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Lecture 3

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Schedule

week Date Topic


1 4 Oct. 09 Functions of Several Variables
2 11 Oct. 09 Limits and Partial Derivatives
3 18 Oct. 09 Chain rules and Increments
4 25 Oct. 09 Directional Derivatives ,Tangent Plans and
Normal Lines
5 1 Nov. 09 Extrema
6 8 Nov. 09 Double integrals and Applications

7 15 Nov. 09 Double integrals and Applications (cont.)

8 22 Nov. 09 Triple Integrals

9 6 Dec. 09 Vector Fields and line Integrals


10 13 Dec. 09 Green's Theorem
11 20 Dec. 09 Surface Integrals
12 3 Jan. 10 Revision Period
Chain Rules
  x
 u 
  y
w  w
 v  x
 
  y if w  w(u , v) and u  u ( x, y ), v  v( x, y )
w w u w v
  ,
x u x v x
w w u w v
 
y u y v y
Chain Rules cont.
if w  w(u , v, r ) and u  u ( x, y, z ), v  v( x, y, z ),
r  r ( x, y , z )
w w u w v w r
   ,
x u x v x r x
w w u w v w r
  
y u y v y r y
w w u w v w r
  
z u z v z r z
Example 1:
2 2 1 2 2 w w
If w  u v , u  tan (x  1), v  x  y find ,
x y
Solution:
w u 1 v
 2u   2x
u x 1  (1  x ) 2 x
w u v
 2v 0  2y
v y y
then
w  1  2u
 2u  2 
 2v  2x    4vx
x  1  (1  x )  1  (1  x ) 2

w
 2u  0   2v  2 y   4vy
y
Increment of f(x,y)

w  f ( x, y )

( x, y )  ( x  x, y  y )

f ( x, y )  f ( x  x, y  y )

increment w  f ( x  x, y  y )  f ( x, y )
Example 2
Let w  f ( x, y)  3x 2  yx.
a) Find w in terms of x and .y

b) Calculate the change in w when ( x, y ) change from


(1,2) to (1.01,1.98).
Solution
a) f ( x  x, y  y )  3( x  x) 2  ( y  y )( x  x).
w  f ( x  x, y  y )  f ( x, y )

 3( x  x) 2  ( y  y )( x  x)   3x 2  yx 
 
 (6 x  y )x  xy  3(x) 2  (x)(y )
w  ( f x )x  f y y  3(x) 2  (x)(y )
b) ) from Change (1,2) to(1.01,1.98)

x  1, y  2, x  0.01, y  0.02  w  ...


Definition:
Let w  f ( x, y, z ) and let x, y, and z be increments of x,
y ,z, respectively.
(i) The differentials dx, dy, and dz of the independent
variables x, y , and z are
dx  x, dy  y, dz  z.
(ii) The differential dwof the independent variables w
is
w w w
w  dw  dx  dy  dz
x y z
Example 3
The radius and altitude of a right circular cylinder are
measured as 3in and 8in, respectively, with possible error in
measurement of ±0.05in. Use differentials to approximate the
maximum error in the calculated volume of the cylinder.
solution
v  r h
2

v v
v  dv  dr  dh
r h
 2rhdr  r dh, ,
2

r  3, h  8, dr  dh  0.05
v  dv  2 (3)(8)(0.05)  2 (32 )(0.05)  ...
Example 4:
Suppose the dimensions (in inches) of a rectangular box
change from 9, 6, 4 to 9.02, 5.97 and 4.01, respectively.
(a) Use differentials to approximate the change in volume.
(b) Find the exact change in volume.
solution
a )v  xyz
v v v
v  dv  dx  dy  dz
x y z
 yzdx  xzdy  xydz
x  9, y  6, z  4, dx  0.02, dy  0.03, dz  0.01
v  dv  ...
b)v  (9.02)(5.97)(4.01)  (9)(6)(4)  ...

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