Multivariable Calculus: Don Shimamoto
Multivariable Calculus: Don Shimamoto
Don Shimamoto
• 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:
• 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
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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) . . .
• 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:
• 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.
• 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.
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
..
.
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• p. 167, Exercise 2.8. Spherical coordinates were meant to be written consistently in
the order (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. . . . ”
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:
• 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 . . . ”
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• 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:
• 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:
• 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 . . . . ”