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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Find the volume under the surface $z = 2x + y^2$. Limits?

Find the volume under the surface $z=2x+y^2$ above the region bounded by $x=y^2$ and $x=y^3$. I have already worked out the solution to the problem, but I used $\int_0^1\int_{y^2}^{y^3} 2x+y^2 \newcommand{\d}{\mathrm{d}} \d x \d y$ instead of…
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How to approach this problem by directly using line integral and the Green's Theorem?

The question No 4 is asking to use methods: one just directly solving by line integral and another is by using Green's Theorem. Thanks in advance!
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Maximum and minimum of function of two variables on the set $M=\left\{(x,y)\in \mathbb R^2 \ \Bigl|\ x+y\leq L\right\}$

Find the points of maximum and absolute minimum of the following function of two variables $$f(x,y)=\frac{\cosh (x-y)}{x}\left(e^{x}-x-1\right)$$ on the set: $$M=\left\{(x,y)\in \mathbb R^2 \ \Bigl|\ x+y\leq L\right\}$$ Let us initially extreme…
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Cobb Douglas Difficulty

Show that the Cobb-Douglas production function, for Labour costs L and Capital costs K, $P(L, K) = AL^{\alpha}K^{1-\alpha}$ satisfies the equation: $$L\frac{\partial P}{\partial L} + K\frac{\partial P}{\partial K} = P$$ and $$L^2\frac{\partial^2…
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Evaluate $\int_C \nabla(r^4) \cdot \hat n ds$ in terms of moments of inertia...

Curve $C$ is closed plane curve, $a$ and $b$ are the moments of inertia about $x$ and $y$ axes, $\hat n$ is the unit outward vector and $r = \left|x \hat i + y \hat j\right|$. Here's what I have: $$\nabla(r^4) = 4 r^2 \vec r$$ $$\hat n =…
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Triple integral visualisation problem with a sphere and a cylinder

Write a triple integral in cylindrical coordinates for the volume of the solid cut from a ball of radius 2 by a cylinder of radius 1, one of whose rulings is a diameter of the ball. I am unable to understand how to get $z=f(r,\theta)$ and the…
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Equation of a Tangent Plane

Find the equation of the tangent plane to the given surface at the given point. $x=u^2, y=v^2, z=uv$ at $u=1, v=1$ How would you find the tangent plane when the surface is in this format? Thanks.
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Find the volume of the solid enclosed by the paraboloids

Find the volume of the solid enclosed by the paraboloids $z=16-3x^2-3y^2$ and $z=4$ so what i did is this $4=16-3x^2-3y^2$ and I'm not sure about the following steps.
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Line Integral : Work done moving along a certain path

Find the work done by the force field $F(x,y) = -xi + 6yj$ along the path $C:y = x^3$ from $(0,0)$ to $(6,216)$ I tried parameterizing C which gave me $x(t) = t$ and $y(t) = t^3$ but do I use those two to find $ds$ or do I use the original function…
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Motivation for the definition of a conservative vector field

We say a vector field $\mathbf{F}$ is conservative if there exists some $f$ such that $\nabla f=\mathbf{F}$. I know that this implies that the field is path independent, and this makes sense to me: the work done moving something along a path on a…
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Newton's method radius of convergence problem

I have some trouble solving the following (2.36 from Vector Calculus by Hubbard): Let $A$ be an $n \times n$ diagonal matrix: $A = \begin{bmatrix}\lambda_1 & \cdots & 0 \\ \vdots & \ddots & \vdots \\ 0 & \cdots & \lambda_n\end{bmatrix}$, and…
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Global Max and Min

Hi can someone please help me figure out how to start this question? Temperature within a circular region $R = \{(x, y)| x^2 + y^2 \le 49\}$ is given by $T(x,y) = 4x^2 -4xy + y^2$ Find the global minimum and maximum temperatures in the region and…
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Determing if $f(x,y)$ is continuous at $(0,0)$

I would really appreciate if someone could help me figure out where to start on this problem. The question is to determine if $f$ is continuous at the origin. $$\begin{equation} f(x,y)=\begin{cases} \dfrac{\sin(x-y)}{|x| + |y|}, & \text{if…
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Does the fact that we can parametrize surfaces rely on Fubini's theorem?

When learning about double integrals, we learn that the only way we can do them is if Fubini's theorem applies (or maybe I should say, the only way I learned to do them in that one class). But then when we went over surface integrals, we could…
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Calculate the workload of srs program

This is a real world problem I'm trying to figure out. This seems like calculus to me, but I didn't take calculus in college so I don't know where to look to solve my problem. I'd appreciate any help anyone can send my way. I'm trying to model the…