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MULTIVARIABLE CALCULUS

This part of MA102 course will enable you to

Relate Mathematics to the real world.


Use Mathematics as a tool in Engineering.
Emphasis will be more on

The physical interpretation of the


mathematical expressions.
HAVING FUN WITH CALCULUS.
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Review of Vectors
WHAT IS A VECTOR?

Flow past an inclined aerofoil


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Displacement Vector, Initial point


and terminal point.

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Illustration of vector addition

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Illustration of vector subtraction (difference of vectors)

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Magnitude
Or Length

Vector
Addition
And
Scalar
Multiplica
tion
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Position Vectors:

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Standard Basis Vectors

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Unit Vector

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Geometric Interpretation of the dot product:

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Projection: Scalar Projection and Vector Projection

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Applications
Is work done W=Fd?

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The Vector Cross Product

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Scalar triple product

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Applications

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