MATH 120a - or b,Calculus of Functions of Several Variables

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Yale University

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Michael Frame. 3htba For sections see www.yale.edu/courseinfo QR (69) Analytic geometry in three dimensions , using vectors. Real-valued functions of two and three variables, partial derivatives, gradient and directional derivatives, level curves and surfaces, maxima and minima. Parametrized curves in space, motion in space, line integrals; applications. Multiple integrals, with applications. Divergence and curl. The theorems of Green, Stokes, and Gauss. After math 115a orb, or with permission of in struct or. math 170a, Mathematical Patterns in the Natural World. Michael Frame. tth 2. 30-3.45 QR (27) A mathematical investigation of patterns in nature. Topics include the geometry of growth and form, periodic and aperiodic tilings, curvature of soap films, non-Euclidean geometries, topology and the structures of space and time, and geometry of higher-dimensional spaces. Some familiarity with calculus is assumed.

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3.00

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www.yale.edu

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(203) 432-4771

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New England Association of Schools and Colleges

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Semester

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