| Calculus of Several Variables Softcover Repri Edition Contributor(s): Lang, Serge (Author) |
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ISBN: 1461270014 ISBN-13: 9781461270010 Publisher: Springer OUR PRICE: $75.95 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: October 2012 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Mathematics | Calculus - Mathematics | Mathematical Analysis - Mathematics | Functional Analysis |
| Dewey: 515.84 |
| Series: Undergraduate Texts in Mathematics |
| Physical Information: 1.28" H x 6.14" W x 9.21" (1.93 lbs) 619 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: 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. |