Calculus (I)
WEN-CHING LIEN
Department of Mathematics National Cheng Kung University
2008
14.1 Elementary Examples
Definition (1)
D ⊂Rn.A real-valued function f on D assigns a real numbers to each element in D
f :D→R
(x1, . . . ,xn) 7−→f(x1, . . . ,xn) D: the domain
{f(x1, . . . ,xn) : (x1, . . . ,xn) ∈D}: the range of f
14.1 Elementary Examples
Definition (1)
D ⊂Rn.A real-valued function f on D assigns a real numbers to each element in D
f :D→R
(x1, . . . ,xn) 7−→f(x1, . . . ,xn) D: the domain
{f(x1, . . . ,xn) : (x1, . . . ,xn) ∈D}: the range of f
14.1 Elementary Examples
Definition (1)
D ⊂Rn.A real-valued function f on D assigns a real numbers to each element in D
f :D→R
(x1, . . . ,xn) 7−→f(x1, . . . ,xn) D: the domain
{f(x1, . . . ,xn) : (x1, . . . ,xn) ∈D}: the range of f
14.1 Elementary Examples
Definition (1)
D ⊂Rn.A real-valued function f on D assigns a real numbers to each element in D
f :D→R
(x1, . . . ,xn) 7−→f(x1, . . . ,xn) D: the domain
{f(x1, . . . ,xn) : (x1, . . . ,xn) ∈D}: the range of f
14.1 Elementary Examples
Definition (1)
D ⊂Rn.A real-valued function f on D assigns a real numbers to each element in D
f :D→R
(x1, . . . ,xn) 7−→f(x1, . . . ,xn) D: the domain
{f(x1, . . . ,xn) : (x1, . . . ,xn) ∈D}: the range of f
14.1 Elementary Examples
Definition (1)
D ⊂Rn.A real-valued function f on D assigns a real numbers to each element in D
f :D→R
(x1, . . . ,xn) 7−→f(x1, . . . ,xn) D: the domain
{f(x1, . . . ,xn) : (x1, . . . ,xn) ∈D}: the range of f
14.1 Elementary Examples
Definition (1)
D ⊂Rn.A real-valued function f on D assigns a real numbers to each element in D
f :D→R
(x1, . . . ,xn) 7−→f(x1, . . . ,xn) D: the domain
{f(x1, . . . ,xn) : (x1, . . . ,xn) ∈D}: the range of f
Definition (2)
S = {(x,y,z) : z =f(x,y), (x,y) ∈D}: the graph of f
Definition (2)
S = {(x,y,z) : z =f(x,y), (x,y) ∈D}: the graph of f
Definition (3) f :D ⊂R2 →R
The level curve of f ={(x,y) :f(x,y) =c}, c is a given constant.
Definition (3) f :D ⊂R2 →R
The level curve of f ={(x,y) :f(x,y) =c}, c is a given constant.
Definition (3) f :D ⊂R2 →R
The level curve of f ={(x,y) :f(x,y) =c}, c is a given constant.
Example 1:
1 f(x,y) = x2+y2 2 f(x,y) = e−(x2+y2) 3 f(x,y) = sin x·sin y
domain? range?
Example 1:
1 f(x,y) = x2+y2 2 f(x,y) = e−(x2+y2) 3 f(x,y) = sin x·sin y
domain? range?
Example 1:
1 f(x,y) = x2+y2 2 f(x,y) = e−(x2+y2) 3 f(x,y) = sin x·sin y
domain? range?
Example 1:
1 f(x,y) = x2+y2 2 f(x,y) = e−(x2+y2) 3 f(x,y) = sin x·sin y
domain? range?
Example 1:
1 f(x,y) = x2+y2 2 f(x,y) = e−(x2+y2) 3 f(x,y) = sin x·sin y
domain? range?
Example 2:
1 the graph of f(x,y) =x2+y2 2 the graph of f(x,y) =e−(x2+y2)
Example 2:
1 the graph of f(x,y) =x2+y2 2 the graph of f(x,y) =e−(x2+y2)
Example 2:
1 the graph of f(x,y) =x2+y2 2 the graph of f(x,y) =e−(x2+y2)
Example 3:
Determine the equation of the level curve f =c with the possible values of c
Example 3:
Determine the equation of the level curve f =c with the possible values of c