Differentiation
§ 1.
Review of Single Variable Differentiation
§ 2.
Thick Derivatives
§ 3.
Using Differentials to Compute Derivatives
§ 4.
The Multivariable Differential
§ 5.
Chain Rule
§ 6.
Chain Rule via Tree Diagrams
§ 7.
Chain Rule via Differential Tree Diagrams
§ 8.
Optimization
§ 9.
Second Derivative Test
§ 10.
Curvature and the Second Derivative Test
§ 11.
Applications of Chain Rule
§ 12.
Rearranging Differentials
§ 13.
Examples from Thermodynamics
§ 14.
Things not to do with Differentials
§ 15.
Change of Variables
§ 16.
The Vector Differential
§ 17.
Other Coordinate Systems
§ 18.
Activity: Determining $d\rr$ in Cylindrical and Spherical Coordinates
§ 19.
Wrap-Up: Coordinate Expressions for $d\rr$
§ 20.
Gradient
§ 21.
Properties of the Gradient
§ 22.
Directional Derivatives
§ 23.
The Gradient in Curvilinear Coordinates
§ 24.
Independence of Path
§ 25.
Conservative Vector Fields
§ 26.
Finding Potential Functions
§ 27.
Visualizing Conservative Vector Fields
§ 28.
The Geometry of the Gradient
§ 29.
Lagrange Multipliers
§ 30.
Lagrange Multipliers using Differentials
§ 31.
Lagrange Multipliers Revisited
§ 32.
Divergence
§ 33.
The Divergence Theorem
§ 34.
The Divergence in Curvilinear Coordinates
§ 35.
Curl
§ 36.
Stokes' Theorem
§ 37.
Visualizing Divergence and Curl
§ 38.
The Geometry of Curl
§ 39.
Product Rules
§ 40.
Integration by parts
§ 41.
Second derivatives
§ 42.
The Laplacian
§ 43.
Formulas for Div, Grad, Curl
(see also
Vector Derivatives
)