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Multivariable Calculus: Don Shimamoto

This document summarizes changes made between versions of the book "Multivariable Calculus" by Don Shimamoto. The book was last updated on October 15, 2020 and exists in two PDF versions - one with hyperlinks enabled and one without. Main changes between versions include corrections to examples, exercises, and notation. Figures have also been adjusted in some cases to better illustrate concepts.

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Multivariable Calculus

Don Shimamoto

The book was last updated on October 15, 2020.


There are two pdf versions of the book. In one, the hyperlinks are enabled, and, in the
other, they are not. The first may be a more suitable format for onscreen reading, the second
more suitable for printing.

Main changes since the July 20, 2020 version


(not including changes in punctuation or minor changes in wording)

• p. 65, Example 3.16. In the definition of the set K, the plainface x should be a
boldface x: “Let K = {x ∈ R2 : kxk ≤ 1}. . . . ”

• p. 104, first paragraph. The operator ∇·v is better written as v ·∇, so the notation
has been changed:

. . . each additional derivative of g corresponds to applying the “operator”


∂ ∂ ∂ ∂
v · ∇ = (h, k) · ( ∂x , ∂y ) = h ∂x + k ∂y . ...

• p. 118, Exercise 11.3, second paragraph. As in the previous item, ∇ · v has been
∂ ∂
changed to v · ∇: “ . . . the powers of the operator v · ∇ = h ∂x + k ∂y ...”

• p. 266, Exercise 3.5, parts (a) and (b). The exercise has been reworded to resolve
potential ambiguity about the names of the coordinates in R3 .

3.5 (a) Find an example of a smooth vector field F = (F1 , F2 , F3 ) defined on an open
set U of R3 such that:
• its mixed partials are equal, i.e., ∂F
∂y
1
= ∂F
∂x
2
, ∂F
∂z
1
= ∂F
∂x
3
, and ∂F
∂z
2
= ∂F
∂y
3
,
and
• thereRexists a piecewise smooth oriented simple closed curve C in U such
that C F1 dx + F2 dy + F3 dz 6= 0.
(b) On the other hand, show that, if F is any smooth R vector field on an open set
3
U in R whose mixed partials are equal, then C F1 dx + F2 dy + F3 dz = 0 for
any piecewise smooth oriented simple closed curve C that is the boundary of
an oriented surface S contained in U .
(c) . . .

Main changes since the May 4, 2020 version


(not including changes in punctuation or minor changes in wording)

• p. 151, Exercise 4.1(c) and p. 169, Exercise 4.3. In these exercises, the spherical
coordinate φ was typeset as “ϕ,” which is inconsistent with the rest of the book. This
has been corrected.
• p. 252, definition of closed surface. The definition now includes the assumption
that the surface is path-connected. That is:

Definition. Let S be a piecewise smooth surface in Rn such that every pair


of points in S can be joined by a piecewise smooth curve in S. Then S is
called closed if ∂S = ∅ (the empty set).

Main changes since the March 4, 2020 version


(not including changes in punctuation or minor changes in wording)

• p. 68, top line. The expression for f (x, 0) has been corrected: “ . . . f (x, 0) = x·0
x2 +02
=
0 ...”

• p. 87, equation (4.6). There are no cross-references to the equation, so its label has
been removed. As a result, the labeled equations that follow in the rest of the chapter
have their numbers decreased by 1, up to (4.30) on p. 117.

• p. 101, Figure 4.9 and p. 115, Figure 4.14. The viewpoint has been rotated so
that x and y increase in the usual directions.

• p. 139, sentence right before Example 5.16. For the spherical coordinate φ, we
use the interval 0 ≤ φ ≤ π to describe all of R3 , but the value φ = π was also included
among the unnecessary redundant values. The corrected sentence is: “This is why
values of φ in the interval π < φ ≤ 2π are not needed—they would duplicate points
already covered.”

• p. 247, equation (10.7). This is another labeled equation to which there are no
cross-references, so the label has been removed. The labeled equations that follow in
the rest of the chapter have their numbers decreased by 1, up to (10.31) on p. 269.

• p. 292, answer to Chapter 3, Exercise 2.7. For the surface in the middle, the
viewpoint has been rotated so that x and y increase in the usual directions.

Main changes since the January 8, 2020 version


(not including changes in punctuation or minor changes in wording)

• p. 27, Example 2.4. The direction vector v should be nonzero: “Given a point a
and a nonzero vector v in Rn , . . . ”

• p. 77, Exercise 6.1. Change to a function of two variables: “Let a = (1, 2). Show
that the function f : R2 → R given by f (x) = a · x is continuous.”
The answer on p. 293 must be modified, too: “f (x, y) = (1, 2) · (x, y) = x + 2y. We
know that the projections x and y are continuous, so, as an algebraic combination of
continuous functions, f is continuous as well.”

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• p. 79, Exercise 8.3. This exercise is new.

8.3 (Sandwich principles.) Let U be an open set in Rn , and let a be a point of U .


(a) Let f, g, h : U → R be real-valued functions such that f (x) ≤ g(x) ≤ h(x) for
all x in U . If f (a) = h(a)—let’s call the common value c—and if f and h are
continuous at a, prove that g(a) = c and that g is continuous at a as well.
(b) Let f, g, h be real-valued functions defined on U , except possibly at the point
a, such that f (x) ≤ g(x) ≤ h(x) for all x in U , except possibly when x = a.
If limx→a f (x) = limx→a h(x) = L, prove that limx→a g(x) = L, too.

