Course Content

• The goal of this year-long course is to cover some linear algebra and multivariable (vector) calculus and to try to do so in a careful, mathematically rigorous way. In the process of doing so we will study and cover a number of imortant topics that are normally beyond the scope of the regular curriculum. In order to devote sufficient time to these goals, we will be able to touch on the elementary study of differential equations only briefly if at all. Note that this material (elementary differential equations) is a part of our normal second year calculus curriculum and it is of importance for many of the students in this class to learn some of this material outside of this course.  Hopefully the material and the approach we take will be both challenging, yet enjoyable. The course should serve as well as a gateway for future serious studies in mathematics.

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Math 3592H is a 5 credit course. It is the first semester of a yearlong course in multivaiable (vector) calculus and linear algebra.
Lecture:   MWF 10:10-11AM, 207 Vincent Hall.
Instructor: Professor S.Sperber.
Email: sperber@math.umn.edu
Office: 457 Vincent Hall
Phone: 612-625-4374
Office Hours: Tuesday 12-1, and Wednesday 1-2
Textbook: Vector Calculus, Linear Algebra and Differential Forms (A Unified Approach), John and Barbara Burke Hubbard,  4th edition (either printing), 2009, Matrix Editions, ISBN 978-0-9715766-5-0

Recitation: Tues, Thurs, 10:10-11AM, Ford Hall B15.
Instructor: Ryan Goh

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Course Information