PHY 259 — MATHEMATICS FOR PHYSICS III
BSc Physics · KNUST
Directional and partial derivatives. Total derivatives (Differentials). The gradient vector. Differentials of composite functions. Condition for existence of the differential. Partial derivatives of higher order. Applications of partial differentiation: parametric integration; the Jacobian; the inverse and implicit function theorem; extremum problems. Multiple integrals (MI). Surface and volume integrals. Condition for existence of MI. Evaluation of MI: repeated integration; change of variables. Vectors in Cartesian coordinate systems. Change of axes. Scalar and vector fields. Vector fields in a plane. Line integrals; Green’s theorem. Vector fields in space. Gauss’s and Stokes’ theorems. Curvilinear coordinates
- Credits
- 2
- Level
- Level 200
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