diff --git a/docs/1b/math119.md b/docs/1b/math119.md index dfaac20..ffe717b 100644 --- a/docs/1b/math119.md +++ b/docs/1b/math119.md @@ -244,4 +244,33 @@ Sample tree diagram: !!! warning If the function only depends on one variable, $\frac{d}{dx}$ is used. Multivariable functions must use $\frac{\partial}{\partial x}$ to treat the other variables as constant. - + +### Gradient vectors + +The **gradient vector** is the vector of the partial derivatives of a function with respect to its independent variables. For $f(x,y)$: + +$$\nabla f=\left(\frac{\partial f}{\partial x},\frac{\partial f}{\partial y}\right)$$ + +This allows for the the following replacements to appear more like single-variable calculus. Where $\vec r=(x,y)$ is a desired point, $\vec a=(a,b)$ is the initial point, and all vector multiplications are dot products: + +Linear approximations are simplified to: + +$$f(\vec r)=f(\vec a)+\nabla f(\vec a)\bullet(\vec r-\vec a)$$ + +The chain rule is also simplified to: + +$$\frac{dz}{dt}=\nabla f(\vec r(t))\bullet\vec r'(t)$$ + +A **directional derivative** is any of the infinite derivatives at a certain point with the length of a unit vector. Specifically, in the unit vector direction $\vec u$ at point $\vec a=(a,b)$: + +$$D_{\vec u}f(a_b)=\lim_{h\to 0}\frac{f(\vec a+h\vec u)\bullet f(\vec a)}{h}$$ + +This reduces down by taking only $h$ as variable to: + +$$D_{\vec u}f(a,b)=\nabla f(a,b)\bullet\vec u$$ + +Cartesian and polar coordinates can be easily converted between: + +- $x=r\sin\theta\cos\phi$ +- $y=r\sin\theta\sin\phi$ +- $z=r\cos\theta$