Math 20C
Calculus and Analytic Geometry for Science and Engineering

Fall 2023


Note: we will use the common Canvas page for all Math 20C sections. This website is only for posting lecture notes of my section (B00).

Course information

Instructor: Ming Zhang ( miz017@ucsd.edu ). It is easier to reach me via Canvas message.

Textbook: Calculus Early Transcendentals: Multivariable with Achieve, Rogawski, 4th edition.

Lectures: 10-10:50 a.m. on MWF in Pepper Canyon Hall 109. The lectures will be live-streamed on Zoom, whose link can be found in this Canvas announcement.


Jupyter notebooks

The following jupyter notebooks are supplementary material and their contents are optional. The goal is to learn how to do computations and visualizations of important concepts in our class using Jupyter Notebook. The notebooks will be constantly edited.

  1. Start here.
  2. Vectors and related topics: Notebook 1 Updated 10/2/23

Lecture notes

Lecture notes will be uploaded here on the same day as the lectures. If you spot any typos, please let me know.

Week Date Notes Book Sections
0 9/29 2D and 3D vectors and vector operations ( Lecture 1 ) 12.1
1 10/2 2D and 3D vectors and vector operations cont. ( Lecture 2 ) 12.1
10/4 Surfaces, vectors, and curves ( Lecture 3 ) 12.2
10/6 ( Lecture 4 ) 12.3
2 10/9 ( Lecture 5 ) 12.4
10/11 ( Lecture 6 ) 12.5
10/13 ( Lecture 7 ) 13.1
3 10/16 ( Lecture 8 ) 13.2
10/18 ( Lecture 9 ) 13.2
10/20 ( Lecture 10 ) Review
4 10/23 Midterm 1: 8:00pm-8:50pm 13.3
10/25 ( Lecture 12 ) 13.5
10/27 ( Lecture 13 ) 14.1
5 10/30 ( Lecture 14 ) 14.2
11/1 ( Lecture 15 ) 14.2
11/3 ( Lecture 16 ) 14.3
6 11/6 ( Lecture 17 ) 14.4
11/8 ( Lecture 18 ) 14.5
11/10 No Class (Veterans Day)
7 11/13 ( Lecture 19 ) 14.5
11/15 ( Lecture 20 ) Review
11/16 Midterm 2: 8:00pm-8:50pm
11/17 ( Lecture 21 ) 14.6
8 11/20 ( Lecture 22 ) 14.7
11/21 ( Lecture 23 ) 14.7
11/23 No Class (Thanksgiving)
9 11/27 ( Lecture 24 ) 14.8
11/29 ( Lecture 25 ) 15.1
12/1 ( Lecture 26 ) 15.1
10 12/4 ( Lecture 27 ) 15.2
12/6 ( Lecture 28 ) 15.2
12/8 ( Lecture 29 ) Review
Final 12/9 Final Exam (Saturday of the finals week, 8:00am-11:00am)


This page was last modified on 02 October 2023