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Next:
The Calculus of Curves
Oct. 14 2005
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Lecture 12:
Multivariable Calculus
Reading:
Kreyszig Sections: §8.5 (pp:428-33) , §8.8 (pp:444-446) §8.9 (pp:446-452)
The Calculus of Curves
Using Arc-Length as a Curve's Parameter
Scalar Functions with Vector Argument
How Confusion Can Develop in Thermodynamics
Total and Partial Derivatives, Chain Rule
Taylor Series
Gradients and Directional Derivatives
Finding the Gradient
Potentials and Force Fields
Index
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