 2013 | 1.7 | Equation of Tangent Plane | |
1.8 | Linear Approximations | |||
7 | 28 Oct - 1 Nov 2013 | 1.9 | Directional Derivatives | |
ο | Gradient | |||
ο | Finding and evaluating directional derivatives | |||
8 | 4 Nov - 8 Nov 2013 | 1.10 | Extremum of Functions of Two Variables | |
5 Nov Awal Muharram | ο | Second Derivative Test | ||
Quiz 2 | ||||
9 | 11 Nov - 15 Nov 2013 | 1.11 | Lagrange Multiplier | |
10 | 18 Nov - 22 Nov 2013 | 2 | NUMERICAL METHODS | |
2.1 | Root-Finding Problems | |||
ο | Bisection method | |||
11 | 25 Nov - 29 Nov 2013 | ο | Newton's method | |
Test 2 | ||||
12 | 2 Dec - 6 Dec 2013 | 2.2 | Polynomial Interpolation | |
ο | Difference table | |||
13 | 9 Dec - 13 Dec 2013 | ο | Newton's forward difference | |
Quiz 3 | ||||
14 | 16 Dec - 20 Dec 2013 | ο | Newton's backward difference | |
Test 3 |
Assessment
Final examination – One 2-hour paper : 60%Continuous assessment : 40%
- Test 1 : 10%
- Test 2 : 10%
- Test 3 : 10%
- Quizzes/Assignments (3) : 10%
Textbook
- Stewart, J. (2012). Calculus (7th Edition). Brooks/Cole, Cengage Learning.
- Burden, R. & Faires J. D. (2003). Numerical Methods, (3rd ed.). Pacific Grove.