
Calculus of Several Variables by Serge Lang
The present course on calculus of several variables is meant as a text, either for one semester following A First Course in Calculus, or for a year if the calculus sequence is so structured. For a one-semester course, no matter what, one should cover the first four chapters, up to the law of conservation of energy, which provides a beautiful application of the chain rule in a physical context, and ties up the mathematics of this course with standard material from courses on physics. Then there are roughly two possibilities: One is to cover Chapters V and VI on maxima and minima, quadratic forms, critical points, and Taylor's formula. One can then finish with Chapter IX on double integration to round off the one-term course. The other is to go into curve integrals, double integration, and Green's theorem, that is Chapters VII, VIII, IX, and X, §1. This forms a coherent whole.SKU | Unavailable |
ISBN 13 | 9780387964058 |
ISBN 10 | 0387964053 |
Title | Calculus of Several Variables |
Author | Serge Lang |
Series | Undergraduate Texts In Mathematics |
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Binding Type | Hardback |
Publisher | Springer-Verlag New York Inc. |
Year published | 1987-02-17 |
Number of pages | 619 |
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