
Advanced calculus : using differential functions of several variables, volume II
Title:
Advanced calculus : using differential functions of several variables, volume II
Author:
Geveci, Tunc., author.
ISBN:
9781606508794
Personal Author:
Physical Description:
1 online resource (68 pages) : illustrations.
General Note:
Co-published with Cognella Academic Publishing.
Includes index.
Contents:
1. The chain rule for functions of several variables -- Implicit differentiation --
2. Directional derivatives -- The chain rule and the gradient -- Functions of three or more variables --
3. Understanding local maxima and minima -- The definitions and preliminary examples -- The second derivative test for local extrema -- A plausibility argument for the second derivative test --
4. Absolute extrema -- Lagrange multipliers -- Maximizing output under budgetary constraints --
Index.
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