Understanding Multivariable Calculus: Problems, Solutions, and Tips [Repost]

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Calculus offers some of the most astounding advances in all of mathematicsreaching far
beyond the two-dimensional applications learned in first-year calculus. We do not live on a sheet
of paper, and in order to understand and solve rich,
real-world problems of more than one variable, we need multivariable calculus, where the full
depth and power of calculus is revealed.
Whether calculating the volume of odd-shaped objects, predicting the outcome of a large number
of trials in statistics, or even predicting the weather, we depend in myriad ways on calculus in
three dimensions. Once we grasp the fundamentals of multivariable calculus, we see how these
concepts unfold into new laws, entire new fields of physics, and new ways of approaching onceimpossible problems.
With multivariable calculus, we get
- partial derivatives, which are the building blocks of partial differential equations;
- new tools for optimization, taking into account as many variables as needed;
- vector fields that give us a peek into the workings of fluids, from hydraulic pistons to ocean
currents and the weather;
- line integrals that determine the work done on a path through these vector fields;
- new coordinate systems that enable us to solve integrals whose solutions in Cartesian
coordinates may be difficult to work with;
- force fields, including those of gravitation and electricity; and
- mathematical definitions of planes and surfaces in space, from which entire fields of
mathematics such as topology and differential geometry arise.
Understanding Multivariable Calculus: Problems, Solutions, and Tips, taught by award-winning
Professor Bruce H. Edwards of the University of Florida, brings the concepts of calculus together
in a much deeper and more powerful way. Building from an understanding of basic concepts in
Calculus I, it is a full-scope course that encompasses all the key topics of multivariable calculus,
together with brief reviews of needed concepts as you go along. This course is the next step for
students and professionals to expand their knowledge for work or study in mathematics,
statistics, science, or engineering and to learn new methods to apply to their field of choice. Its
also an eye-opening intellectual exercise for teachers, retired professionals, and anyone else who
wants to understand the amazing applications of 3-D calculus.
Designed for anyone familiar with basic calculus, Understanding Multivariable Calculus follows,
but does not essentially require knowledge of, Calculus II. The few topics introduced in Calculus
II that do carry over, such as vector calculus, are here briefly reintroduced, but with a new
emphasis on three dimensions.
Your main focus throughout, in a series of 36 comprehensive lectures that extend beyond what is
typically taught in university classrooms, is on deepening and generalizing fundamental tools of
integration and differentiation to functions of more than one variable. Under the expert guidance
of Professor Edwards, youll embark on an exhilarating journey through the concepts of
multivariable calculus, enlivened with real-world examples and beautiful animated graphics that

lift calculus out of the textbook and into our three-dimensional world.
Unlock the Full Power of Calculus
Too frequently, students end their education in higher-level math after a year of fundamental
calculusthereby missing out on this capstone course that makes possible consideration of
problems that have the dimensions and complexity of real life. With the tools and techniques of
multivariable calculus, students will be able to understand and solve complex problems arising in
a wide array of fields in an elegant manner.
- Use the gradient vector to optimize a function subject to a constraint using Lagrange
multipliers.
- Determine work done on a path with line integrals, and find the flow through a surface with
surface integrals.
- See how Isaac Newton used multivariable calculus to prove Johannes Keplers laws of orbits.
- Explore the properties of fluids and the relationship of vector fields with path integrals using
Stokess theorem, Greens theorem, and the Divergence theorem.
- Understand why Maxwell was able to discover underlying unities between electricity and
magnetism that no one had been able to identify before.
In Understanding Multivariable Calculus, you will begin your journey in familiar territory as you
jump into three dimensions with standard Cartesian coordinates. Youll see the fundamentals you
learned in Calculus I extrapolated to three dimensions, as derivatives and the Extreme Value
theorem are applied with more variables. Then observe how an extra dimension enables partial
derivatives to provide new information, including how they can be combined into a total
differential that enables changes in a multivariable function to be approximated with its partial
derivatives.
By adding this extra dimension to vectors, you will be given surprising new insight into surfaces
and volumes from perspectives you never considered. Youll view how vectors can be combined
with recognizable techniques from geometry and algebra to yield parametric equations that are
both powerful and simple in defining lines and planes in space.
Next, youll see old integrals in a new light, as two definite integrals with two different variables
are computed as an iterated integral. By tweaking this method, youll learn to compute double
integrals for area, as well as triple integrals for volumeas well as some helpful techniques
involving basic algebra and new coordinate systems for setting up your integrals for success.
Finally, witness a truly wonderful thing happen when these new double and triple integrals are
combined with what youve learned in previous lectures about vectors and derivatives: Entire
new fields of physics explode into existence. Watch as line integrals, surface integrals, curl,
divergence, and flux are derived and illuminate fluid mechanics. Then youll see how the famous
theorems of Green and Stokes and the Divergence theorem unite these integrals, and be granted
insight into how Maxwell derived his equations that gave birth to the unified study of
electromagnetism.
A New Look at Old Problems
How do you integrate over a region of the xy plane that cant be defined by just one standard y
= f(x) function? Multivariable calculus is full of hidden surprises, containing the answers to many

