Videos

Video lectures for each lesson, also available on YouTube. Each lesson's notes are also available as slideshows or PDFs.

Lesson 1: Parametric Plotting

Parametrically plotting curves, circles, and ellipses; parametric equations for curves, surfaces, and solids; calculus with parametrically-defined curves

Lesson 2: Vectors

Vector addition, subtraction, scalar multiplication; dot products and projection; magnitude and unit vectors; parametric equations for lines

Lesson 3: Perpendicularity

XYZ and parametric equations for a plane; parallel/perpendicular planes; line of intersection; cross product and its magnitude

Lesson 4: The Gradient

Gradient vectors; linearization and tangent planes; Lagrange multipliers and constrained optimization

Lesson 5: Double Integrals and the Gauss-Green Formula

Double integrals over rectangular and non-rectangular regions; Gauss-Green formula; computing area and volume; changing the order of integration

Lesson 6: Vector Fields

Definition and examples of vector fields; gradient fields, slope fields; trajectories; net flow along and across a curve

Lesson 7: Path Integrals

Path integrals; net flow along/across a curve; flux; path independence for gradient fields; Fundamental Theorem of Line Integrals

Lesson 8: Sources, Sinks & Singularities

Gauss-Green formula (Green's Theorem); rotation and divergence; sources and sinks; singularities; del operator; Laplacian

Lesson 9: 2D Change of Variables

Change of variables; non-area-preserving maps; Jacobian determinant; double integrals in polar coordinates

Lesson 10: 3D Change of Variables

Change of variables for triple integrals; 3D Jacobian; volume and mass calculations

Lesson 11: Spherical and Cylindrical Coordinates

Parameterizing spheres and cylinders; Jacobian for spherical/cylindrical coordinates; triple integrals in both systems

Lesson 12: The Divergence Theorem

Flux across a surface; Divergence Theorem (Gauss' Theorem); substitute surfaces; surface area

Lesson 13: Stokes' Theorem

Curl of a vector field; path integrals in 3D; Stokes' Theorem; orientable surfaces; gradient fields and path independence in 3D