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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Tetrahedral Law of Cosines Proof

Given a tetrahedral $\rho$ with faces $\Xi, \Pi, \Gamma, \Delta$ with areas $\xi , \pi, \gamma , \delta$, respectively, assign a normal vector to each face such that $\mid \mid \hat{\xi} \mid \mid = \xi, \mid \mid \hat{\pi} \mid \mid = \pi, \mid…
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multivariable function maximum

$max\Bigl\{\sum_{i=1}^{n}x_{i}^{2}:\sum_{i=1}^{n}x_{i}=1,x_{i}>\lambda,i=1,...n\Bigl\}= \\ max\Bigl\{\sum_{i=1}^{n-1}x_{i}^{2}+(1-\sum_{i=1}^{n-1}x_{i})^{2} : \sum_{i=1}^{n-1}x_{i} \leq 1-\lambda,x_{i}\geq\lambda, i=1,...,n-1 \Bigl\}=…
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Proving that local extremum is a critical point.

The theorem says "If the function $f:\Bbb{R}^n→\Bbb{R}$ has a local extremum at $α∈\Bbb{R}^n$, then $α$ is a critical point". For $n=1$, its quite simple by using the definition that WLOG assuming $f$ has local maximum at $x=\alpha$, $f(x)\le…
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Can A Dependent Variable be Factored Out of Integral?

say I have a the equation $$y = xw + z$$ And I am trying to compute $$\begin{aligned}\int \text{exp}((y - xw)^2 - w^2)dw &= \int\text{exp}(y^2 - 2xwy + x^2w^2 - w^2)dw \\&= \int\text{exp}(y^2)exp(-2xwy + x^2 -w^2)dw \end{aligned}$$ Am I allowed to…
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Folland Advanced Calculus Ex. 2.5.7

Suppose that the variables $E$, $T$, $V$, and $P$ are related by a pair of equations, $f(E,T,V,P)=0$ and $g(E,T,V,P)=0$, that can be solved for any two of the variables in terms of the other two, and suppose that the differential equation…
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Multivariable Piecewise function with interval defined by the variables

I am wondering how you analyse and take the partial derivatives of a multivariable piecewise functions where the intervals are defined by the variables Something like f(x,y)= $\left\{ \begin{array} (f(x) & if & x>h(y) \\ …
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Is there a differentiable function $f$ with partial derivatives $f_x = y$ and $f_y = -x$?

There is $f: \mathbb{R}^2 → \mathbb{R}$ differentiable such that $∂x(x, y) = y$ and $∂y(x, y) = −x$ for all $(x, y) \in \mathbb{R}^2$ A hint on how to prove if this is true or false, please? I've been trying to find a function $f(x,y)$ to prove…
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Derivative of $f(x) = e^{a^Tx}$

Let $f(x) = e^{a^Tx}$ where $a,x \in \mathbb{R}^N$ Is $\frac {\partial f}{\partial x} = e^{a^Tx}a$ ?
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Determining which double integral has the largest area

Let $f(x,y)$ be a positive function. If the integrals (A) $\int_{0}^{1} \int_{x^2}^{1} f(x,y) dydx$ (B) $\int_{0}^{1} \int_{x^3}^{1} f(x,y) dydx$ (C) $\int_{0}^{1} \int_{0}^{1} f(x,y) dydx$ are ranked from smallest to largest, then (a) (A) < (C) <…
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Double integral $\iint_D |x^3 y^3|\, \mathrm{d}x \mathrm{d}y$

Solve the following double integral \begin{equation} \iint_D |x^3 y^3|\, \mathrm{d}x \mathrm{d}y \end{equation} where $D: \{(x,y)\mid x^2+y^2\leq y \}$. Some help please? Thank you very much.
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Is the function $x^2\sin(y/x^2)$ differentiable?

Let $f:\mathbb{R}^2 \to \mathbb{R}$ defined by: $f(x,y) = \begin{cases} \left( x^2 \right) \sin \left(\frac{y}{x^2} \right) & \text { if } x \neq 0\\ 0 & \text{ if } x = 0 \end{cases}$ Is the function $f$ differentiable or not? I don’t know whether…
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Which book has term by term differentiation theorem for multivariable functions series?

I'm looking for a book with a theorem about term by term differentiation for multivariable functions series.
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Is there a transformation that makes $\frac{1}{t}(e^{t^2}-1)e^\frac{1}{t}(1-\frac{1}{t})$ equal to $ t^{-3}(e^{t^2}-e^t)+t^{-2}-t^{-1}$?

Is there a transformation that makes $\frac{1}{t}(e^{t^2}-1)e^{\frac{1}{t}}(1-\frac{1}{t})$ equal to $t^{-3}(e^{t^2}-e^t)+t^{-2}-t^{-1}$? The reason I ask is that for the integral $$\int_1^t{\int_0^t{\frac{e^{(tx)/y}}{y^{3}}dx}dy}$$, I get the…
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How to show $f$ is homogeneous of degree $p$ on an open $S$.

Let $f:S\subseteq \Bbb R^n\to\Bbb R$. One can prove that if $f(\lambda {\bf x})=\lambda^pf({\bf x})$ for each ${\bf x}\in S$ such that $\lambda {\bf x}\in S$, then ${\bf x}\cdot \nabla f({\bf x})=pf({\bf x})$. The proof is not complicated: one…
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Independence of Path and Fundamental Theorem of Calculus?

a) Show that the given line integral is independent of path. How would you show this? Does this require assigning $C_1$ and $C_2$ two the two legs of the line? b) Then, evaluate the line integral I by finding a potential function f and applying the…