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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Calculating double integral using variables substitution

$\displaystyle D = \left\lbrace \left. \rule{0pt}{12pt} (x,y) \; \right| \; 3 x^2 + 6 y^2 \leq 1 \right\rbrace$ Calculate $\displaystyle \iint_D \frac{ x^2 }{ ( 3 x^2 + 6 y^2 )^{ 3/2 } } \; dx…
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Connection between the $\Bbb R^3$ and $\Bbb R^2$ gradients of a level curve of a hill and the level surface in $\Bbb R^4$ represented by the same hill

I understand (or at least I think I understand) intuitively why the gradient of a surface in $\Bbb R^3$ (like a hill) must be perpendicular to the level sets that cut through the hill at various heights and that this vector represents the magnitude…
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Determine a volume on the first octant using triple integrals

Consider the surface delimited by $z=9-y^2$, $y=2x$ and $x=6$ on the first octant. How to find its volume using triple integrals? Seems like $x$ goes from $0$ to $6$, $y$ goes from $0$ to $2x$, and then $z$ goes from $0$ to $9-y^2$. In such case…
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Proof of the potential function representation of Complex lamellar vector field

Given a continuously differentiable vector field $\bf a$, demonstrate the equivalence (iff) between the requirement that it satisfies ${\bf a}\cdot(\nabla \times {\bf a})=0$ and that it has the representation ${\bf a}=\lambda \nabla \phi$, where…
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Double integral $\int_{0}^{1}\int_{0}^{1}\frac{x^2y^3\log{(x)}\log{(y)}}{(1-x^2)(1-y^2)(1-x^2y^2)}dxdy$

I'm trying to evaluate this double integral: $$I=\int_{0}^{1}\int_{0}^{1}\frac{x^2y^3\log{(x)}\log{(y)}}{(1-x^2)(1-y^2)(1-x^2y^2)}dxdy$$ Here is the closed-form: $$\frac{91π^4}{11520}+\frac{21}{32} ζ(3)-\frac{7}{8} ζ(3)\log{2}-\text{Li}_4…
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Equivalent definition of Differentiability of function of two variable.

I know the definition of Fréchet derivative of function between two normed space.and one can think it is a generalization of our usual definition of derivative of real function.But in a book i faced (equivalent) definition for real valued function…
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What is the geometrical difference between $\frac{dr}{dt}$ and $dr$?

I am currently studying multivariate calculus and came across a section in my book which perplexes me. It states that a field $F(x, y) = (P(x, y), Q(x, y))$ can have the parameter $r(t) = (x(t), y(t))$. I follow thus far. The book then continues…
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Find the extrema of $f(x,y)=max(x,y)$ constrained to $\mathscr A=\{(x,y) ∈ \mathbb R^2 ∣ x^2+y^2=1\}$

I know the maxima occurs at $f(x,y) = 1$ at the points $(1,0)$ and $(0,1)$... but I can't seem to find all the minima. I've come to the conclusion that the minima occurs at a point $(a,a)$ where $a ∈ \mathbb R_<0$, such that $2a^2=1\rightarrow…
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Evaluate triple integrals $\int_{0}^{1}\int_{0}^{1}\int_{0}^{1}\sqrt[3]{\log{(xyz)}}dxdydz$

I am trying to evaluate this integral: $$\int_{0}^{1}\int_{0}^{1}\int_{0}^{1}\sqrt[3]{\log{(xyz)}}dxdydz$$ Honestly, I have no ideas to deal with this. I hope I can be helped by everyone. I just need a hint to process; thank you.
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Sketching the region of integration and writing an equivalent double integral and evaluating it.

The question says to sketch the region of integration and reverse the order of integration and then evaluate if possible. $$\int_{0}^{\sqrt{3}}\int_{0}^{\tan^{-1}(y)}\sqrt{xy}dxdy$$ This is what I graphed as the region of integration: So when I…
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3D Equations of Planes

So the above question is from a Calc III class I'm taking but I'm not sure I understand the solution... $n_1$ represents the vector normal to the given plane. Therefore taking the cross product of $n_1$ and the vector $P_1P_2$ would output a vector…
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Is the point $(3, 2, −1, 4, 1)$ in the open ball $B^{5}$ $((1, 2, −4, 2, 3), 3)?$

This is question 11 from the text here. Is the point $(3, 2, −1, 4, 1)$ in the open ball $B^5 ((1, 2, −4, 2, 3), 3)$? In my attempt to solve this question, I took the point, subtracted each corresponding component from the ball's center, and then…
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Why is $D(f\circ g)=Df\circ Dg$

I was reading on Wikipedia about total derivatives of functions and they stated the following about the chain rule for total derivatives: Let $f:\mathbb R^m\to \mathbb R^k$ and $g:\mathbb R^n \to \mathbb R^m$ be two differentiable functions and let…
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Building a particular function with directional derivatives but not differentiable

I am interested in building a function $f:]0,1[^2 \rightarrow \mathbb{R}$ such that $f$ is continuous $f$ has directional derivatives everywhere and in every directions $\forall t\in ]0,1[$, $$\frac{\partial f}{\partial…
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inequalities for the derivatives of the logratihm of the complete symmetric polynomial

I am interested in demonstrating the following: $$ \frac{\partial^2 log(P_{3,n}) }{\partial x_1 \partial x_2} \leq 0 $$ and $$ \frac{\partial^3 log(P_{3,n}) }{\partial x_1 \partial x_2 \partial x_3} \geq 0 $$ where $P_{3,n}$ is the n-degre complete…