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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How to find the direction of a particle moving in space?

I am given the position $r(t)$ at time $t$ of a particle moving in space and need to find its direction at a given time, but I don't exactly know how to do it. At first I thought the direction was the curvature but it seems I'm wrong. How can I find…
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Are these partial derivatives done correctly? Is $f$ differentiable?

Find $\frac{\partial f}{\partial x}$ and $\frac{\partial f}{\partial y}$ if $f(x,y) = (x^2 +y^2)\text{log}(x^2+y^2)$. Ok, to my understanding, $\frac{\partial f}{\partial x}$ will just be the derivative keeping all terms besides $x$ fixed. I use the…
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How can I compute the level sets and sections of this graph?

Describe the graph of the function $f$ by computing some level sets and sections. $$f:\mathbb{R}^2\to\mathbb{R},(x,y)↦ \max(|x|,|y|)$$ I have no idea how to obtain the level sets and sections of this function. So far I have: $c=0: x=0, y=0 \\ c=1:…
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Finding 3D vector component form given 3 points

I am having a brain fart with a simple methodology here. Say I have three points in 3 dimensions: (1,2,0) , (0,0,0) , and (-2,1,0) The formula to find component form is < t point - i point > but my question is: What if the initial and terminal…
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Implicit Function!

I need to show that equation $z^{3} + z + xy=1$ defines an unique function on the set of real numbers $g(x,y)=z$ ,for any x,y.Also i need to find $g'(1,1)$.This is what i have so far: $F(x,y,z)=z^{3} + z + xy-1=0$,$F'_x=y$ and $F'_y=x$ are clearly…
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How can I evaluate this double integral?

The integral that I'm trying to evaluate is: $$\int\limits_{x=0}^{2} \int\limits_{y=0}^{\frac{x^2}{2}} \frac{x}{(x^2+y^2+1)^{\frac{1}{2}}} dydx$$ I can get as far as $$\int\limits_{x=0}^{2} x \int\limits_{y=0}^{\frac{x^2}{2}}…
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"Doubling the variable" and differentiability

Let's consider a domain $E \in \mathbb{R}^d$ and a function $f(x,y): E \times E \to \mathbb{R}$. Suppose $f \in C^2(E \times E)$. If we define a function $g$ on $E$ by $g(x):=f(x,x)$, is it true that $g \in C^2(E)$? Thank you very much!
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Calculating a tangent line to an implicitly given function

Let $F:\mathbb{R}^3 \to \mathbb{R}^2 $ be continuously differentiable and let $p\in\mathbb{R}^3 $ for which $F(p)=0$ . Assume $rank DF|_p =2 $ and denote by $E$ the set $E=(x\in \mathbb{R}^3 | F(x)=0) $ . Implicit function theorem guarantees the…
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Area of the portion between a solid cylinder and Surface $z=x^2-y^2$

Find the area of the portion of the surface $z=x^2-y^2$ in $\mathbb{R}^3$ which lies inside the solid cylinder $x^2+y^2\le1$. I parametrized the surface as $x=r\cos\theta$,$y=r\sin\theta$,$z=r^2\cos2\theta$.Then…
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When does the divergence theorem require integrating over a surface and subtracting

I have a surface given by $$x^2 + y^2 \le 4,\ x^2 + y^2 + z^2 \le 8\ \textrm{and}\ z\ge{-2}$$ and a force field given by $$\left$$ I need to find the outward flux through the…
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derivate of a Trace operator

What is the derivative of this operation $A=Trace [(1U-W)\circ(1U-W)]$ with respect to $U$, when $\circ$ represents an element wise (hadamard) product. $1$ is a matrix with same size as $U$ where all elements are $1$.
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Supremum of the function

Find supremum of the function $f(x,y,z)=z^{4} (x^{2} - xy +y^{2}) + z^{2} (x^{4} + y^{4})$ on the tetrahedron, which veticies have coordinates (1,0,0), (0,2,0), (0,0,3) and (4,4,0). Does anybody know if I have to check verticies, edges and faces…
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Vector calculus and matrices?

The last time I did any vector calculus was many years ago. I've just revisited it and been looking at line integrals over vector fields, e.g. $$\int_{\partial D}…
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Prove curl(grad f) = 0, using index notation

We wish to prove $${\mbox grad(curl f)} = 0$$ $$\nabla \times (\nabla f) = \epsilon_{ijk}\partial_j\partial_kf$$ From here, $$\nabla \times (\nabla f) = \epsilon_{ijk}\partial_j(f' \frac{r_k}{r})$$ I attempted to differentiate $(f' \frac{r_k}{r})$…
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surface area over a tetrahedron

Compute $\int\int xy dS$, where $S$ is the surface of the tetrahedron with sides $z=0,y=0,x=0$ and $z=1-x-y$. I evaluated $\sqrt{3}\int_0^1\int_0^{1-x}xy dydx$ and got the result as $\frac{\sqrt{3}}{24}$. But it doesn't match the book's answer…
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