Big List of Topics from Math 241 for possible FITB questions Vectors and Distance -multiplication of vectors by scalars, vector+vector addition -tip minus base -length of vectors -unit vectors (directions) Dot and Cross products of 3D vectors -component formulas -geometric formulas -meanings when zero (perpendicular, parallel) -interpretations (projection, work; torque, area) -volume interpretation of the absolute value of the triple product Parametric and Nonparametric equations -lines -planes -distances between two figures (points, lines, planes) Parameterized Curves (vector-valued functions of one real parameter) -C^k, k-times continuously differentiable, k=0,1,2,... -no cusp condition -unit tangent vector -arc length (differential and total) Domain and Range Sets for real-valued functions n>=2 independent variables -domain (natural; specified), codomain, range -open set -boundary points of a set -closed set -bounded set -level sets of functions and contour diagrams Limits of functions of n>=2 independent variables -definition (epsilon and delta) -limit exists, DNE -limit theorems (sum, scalar multiple, product, quotient) -sublimits (restricting to curves in the domain) -continuous function (at a domain point; at all domain points) -sums, products, compositions of continuous functions are continuous Differentiability -partial derivatives -definition of differentiability in n>=2 variables -example where partial derivatives exist but function not differentiable -f(x,y)=sqrt(|xy|) at (x,y)=(0,0) -f_x(0,0)=0, f_y(0,0)=0, f not differentiable at (0,0) -C^k, k-th order partial derivatives exist and are continuous on domain -C^1 on open domain implies differentiability -C^2 on open domain implies equality of mixed partials e.g. f_xy=f_yx Gradient -definition -Chain Rule statement (differentiability hypothesis) -directional derivatives (maximal, minimal), length of the gradient -interpreting the direction of the gradient -relation of the gradient at a point to the level set through that point -zero directional derivative along tangents to the level set Tangent Planes (nonparametric equations for) -to graphs -to level surfaces Double Integrals -definition (limits of sums as the decomposition of the domain becomes finer) -iterated integrals as a means to calculate double integrals -Fubini's Theorem over a rectangle (hypothesis of continuity) -Fubini's theorem over dxdy and dydx regions -polar coordinates, x=r cos theta, y=r sin theta, formulas for r and theta -dA=r dr dtheta -f(x,y)=f(r cos theta,r sin theta) -polar rectangles, dr dtheta and dtheta dr regions -A double integral of f(x,y) dA over a dr dtheta region can be written as an interated integral of f(r cos theta,r sin theta) r dr dtheta Line Integrals -definition of int_C f ds over a parameterized curve C -orientations of a curve, C^# is an oriented curve -unit tangent vector T of an oriented curve -vector fields F=
G= (3D)
-definition of a flow-type line integral: int_C F dot T ds
-alternate notations for flow-type line integrals
- int_C^# F dot dr
-(2D) int_C^# P dx+Q dy
-(3D) int_C^# P dx+Q dy+R dz
-reversing the orientation negates the flow-type line integral
-interpretation of flow-type line integrals: e.g. work
-closed curves, concatenated oriented curves
-circulation=flow type line integral over an oriented closed curve
-right pointing unit normal vector Nvect for a 2D oriented curve
-definition of flux-type line integrals in 2D: int_C G dot Nvect ds
-alternate notation, flux of G=