Calculus of Several Variables / Edition 3

by Serge Lang

Overview

This new, revised edition covers all of the basic topics in calculus of several variables, including vectors, curves, functions of several variables, gradient, tangent plane, maxima and minima, potential functions, curve integrals, Green’s theorem, multiple integrals, surface integrals, Stokes’ theorem, and the inverse mapping theorem and its consequences. It includes many completely worked-out problems.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781461270010
Publisher:	Springer New York
Publication date:	10/17/2012
Series:	Undergraduate Texts in Mathematics
Edition description:	Softcover reprint of the original 3rd ed. 1987
Pages:	619
Sales rank:	822,329
Product dimensions:	6.10(w) x 9.25(h) x 0.05(d)

Table of Contents

I: Basic Material. 1: Vectors. 2: Differentiation of Vectors. 3: Functions of Several Variables. 4: The Chain Rule and the Gradient. II: Maxima, Minima, and Taylor's Formula. 5: Maximum and Minimum. 6: Higher Derivatives. III: Curve Integrals and Double Integrals. 7: Potential Functions. 8: Curve Integrals. 9: Double Integrals. 10: Green's Theorem. IV: Triple and Surface Integrals. 12: Triple Integrals. V: Mappings, Inverse Mappings, and Change of Variables Formula. 13: Matrices. 14: Linear Mappings. 15: Determinants. 16: Applications to Functions of Several Variables. 17: The Change of Variables Formula. Appendix: Fourier Series.