Introduction to Calculus and Analysis II/1

by Richard Courant, Fritz John (Editor)

Functions of Several Variables and Their Points and Points Sets in the Plane and in Space; Functions of Several Independent Variables; Continuity; The Partial Derivatives of a Function; The Differential of a Function and Its Geometrical Meaning; Functions of Functions (Compound Functions) and the Introduction of New Independent Variables; The mean Value Theorem and Taylor's Theorem for Functions of Several Variables; Integrals of a Function Depending on a Parameter; Differentials and Line Integrals; The Fundamental Theorem on Integrability of Linear Differential Forms; Appendix.- Vectors, Matrices, Linear Operatios with Vectors; Matrices and Linear Transformations; Determinants; Geometrical Interpretation of Determinants; Vector Notions in Analysis.- Developments and Applications of the Differential Implicit Functions; Curves and Surfaces in Implicit Form; Systems of Functions, Transformations, and Mappings; Applications; Families of Curves, Families of Surfaces, and Their Envelopes; Alternating Differential Forms; Maxima and Minima; Appendix.- Multiple Areas in the Plane; Double Integrals; Integrals over Regions in three and more Dimensions; Space Differentiation. Mass and Density; Reduction of the Multiple Integral to Repeated Single Integrals; Transformation of Multiple Integrals; Improper Multiple Integrals; Geometrical Applications; Physical Applications; Multiple Integrals in Curvilinear Coordinates; Volumes and Surface Areas in Any Number of Dimensions; Improper Single Integrals as Functions of a Parameter; The Fourier Integral; The Eulerian Integrals (Gamma Function); Appendix

588 pages, Paperback

First published December 3, 1998

About the author

Richard Courant (January 8, 1888 – January 27, 1972) was a German American mathematician. He is best known by the general public for the book What is Mathematics?, co-written with Herbert Robbins.