such questions. In Understanding Multivariable Calculus, Professor Edwards unveils powerful new
tools in every lecture to solve old problems in a few steps, turn impossible integrals into simple
ones, and yield exact answers where even calculators can only approximate.
And with techniques using new coordinate systems, new integrals, and new theorems uniting
them all, you will be able to
- integrate volumes and surface areas directly with double and triple integrals;
- define easily differentiable parametric equations for a function using vectors; and
- utilize polar, cylindrical, and spherical coordinates to evaluate double and triple integrals whose
solutions are difficult in standard Cartesian coordinates.
These tools are essential in fields such as statistics, engineering, and physics where equations
arise that cannot be worked with easily using the conventional Cartesian coordinate system.
Professor Edwards leads you through these new techniques with a clarity and enthusiasm for the
subject that make even the most challenging material accessible and enjoyable. From the very
first lecture, youll see why Professor Edwards has won teaching awards at the University of
Florida.
Discover at Your Own Pace
With 36 lectures featuring graphics animated with state-of-the-art software that brings threedimensional surfaces and volumes to life, this course will provide you with a view of multivariable
calculus beyond whats available in textbooks and lecture halls. Using the accompanying
illustrated workbook, you are free to move at your own pace to grasp the powerful tools of
multivariable calculus to your own satisfaction.
This course offers a uniquely self-contained approach, appealing to a wide array of backgrounds
and experience levels. Understanding Multivariable Calculus offers students and professionals in
virtually every quantitative field as well as anyone who is intrigued about math a chance to
better understand the full potential of one of the crowning mathematical achievements of
humankind: calculus.
1 A Visual Introduction to 3-D Calculus
2 Functions of Several Variables
3 Limits, Continuity, and Partial Derivatives
4 Partial DerivativesOne Variable at a Time
5 Total Differentials and Chain Rules
6 Extrema of Functions of Two Variables
7 Applications to Optimization Problems
8 Linear Models and Least Squares Regression
9 Vectors and the Dot Product in Space
10 The Cross Product of Two Vectors in Space
11 Lines and Planes in Space
12 Curved Surfaces in Space
13 Vector-Valued Functions in Space
14 Keplers LawsThe Calculus of Orbits
15 Directional Derivatives and Gradients

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Tangent Planes and Normal Vectors to a Surface

Lagrange MultipliersConstrained Optimization
Applications of Lagrange Multipliers
Iterated integrals and Area in the Plane
Double Integrals and Volume
Double Integrals in Polar Coordinates
Centers of Mass for Variable Density
Surface Area of a Solid
Triple Integrals and Applications
Triple Integrals in Cylindrical Coordinates
Triple Integrals in Spherical Coordinates
Vector FieldsVelocity, Gravity, Electricity
Curl, Divergence, Line Integrals
More Line Integrals and Work by a Force Field
Fundamental Theorem of Line Integrals
Greens TheoremBoundaries and Regions
Applications of Greens Theorem
Parametric Surfaces in Space
Surface Integrals and Flux Integrals
Divergence TheoremBoundaries and Solids
Stokess Theorem and Maxwell's Equations