This book covers the standard material for a one-semester course in multivariable calculus. The topics include curves, differentiability and partial derivatives, multiple integrals, vector fields, line and surface integrals, and the theorems of Green, Stokes, and Gauss. Roughly speaking, the book is organized into three main parts corresponding to the type of function being studied: vector-valued functions of one variable, real-valued functions of many variables, and, finally, the general case of vector-valued functions of many variables. As is always the case, the most productive way for students to learn is by doing problems, and the book is written to get to the exercises as quickly as possible. The presentation is geared towards students who enjoy learning mathematics for its own sake. As a result, there is a priority placed on understanding why things are true and a recognition that, when details are sketched or omitted, that should be acknowledged. Otherwise, the level of rigor is fairly normal. Matrices are introduced and used freely. Prior experience with linear algebra is helpful, but not required. Latest corrected printing: January 8, 2020. Updated information available online at the Open Textbook Library.
This text in multivariable calculus fosters comprehension through meaningful explanations.
Appropriate for the third semester in the college calculus sequence, the Fourth Edition of Multivarible Calculus maintains student-friendly writing style and robust exercises and problem sets that Dennis Zill is famous for.
In the text, the author includes all of the standard computational material found in the usual linear algebra and multivariable calculus courses, and more, interweaving the material as effectively as possible, and also includes complete ...
The only prerequisite for this text is a course in one-variable calculus.
Students will benefit enormously from this book's systematic approach to mathematicalanalysis, which will ultimately prepare them for more advanced topics in the field.
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Basic Multivariable Calculus
This carefully-designed book covers multivariable and vector calculus, and is appropriate either as a text of a one-semester course, or for self-study.
z This next example similarly shows how one can visualize a surface without using graphing software. ... Now set z = 0. This simplifies to the subset satisfying x2 + y2 = a2 which is a curve (circle) in the xy-plane.
Technology Window Computer software is now available for graphing functions of two variables . Software packages such as Mathematica , Maple , and Derive will do very sophisticated graphs in three dimensions . Software usually allows a ...