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Calculus in 3D is an accessible, well-written textbook for an
honors course in multivariable calculus for mathematically strong
first- or second-year university students. The treatment given here
carefully balances theoretical rigor, the development of student
facility in the procedures and algorithms, and inculcating
intuition into underlying geometric principles. The focus
throughout is on two or three dimensions. All of the standard
multivariable material is thoroughly covered, including vector
calculus treated through both vector fields and differential forms.
There are rich collections of problems ranging from the routine
through the theoretical to deep, challenging problems suitable for
in-depth projects. Linear algebra is developed as needed. Unusual
features include a rigorous formulation of cross products and
determinants as oriented area, an in-depth treatment of conics
harking back to the classical Greek ideas, and a more extensive
than usual exploration and use of parametrized curves and surfaces.
Zbigniew Nitecki is Professor of Mathematics at Tufts University
and a leading authority on smooth dynamical systems. He is the
author of Differentiable Dynamics, MIT Press; Differential
Equations, A First Course (with M. Guterman), Saunders;
Differential Equations with Linear Algebra (with M. Guterman),
Saunders; and Calculus Deconstructed, MAA Press.
Kant's groundbreaking philosophical treatise concerning the
processes of reason is presented here, complete with all appendices
and notes. Viewed by scholars of philosophy as one of the landmark
texts of the Enlightenment era, The Critique of Pure Reason is
often a primary text in higher educational courses concerning
philosophy. First published in 1781 and revised in 1787, this book
is generally agreed to be the masterwork of Immanuel Kant for its
embracing scope, and the gargantuan influence it has wrought upon
philosophers. In composing his most famous critique, Kant consulted
the works of contemporary philosophers such as John Locke and David
Hume. Their work, which discusses the extent to which human beings
can perceive and utilise knowledge, forms the grounding for many of
Kant's arguments. This edition of The Critique of Pure Reason
contains the original appendices and is presented in a format ideal
for students, scholars and enthusiasts of philosophy.
This textbook is suitable for a course in advanced calculus that
promotes active learning through problem solving. It can be used as
a base for a Moore method or inquiry based class, or as a guide in
a traditional classroom setting where lectures are organized around
the presentation of problems and solutions. This book is
appropriate for any student who has taken (or is concurrently
taking) an introductory course in calculus. The book includes
sixteen appendices that review some indispensable prerequisites on
techniques of proof writing with special attention to the notation
used the course.
Why do solutions of linear analytic PDE suddenly break down? What
is the source of these mysterious singularities, and how do they
propagate? Is there a mean value property for harmonic functions in
ellipsoids similar to that for balls? Is there a reflection
principle for harmonic functions in higher dimensions similar to
the Schwarz reflection principle in the plane? How far outside of
their natural domains can solutions of the Dirichlet problem be
extended? Where do the continued solutions become singular and why?
This book invites graduate students and young analysts to explore
these and many other intriguing questions that lead to beautiful
results illustrating a nice interplay between parts of modern
analysis and themes in ``physical'' mathematics of the nineteenth
century. To make the book accessible to a wide audience including
students, the authors do not assume expertise in the theory of
holomorphic PDE, and most of the book is accessible to anyone
familiar with multivariable calculus and some basics in complex
analysis and differential equations.
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