COURSE SYLLABUS
Multivariable Calculus, 7.5 credits
Flervariabelanalys, 7,5 högskolepoäng
Course Syllabus for students Autumn 2024
Course Code: | TFVK17 |
Confirmed by: | Dean Feb 1, 2017 |
Revised by: | Director of Education Nov 24, 2022 |
Valid From: | Jan 2, 2023 |
Version: | 7 |
Education Cycle: | First-cycle level |
Disciplinary domain: | Natural sciences |
Subject group: | MA1 |
Specialised in: | G1F |
Intended Learning Outcomes (ILO)
Upon completion of the course, the student should
Knowledge and understanding
- Demonstrate an understanding of the basic concepts and theorems in the differential and integral calculus in several variables
Skills and abilities
- Demonstrate the ability to sketch regions given by inequalities and to parametrize some standard curves and surfaces
- Demonstrate the ability to compute partial derivatives, linearize a function or a parametrization, find directional derivatives and identify the directions of fastest increase and decrease of a differentiable function
- Demonstrate the ability to identify and classify local critical points of a function; find local and global extremes with or without constraints
- Demonstrate the ability to set up and solve double and triple integrals
- Demonstrate the ability to identify conservative vector fields and determine their potentials
- Demonstrate the ability to compute line and surface integrals over scalar and vector fields either via parametrization, or, when possible, using Green's, Gauss' or Stokes formulas.
- Demonstrate the ability to compute partial derivatives, linearize a function or a parametrization, find directional derivatives and identify the directions of fastest increase and decrease of a differentiable function
- Demonstrate the ability to identify and classify local critical points of a function; find local and global extremes with or without constraints
- Demonstrate the ability to set up and solve double and triple integrals
- Demonstrate the ability to identify conservative vector fields and determine their potentials
- Demonstrate the ability to compute line and surface integrals over scalar and vector fields either via parametrization, or, when possible, using Green's, Gauss' or Stokes formulas.
Contents
The course presents the basics of the Calculus in several variables.
The course focuses on the following topics:
- Curves and surfaces in implicit form and parameter form (in particular the quadrics)
- Basic set-theoretical concepts. Polar, cylindrical and spherical coordinates
- Functions of several variables, level curves and surfaces
- Limits and continuity, partial derivatives
- Gradient, differentiability, directional derivatives and linerization
- The chain rule, change of variables, the nabla differential operator, curl and divergence. Higher order partial derivatives, the Laplace and wave PDEs
- Second-order Taylor polynomial, classification of critical points and identification of local extremes
- Optimization on compact domains, optimization subject to constraints, Lagrange multipliers
- Double and triple integrals, Fubini evaluation, change of variables
- Basic calculus of vector-valued functions, line and surface integrals, conservative fields, potentials
- The Green's, Gauss' divergence and Stokes formulas.
The course focuses on the following topics:
- Curves and surfaces in implicit form and parameter form (in particular the quadrics)
- Basic set-theoretical concepts. Polar, cylindrical and spherical coordinates
- Functions of several variables, level curves and surfaces
- Limits and continuity, partial derivatives
- Gradient, differentiability, directional derivatives and linerization
- The chain rule, change of variables, the nabla differential operator, curl and divergence. Higher order partial derivatives, the Laplace and wave PDEs
- Second-order Taylor polynomial, classification of critical points and identification of local extremes
- Optimization on compact domains, optimization subject to constraints, Lagrange multipliers
- Double and triple integrals, Fubini evaluation, change of variables
- Basic calculus of vector-valued functions, line and surface integrals, conservative fields, potentials
- The Green's, Gauss' divergence and Stokes formulas.
Type of instruction
Lectures and seminars.
The teaching is conducted in English.
Prerequisites
General entry requirements and completed course Single Variable Calculus, 6 credits and Linear Algebra, 6 credits or Basic Calculus, 6 credits and Linear Algebra and Optimization, 7.5 credits (or the equivalent)
Examination and grades
The course is graded 5,4,3 or Fail.
Registration of examination:
Name of the Test | Value | Grading |
---|---|---|
Examination | 7.5 credits | 5/4/3/U |
Course literature
Literature
The literature list for the course will be provided 8 weeks before the course starts.
Title: Multivariable calculus
Author: Briggs/Cochran
ISBN: 9780321664150
Title: Multivariable calculus
Author: Briggs/Cochran
ISBN: 9780321664150