-- BLOCK II --

Differentiation and Optimization

Lesson #

Date(s)

Section

Topic

Homework Assignment

14

Feb. 15

17.1

Parametric Plots

Parametric Plots Lab distributed

All but the last section should be completed by Fri., Feb. 17
*FINAL MASTERPIECE DUE MON., FEB 27*

15

Feb. 17

14.3

Local Linearity and the
Differential
Read Section 14.3;
Do problems:
#4, 7, 11, 14, 16, 18, 19, 20, 22, 23
-- pp. 702-704
to be collected: Mon., Feb. 20

16

Feb. 20

14.4

Gradients and Directional
Derivatives

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Read Section 14.4;
Do problems:
#1-6, 20, 24, 33, 44, 45, 46, 48, 50-53, 55, 58, 64-66
-- pp. 709-712
to be collected: Fri., Feb. 24

17

Feb. 22

14.4

Gradients and Directional
Derivatives

18

Feb. 24

14.6

The Chain Rule

Read Section 14.6;
Do problems:
# 4-6, 9, 11, 12, 16, 17, 19, 22, 25, 36-38 -- pp. 725-726
to be collected: Wed., Feb. 29

Parametric Plots Lab Due Next Lesson!

19

Feb. 27

14.6/14.7

The Chain Rule (wrap-up)/Second Order Partials

Read Section 14.7
Do problems:
# 6-8, 22, 24, 26, 33, 35, 36, 38 -- pp.732-734
Due: Wed., Feb. 29 but not to be collected

20

Feb. 29

Review

Study Study Study!!!

21

March 2

EXAM II

~ ~ ~ MARCH 3-18~ ~ SPRING BREAK~ ~ ~

22

March 19

15.1

Local and Global Extrema

Read Section 15.1
#1, 5, 8, 16, 21, 23, 26, 31-- pp. 754-755
to be collected: Wed., March 21

23

March 21

15.2

Global Extrema

Read Section 15.2
#2, 6, 7, 10, 13, 18, 19, 21, 24, 25, 29 -- pp. 762-764
to be collected: Fri., March 23

24

March 23

15.3

Constrained Optimization: Lagrange Multipliers

Read Section 15.3;
Do problems:
#7, 16, 17, 19, 20, 23, 30
-- pp. 771-774
Due Wed., March 28, but not to be collected

25
March 26

15.3

More on Constrained Optimization: Lagrange Multipliers/Leeway
26
March 28

14.8

Differentiability

Section 14.8
Do problems:
# 5, 8, 9, 12, 15, 17
-- pp. 739-740

Due: Mon., April 2, but not to be collected

 

27

March 30

 

QUIZ on Optimization (Sections 15.1, 15.2, and 15. 3)

 

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