Seän Dineen

Multivariate
Calculus and
Geometry
With 109 Figures

BS Springer

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 Contents

Preface ix

1. I n t r o d u c t i o n to Differentiable Functions 1

2. Level Sets a n d Tangent Spaces 11

3. Lagrange Multipliers 23

4. M a x i m a a n d M i n i m a on O p e n Sets 35

5. Curves i n l " 45

6. Line Integrals 53

7. T h e Frenet—Serret E q u a t i o n s 67

8. G e o m e t r y of Curves in K 3 81

9. Double I n t e g r a t i o n 93

10. P a r a m e t r i s e d Surfaces in K 3 103

11. Surface A r e a 123

12. Surface Integrals 137

13. Stokes' T h e o r e m 153

14. Triple Integrals 165

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15. T h e Divergence T h e o r e m 185

16. G e o m e t r y of Surfaces in K 3 199

17. Gaussian C u r v a t u r e 213

18. Geodesic C u r v a t u r e 223

Solutions 235

Index 259