• p. 98, Section 4.9, last paragraph. The discussion of differentiability, smooth-


ness, and continuity when the domain D is not open is meant to apply to real-valued
functions. The same comments remain valid for vector-valued functions f : D → Rm ,
but that would be getting ahead of ourselves at this point of the book. Also, the
accommodation in the case of continuity is spelled out in the more customary way.

. . . If D is a subset of Rn , not necessarily open, we say that a function f : D →


R is differentiable at a point a in D if it agrees with a differentiable function
near a, that is, there is an open ball B containing a and a function g : B → R
such that g(x) = f (x) for all x in D∩B and g is differentiable at a in the sense
previously defined. We make the analogous modification for smoothness.
For continuity, we keep the definition as before but restrict our attention
to points where f is defined: f is continuous at a if, given any open ball
B(f (a), ) about f (a), there exists an open ball B(a, δ) about a such that
f (B(a, δ) ∩ D) ⊂ B(f (a), ). . . .

The changes have the effect of pushing some of the material onto the next page, but,
by p. 101, everything is back to normal.

• p. 109, Exercise 1.14. Change the point of interest from (1, 0) to (1, π): “. . . Eval-
uate ∂f
∂y
(1, π). . . . ”

• p. 117, Exercise 10.10. There are at least two data points: “Let (x1 , y1 ), (x2 , y2 ), . . . ,
(xn , yn ) be a collection of n distinct points in R2 , where n ≥ 2. . . . ”

• p. 119, Exercise 11.5(b). Add a hint: “. . . Hint: In the case that C = 0, too,
consider the expansions of (a ± b)2 .”

• p. 123, Example 5.1. In the sequence of displayed equations in the middle of the
page, the third equation should be with respect to y, not x:
..
.
Z 4
9 1 
= (12 − + 6y) − (4 − + 2y) dy
2 2 2
..
.

3
• p. 167, Exercise 2.8. Spherical coordinates were meant to be written consistently in
the order (ρ, φ, θ):

2.8 Let f : R3 → R3 be the spherical coordinate transformation from ρφθ-space to


xyz-space: f (ρ, φ, θ) = (ρ sin φ cos θ, ρ sin φ sin θ, ρ cos φ).
(a) Find Df (ρ, φ, θ). . . .

• p. 171, Exercise 4.12. f should be a function of two variables, not three: “Let
f (x, y) = x2 + y 2 + xy. . . . ”

• p. 207, equation (9.4). A footnote has been added elaborating on reparametrization:

We assume here that g is smooth. Indeed, equation (9.3) may be the best
way to define what it means in the first place for α and β to parametrize the
same curve C, namely, that there exists a smooth function g : [c, d] → [a, b]
such that β(u) = α(g(u)) and g 0 (u) 6= 0 for all u in [c, d]. Then, we say that
α and β traverse C in the same direction if g 0 > 0 and in opposite directions
if g 0 < 0.

• p. 218, first displayed equation. In the double integral on the right, a missing dy
has been added:
Z ZZ
2 ∂ ∂
(x − y 2 ) dx dy . . .

(x − y ) dx + xy dy = (xy) −
C=∂D D ∂x ∂y

• p. 221, first displayed equation. This equation has been given a number.
Z
y x
− 2 2
dx + 2 dy = 2π. (9.10)
Ca x +y x + y2

There are cross-references to it in the appropriate places on p. 222 (below the second
displayed equation) and p. 224 (on the next-to-last line). Also, the numbered equations
that follow in the rest of the chapter all have their numbers increased by 1, up to (9.14)
on p. 226.

• p. 222, last sentence of Section 9.5. To include the possibility of curves oriented
clockwise, the sentence should be replaced with the following:

. . . If C is oriented clockwise instead, then the change in orientation reverses


the sign of the integral, so the corresponding values in the two cases are 0 and
−2π, respectively. That there are exactly three possible values of the integral
over all piecewise smooth oriented simple closed curves in R2 − {(0, 0)} may
be somewhat surprising.

• p. 227, Exercise 1.11. In the 1-form that R is being integrated, xy and xπ have been 
changed to x + y and π x , respectively: “ C e8xy dx − ln cos2 (x + y) + π x y 1,000,000 dy,
where . . . ”

4
• p. 228, Exercise 1.13. In the second paragraph, the assumption that g is smooth is
stated explicitly: “ . . . As in equation (9.3), there is a function g : J → I, assumed to
be smooth, such that β(u) = α(g(u)) . . . ”
Also, the first couple of sentences in the last paragraph have been rewritten:

In other words, if x = β(u) = α(t) is any point of C other than an endpoint,


then κβ (u) = κα (t). We denote this common value by κ(x), i.e., κ(x) is
defined to be κα (t) for any smooth parametrization α of C, where t is the
value of the parameter such that α(t) = x. . . .

• p. 261, first sentence of Section 10.8. The assumption in the definition of the
surface integral that ∂σ
∂s
× ∂σ
∂t
is nonzero has been added as part of the setup:

Finally, we address the long-standing question


RR of the extentRRto which our
original definition of the surface integral, S F · dS = ± D F(σ(s, t)) ·
∂σ ∂σ

∂s
× ∂t ds dt, depends on the smooth parametrization σ : D → R3 of S,
where D is a subset of the st-plane and, by assumption, ∂σ
∂s
× ∂σ
∂t
6= 0, except
possibly on the boundary of D. . . .

• p. 264, Exercise 1.3. The vector field F should be assumed to be continuous: “Let
F be a continuous vector field on R3 . . . ”

• p. 264, Exercise 1.4. The vector field F may be assumed to be continuous: “. . . Let
F be a continuous vector field on U . . . . ”

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