Questions tagged [multivariable-calculus]

Use this tag for questions about differential and integral calculus with more than one independent variable. Some related tags are (differential-geometry), (real-analysis), and (differential-equations).

Multivariable functions are functions like $f(x,y)=xy^2$, functions that have two or more inputs but still only one output.

There exist multivariable limits, where $x$ and $y$ approach a value instead of just $x$.

In multivariable calculus, when writing $\frac{\mathrm{d}}{\mathrm{d}x} \ f(x,y)$, one does not assume $y$ to be a constant, instead it is assumed that $y$ is a function of $x$.

To indicate that $y$ is a constant, one should use $\frac{\partial}{\partial x} f(x,y)$. These are called partial derivatives.

One also has integrals of multivariable functions. We say that we integrate over a surface in case of a two-variable function. We write this as $$\iint_S f(x,y)$$

If the surface is a rectangle $S: [a,b] \times [c,d]$, and the function is continuous on this rectangle, then Fubini's theorem says that $$\iint_S f(x,y) = \int^b_a\int^d_c f(x,y) \mathrm{d}y \mathrm{d}x$$

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True or False question for Fubini's Theorem

a) Is it true that $$\iint_{R} f(x,y)dydx=\iint_{R} f(x,y)dxdy$$ I thought this would be true because of Fubini's Theorem however Fubini's Theorem requires $f(x,y)$ to be continuous on $R$. There is no such condition in this problem. Therefore it is…
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Simplifying $\nabla[ \phi( \parallel \mathbf{x} - \mathbf{\xi}_i \parallel ) ]$

I'd appreciate help simplifying the relationship $$ \nabla\left[ \; \phi(\parallel \mathbf{x} - \mathbf{\xi}_i \parallel) \; \right] $$ for $\mathbf{x}$ and $\mathbf{\xi}_i$ in $\mathcal{R}^n$. This is how far I've come (I'm not even sure if I'm on…
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How to solve this special form of multivariate quadratic equations?

Suppose there are $M$ known real vectors $$ x^{i}=[x_{1}^{i},x_{2}^{i},\cdots,x_{N}^{i}],i=1,2\cdots,M $$ in N-dimensional vector space and $M\geq 2N$. I want to know whether they span two orthogonal hyperplanes, that is some of these vectors span…
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Find $u'(0)$ where $u(t) = f(2009t, t^{2009})$ given the differential of $f$ in $0$

I'm having trouble with this exercise, probably don't have enough theoretical info. How do I approach this? Let $f : \mathbb{R}^2\rightarrow \mathbb{R}$ where $f$ - differentiable in $0$ and $df(0)(h) = 2h_{1}-7h_{2} $ for $h\in\mathbb{R}^2.$ Let…
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Finding $\iint_S \nabla \times F\ dS$

I have to solve the following problem which seems difficult: Find $$ \iint_S \nabla \times F\ dS $$ where $S$ is given by $$r(t,s)=\left( 9+(\cos t)(\sin s)\left(2+\frac{\sin (5s)}{2}\right), \ \ \ 9+(\cos t)(\cos s)\left(2+\frac{\sin…
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Differentiation chain rule

If $f(tx,ty,tz) = t^nf(x,y,z)$ then in my lecture notes it says differentiating this equation with respect to $t$ gives: $$x\frac{df}{dx} + y\frac{df}{dy} + z\frac{df}{dz} = nt^{n-1}f(x,y,z)$$ But why isn't it: $$x\frac{df}{d(tx)} +…
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Evaluate the limit: $\lim_{(x,y,z)\to(0,0,0)}\frac{xy+yz^2+xz^2}{x^2+y^2+z^4}$

Could someone give me a hint? I would like to continue to attempt it. The limit to evaluate that I would like a hint on is: $$\lim_{(x,y,z)\to(0,0,0)}\frac{xy+yz^2+xz^2}{x^2+y^2+z^4}$$
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Domain and range in two coordinates

let $f(x,y) = \sqrt{(x-1)(y-1)}$; what is the domain and the range? I wanted to know if I was doing the domain part right and needed help with the range. For the domain I got $(x-1)(y-1)$ are good as long as they are any real number. is that right?
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Describe a subset of $R^{3}$ and modify the order of an iterated triple integral

I have come to a problem in a multivariate calculus book that I am having trouble solving. The problem goes : If $D \subseteq \mathbb{R}^{3}$ and : \begin{equation} \int\int\int_{D} d(x,y,z) = \int_{-1}^{1} \left[ \int_{x^{2}}^{1} \left(…
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How to evaluate double integrals over a region?

Evaluate the double integral $\iint_D(1/x)dA$, where D is the region bounded by the circles $x^2+y^2=1$ and $x^2+y^2=2x$ Alright so first I converted to polar coordinates: $$ x^2 + y^2 = 1 \ \Rightarrow \ r = 1 \ \ , \ \ x^2 + y^2 = 2x \ \Rightarrow…
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Triple integral over a cone

So I have to evaluate $$\iiint_S \! (y^2+z^2)\ \mathrm{d}x\ \mathrm{d}y\ \mathrm{d}z$$ where $S$ is a right circular cone of altitude $h$ with its base, of radius $a$, in the $xy$-plane and its axis along the $z$-axis, in cylindrical coordinates.…
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l'Hôpital's Rule and Multivariable Limits

I decided to post another message regarding this problem because I still didn't understand it at all: Can someone give me an example of function $f(x,y),g(x,y)$ for which: $\lim\limits_{r\to 0^+} \dfrac {f(r\cos \theta , r\sin \theta ) }{…
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Existance of multivariable limit

We are asked to find whether the limit $$ \lim_{(x,y)\to(0,0)}\frac{x^3y^3}{x^8+y^4} $$ exists. I tried to find through the epsilon-delta definition but wasn't able to apply it successfully. So I tried to come up with a convergent sequence $(x_n)$…
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Finding global max./min.

my task is to figure out the critical points of $f(x,y)=e^y(x^4-x^2+y)$, $\ $$\mathbb{R}^2 \rightarrow \mathbb{R}$, and show which of them is a maximum or minimum. As far as I got, I've shown that the critical points are: 1.: $(0,-1)$ which is…
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Given a directional derivative to find a point

Let $ f(x,y,z)$ be differentiable, and assume that $$ f(x, y, x^2 + y) = 3x - y $$ (for all values of $x,y$). Also, given the direct-derivative of the point $A=(0, 12, 12)$ and the direction vector is $(1, 0, 1)$ is equal to $3$, I need to find the…
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