Advanced Calculus Formulas a = ha1 , a2 , a3 i r = hx, y, zi
b = hb1 , b2 , b3 i r0 = hx0 , y0 , z0 i
c = hc1 , c2 , c3 i n = hn1 , n2 , n3 i
Dot (Scalar) Product: a · b = a1 b1 + a2 b2 + a3 b3 = |a| |b| cos θ p √ Magnitude: |a| = a21 + a22 + a23 = a · a Projections:
proja b =
a·b a a·a i j k a × b = a1 a2 a3 b b b 1 2 3
Cross (Vector) Product:
|a × b| = |a| |b| sin θ Box (Triple Scalar) Product:
a1 a2 a3 (a × b) · c = b1 b2 b3 c c c 1 2 3
Distance Formulas Two Points:
r1 and r2
Point and a Line:
d = |r2 − r1 |
r1 and r0 + t a d =
r1 and (r − r0 ) · n = 0
Point and a Plane:
d = Two Parallel Planes:
|D2 − D1 | |n|
r1 + t a1 and r2 + t a2 d =
Two Parallel Lines:
|(r1 − r0 ) · n| |n|
r · n = D1 and r · n = D2 d =
Two Skew Lines:
|(r1 − r0 ) × a| |a|
|(r2 − r1 ) · (a1 × a2 )| |a1 × a2 |
r1 + t a and r2 + t a d =
|(r2 − r1 ) × a| |a|
Lines and Planes Lines in Space: parametric representation r(t) = r0 + t a non-parametric representation y − y0 z − z0 x − x0 = = a1 a2 a3 Planes in Space: parametric representation r(s, t) = r0 + s a + t b non-parametric representation (r − r0 ) · n = 0 Tangent Lines: explicitly defined curves:
y = f (x)
y − y0 = f 0 (x0 ) (x − x0 ) implicity defined (level) curves:
f (x, y) = c
fx (x0 , y0 ) (x − x0 ) + fy (x0 , y0 ) (y − y0 ) = 0 or in vector form,
(r − r0 ) · ∇f (x0 , y0 ) = 0
Tangent Planes: explicitly defined surfaces:
z = f (x, y)
z = f (x0 , y0 ) + fx (x0 , y0 ) (x − x0 ) + fy (x0 , y0 ) (y − y0 ) implicity defined (level) surfaces:
F (x, y, z) = c
Fx (x0 , y0 , z0 ) (x − x0 ) + Fy (x0 , y0 , z0 ) (y − y0 ) + Fz (x0 , y0 , z0 ) (z − z0 ) = 0 or in vector form,
(r − r0 ) · ∇F (x0 , y0 , z0 ) = 0
Derivatives f = hf1 , . . . , fm i ,
x = hx1 , . . . , xn i ,
t = ht1 , . . . , tk i
Matrix of Partial Derivatives: ∂ (f1 , . . . , fm ) = Dx f = ∂ (x1 , . . . , xn )
Gradient:
∇=
∂f1 ∂ x1
· · ·
· · ·
· · ·
∂fm ∂ x1
∂ ∂ , ... , ∂ x1 ∂ xn
∂f1 ∂ xn
· · ·
∂fm ∂ xn
Chain Rule: F (t) = f (x(t)) ∂Fi ∂fi ∂ x1 ∂fi ∂ xn = + ··· + ∂ tj ∂ x1 ∂ tj ∂ xn ∂ tj for each i = 1, . . . , m and j = 1, . . . , k
Product Rules: If x(t) and y(t) are differentiable vector-valued functions, then dx dy d (x · y) = ·y+x· dt dt dt d dx dy (x × y) = ×y+x× dt dt dt Directional Derivatives: derivative of f (x) in the direction of v Dv f (x) = ∇f (x) ·
v |v|
Leibniz’s Rule: Z b(t) Z b(t) d d f (x, t) dx = f (x, t) dx + b0 (t) f (b(t), t) − a0 (t) f (a(t), t) dt a(t) a(t) dt
Parametric Curves in