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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For each set, determine if it is compact, and if not, why not

For each set, determine if it is compact, and if not, why not(it's not closed or not bounded $?$) $1.\{(x,y):1
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Evaluating $ \int_0^1 \int_y^1 \sqrt{1+x^2} dx dy $

$$ \int_0^1 \int_y^1 \sqrt{1+x^2} dx dy $$ I've tried switching the order as per fubini theorem to $\int_y^1 \int_0^1 \sqrt{(1+x^2)} dy dx$ and managed to get $\int_y^1 \sqrt{(1+x^2)} dx$ but am stuck there. How do i continue integrating?
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finding $\frac{dz}{dk}$ with differentiation

Given $$ \begin{align*} y=f(a,b)\\ a=a(u,v) &&b=b(u,v)\\ u=u(r)&&v=v(r) \end{align*} $$ Find $\frac{dy}{dr}$? I did it with this method so could somebody assist to confirm the answer? I have decided to find $\frac{da}{dr}$ and $\frac{db}{dr}$…
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Need help on Chain Rule for multivariate function.

I am given the function $S(t) = v\begin{pmatrix}t, 1-t, \frac{1}{1-t}\end{pmatrix}$. I need to find $S'(t)$ in terms of $t,\,v'_1,\,v'_2\,v'_3$. How do I do so? I am thinking of the following: $$ \begin{align*} S'(t) &= v'_1 +v'_2\dot{} -1 +…
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Triple Integration

The problem is as follows: Compute the intergal $$I= \iiint_B \frac{x^4+2y^4}{x^4 +4y^4 +z^4 }\text{d}x\,\text{d}y\,\text{d}z $$ where $B$ is the unit ball defined by $B=$ {$(x,y,z)∣x^ 2 +y^ 2 +z^ 2 \leq 1$} . The official solution is tricky:…
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Two small Divergence Theorem questions

$1)$Use the divergence theorem to evaluate the flux $\int_S \underline{F} \cdot \underline{dS} $where the vector field $\underline{F} = xz\, e_1 + 3x\, e_2 - 2z \,e_3$ i)$S$ is the closed cylinder bounded by the surface $x^2 + y^2 = 1$ and the…
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how to solve this problem about the surface integral

The force per unit area acting on a sphere with radius $r$ is $F=r^2\vec r+cos\theta \vec \theta$, what is the net force on of the sphere? To solve this problem, i will use the surface integral and convert the force field in terms of standard basis…
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Shortes distance between two points on a cone

We have a cone in the $3$-dim space whose base circle is on the $x$-$y$ plane and has a rotational symmetry by the z-axis. We need to calculate the shortest distance bewteen $(15,8,25)$ and $(20,-21,13)$ on the cone surface. That's all the info I…
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Derivation of 2nd derivative of directional derivative

I have a small problem with directional derivatives $-$ finding the 2nd derivative of a directional derivative. Consider $z=f(x,y)$, $x = x(t)=x_0+th$ and $y=y(t) =y_0+tk$. I am required to prove that the 2nd derivative is…
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Obtain a formula for $\frac{dy_1}{dx}$ if $y_1$, $y_2$ are defined implicitly by:

$G_1(x, y_1(x), y_2(x)) = 0$ $G_2(x, y_1(x), y_2(x)) = 0$ Since $G_1$ and $G_2$ are composite functions I can use the chain rule and split them up into partial derivatives. The derivative of both functions should be $0$ since they are both…
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Magnitude of a vector, cubed, in Einstein Summation Notation

Evaluate $\nabla \cdot (r^3v)$. The answer will be in terms of r. Where v represents the position vector and r represents the scalar magnitude of the position vector. I started by writing this in the notation, $d\over(dx_i)$$((r_jr_j)^3v)_i$ I'm…
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$\lim\limits_{h\to(0,0)}\frac{\sqrt[3]{h_1h_2+h_2+h_1+1}-1-\frac{h_1}{3}-\frac{h_2}{3}}{\sqrt{h_1^2+h_2^2}}$

I am trying to show that a function has a total derivative at $(1,1)$ but I got stuck trying to show $$\lim\limits_{h\to(0,0)}\frac{\sqrt[3]{h_1h_2+h_2+h_1+1}-1-\frac{h_1}{3}-\frac{h_2}{3}}{\sqrt{h_1^2+h_2^2}}=0$$ Where $h=(h_1,h_2)\in\mathbb{R}^2$.…
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To evaluate double integral using Polar coordinates

$$ \iint 4y - (x^2 + y^2) dxdy$$ over region $x^2 + (y-2)^2 = 2^2$. Basically I tried to solve this using twoo methods but I am getting different results.I want to know whether my method are correct (not computation part but otherwise setting up of…
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In Helmholtz decomposition - why are the second components of the decomposition zero when $V$ is $\mathbb{R}^3$?

$\varphi(\mathbf{r})=\frac{1}{4\pi}\int_{V}\frac{\nabla'\cdot\mathbf{F}(\mathbf{r}')}{\left|\mathbf{r}-\mathbf{r}'\right|}\mathrm{d}V'-\frac{1}{4\pi}\int_{S}\frac{\mathbf{F}(\mathbf{r}')\cdot\mathbf{\mathrm{d}S}'}{\left|\mathbf{r}-\mathbf{r}'\right|…
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Finding a limit with two variables

If $(x,y)\neq (0,0)$, let $f(x,y)=(x^2-y^2)/(x^2+y^2)$. Find the limit of f(x,y) as $(x,y) \leftrightarrow (0,0)$ along the line y=mx. By replacing y=mx, I found $f(x,y)=(1-m^2)/(1+m^2)$ Is it possible to define f(0,0) so as to make f continuous at…
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