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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Help with Taylor polynomial

I need to find the Taylor polynomial of order $2n$ of the function $$f(x,y)=\frac{1}{1+xy}$$ on $(x_0,y_0)=(0,0)$. Can anyone give me a hand please? Sorry, i make a mistake, their should say "polynomial" instead of "series, i have corrected now.
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What is the (parametric) intersection of a plane and a sphere?

Can someone please show me how to prove that the intersection of the plane $$x+y+z=0$$ and the sphere $$x^2+y^2+z^2=1$$ can be expressed as $$x(t)=\frac{\cos t-\sqrt3 \cdot\sin t}{\sqrt6}$$ $$y(t)=\frac{\cos t+\sqrt3 \cdot\sin t}{\sqrt6}$$ …
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Multivariate Differentiation on Composite Functions

Given $F(x,y,z) = (f(x,y,z),g(x,y,z),f(x,y,z) + g(x,y,z))$ I'm a little confused about what the derivative matrix would be. Is it the 3 by 3 matrix $(DF_1, DF_2, DF_3)$ where $DF_1 = (\frac{\partial f}{\partial x} \;\; \frac{\partial f}{\partial y}…
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Constant derivative of a function implies is an affine map.

I am trying to prove the next: Let $f :\Omega\subset\mathbb{R}^n\rightarrow\mathbb{R}^m$ be differentiable, where $\Omega$ is an open connected subset of $\mathbb{R}^n$. Suppose $D_{f}(x)$ is constant on $\Omega$, that is,$D_{f}(x) = T$ for all…
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Tree diagram Chain Rule

Let $$ \begin{align} w &= f(x,y,z)\\ z &= z(x,y)\\ x &= x(t)\\ y &= y(t)\\ \end{align} $$ be differentiable functions. Find the formula for the derivative of $w$ with respect to $t$. My answer: $w = f(x,y,z) \implies \dfrac{dw}{dt} = \dfrac{dw}{dx}…
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Integral of a two dimensional function

A function is defined by $$f(x,y) = \int_{x^2}^{xy} e^{t^2} \,dt$$ We are to decide the partial derivatives of the function. I am quite unsure whether this is a trick question because we could do an approximation of the integrand with the Taylor…
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Limit multivarible

How do I solve this limit? $$\lim_{x,y,z) \to (0,0,0)} \frac{\sin(x^2+y^2+z^2)}{x^2+y^2+z^2+xyz} $$ This is equal to $$\frac{\sin(x^2+y^2+z^2)}{x^2+y^2+z^2}\times\frac1{1+\frac{xyz}{x^2+y^2+z^2}}$$ The first one is a standard limit with value one,…
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How prove this limit via epsilon delta?

$$\lim_{(x,y) \to (4,1)}{\frac{y}{2x-y}}=\frac{1}{7}$$ I know so far that $|x-4|<\delta\quad \&\quad |y-1|<\delta$, and that I can use $$\bigg|\frac{y-1}{2x-y} + \frac{1}{2x-y} - \frac{1}{7}\bigg|$$ and I get one delta, but how to continue from…
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When is a multivariable limit path independent?

When I had calculus I was taught that the limit of a multivariable limit can be path-dependent. So In order to check if a limit exists, you should, in theory, check every possible path, which is infinitely many. So how do I actually calculate a…
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Geometric interpretation of Divergence of $\vec{f} = \frac{1}{r^2} \hat{r}$

I know that the mathematics tells me that the divergence is zero for the below vector field: $\vec{f} = \frac{1}{r^2} \hat{r}$ But I am more interested in the geometric intuition of it. Here is what I am looking at. The vector length is decreasing…
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How do you find the following multivariable limit?

How do you find the following limit: $$\lim_{x,y\to 0} \frac{|x||y|^4}{|x|^4+|y|^5}$$ I've tried to apply the squeeze theorem, but unlike a lot of other questions I encounter, the degree of $x$ in the numerator is too small for me to write the…
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Determine the region of $D$ on which $f$ is continuous.

Consider the function $$ f ( x , y ) = \begin {cases} \frac { 2 x ^ 2 - x y - y ^ 2 } { x ^ 2 - y ^ 2 } & x \ne y \\ \frac 3 2 & x = y \end {cases} $$ on the domain $ D = \left\{ ( x , y ) \in \mathbb R ^ 2 \mid x \ge 1 , y \ge 1 \right\}…
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Lots of doubts abot the surface area of a cylinder.

I recently started to study parametric surfaces, and I come across this exercise that I try to solve but I have a lot of doubts reganding the correctness of my resolution, and also I don't find similar examples on the internet. I need to find the…
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Double integral of two periodic functions

I'm quite stuck with the following practice question. Suppose $f,g: R \to R$ are continuous $2\pi$-periodic functions. Let $h(s) =\int_{0}^{2\pi} f(s-t)g(t) \ dt$. Prove that $$\int_{0}^{2\pi} h(s) \ ds = \left( \int_{0}^{2\pi} f(t)\ dt \right)…
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Let $f:A\subset \mathbb{R}^n\rightarrow \mathbb{R}^n$ an submersion of class $C^1$. Show that $f$ is a local diffeomorphism at each point in open A.

Let $f:A\subset \mathbb{R}^n\rightarrow \mathbb{R}^n$ an submersion of class $C^1$. Show that $f$ is a local diffeomorphism at each point in open A. I thought so, if $f$ is a submersion then the derivative of $f$ is surjective, consequently we will…
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