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Double integral 1
Introduction to the double integral

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Why would I want to know the area under a

function? What purpose or utility is there in
knowing that? Thanks
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5 years ago by

Gustavo De La Piedra

In physics we often will find a force acting

on an object, and we would like to
calculate the work done on the object by
the force. If the force is constant, we can
say Work=Fx ....where dot product says:
(force times displacement times cosine of
angle between them). But if the force
varies along the displacement (we find a
different value of force for each position)
then we must use an integral to calculate:
W = F(x)dx.... where F(x) is force as a
function of x. If the angle between F(x)
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5 years ago by

Alex Chandler

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I might be getting ahead of myself, but with
this new definition do we use the same
techniques (Integration by Parts, Trig.
Substitution, etc) on Double Integrals as we
did with single Definite Integrals? or do we
need to redefine them?
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2 years ago by

aclarke.clarke758

The beautiful thing is that all of the old

techniques apply. A double integral is just
one regular integral inside of another.
Thus, you can use integration techniques
on the inside integral, then use integration
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techniques for the outside integral.

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2 years ago by

Ethan Dlugie

Answer this question...

These videos are amazing. He makes it really

easy to understand, such that even kids in
highschool could get them. Bravo, sir, bravo.
A quick question though:
What if one of your axis existed on the
imaginary plane?
Or more generally, what would integrals over
imaginary functions look like/work?
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2 years ago by

Dramorak

Integrals over imaginary functions is a part

of a branch of mathematics called complex
analysis. It's ... very well named. :)
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2 years ago by

Matthew Daly

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Sal, Ref: Double Integral 1, time
10:29
Which program are you using to draw
surface?
Is it for free? How can I get that software?
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5 years ago by

Mahmud2Rahman

The App in the video is JavaView and is

free to use; you can find it, and some
tutorials in his website:
http://www.javaview.de/
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4 years ago by

Jorge Garcia

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So this is a small question, probably
irrelevant to the whole solving process...but
when we labeled the surface f(x,y)dx as f(y),
how is f(y) the surface?...like how does f(y)
represent the surface we integrate across y
to find the volume?
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3 years ago by

Roy Kim

f(x,y)dx isn't a surface, neither is f(y).

f(x,y)dx is the area of a small vertical planar
element of the cross section of the volume
under the surface f(x,y).
f(y) is the integral of f(x,y)dx so it's the sum
of these areas and so gives the total area
under the cross-section of the volume
underneath the surface f(x,y) for a given
value of y.
So, f(x,y) is a surface, but f(x,y)dx and f(y)
refer to areas not on the surface, but of a
section of the volume underneath it.
Following on further:
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3 years ago by

Tristan

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Will there be the practice part with Mastery
Challenge form this section like in the
previous ones?
( That would give us a chance to systematize
our knowledge. )
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8 months ago by

Christopher Sparrow

I also would like to see this. I understand

it's more difficult to do with these
advanced subjects, but it would be a nice
addition.
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8 months ago by

Ron Joniak

Answer this question...

I want to work actual problems in

Multivariable Calculus. I only see videos on
this subject. Where do I go to work actual
practice problems?
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5 months ago by

shapkiquarry

You could look some up. I think Khan is

going to add some to this, I remember
when there weren't problems for integral
calc.
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3 months ago by

Colin Brennan

Answer this question...

at
8:20 Sal says "0 to b". why wouldn't it
be a to b?
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3 years ago by

Michael DeLaughter

No because "a" is some constant y value

and he is only evaluating the function with
respect to changes in X from 0 - b (or
some number more than 0 on the X axis).
The inner integral, integrated from 0 to b
provides the 2D value of area. Notice,
however, that when a change of y is
introduced, volume (a 3D value) can be
calculated. In order to do that, there needs
to be some change in y (0-a) by which the
integral of 0 - b can be evaluated. Hope
this mades sense... explaining calc with
text (more)
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3 years ago by

Nick Wilson

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Where could I go to get some problem sets
to work on for the higher maths here? I feel
like I lose it if I don't use it....
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about a year ago by

Jerry J Brown

The Massachusetts Institute of Technology

has a web site called Open CourseWare
(http://ocw.mit.edu/) where they publish
nearly all their course materials for free.
Their multivariable calculus course
(http://ocw.mit.edu/courses/mathematics/1
8-02sc-multivariable-calculus-fall-2010/)
has plenty of problems with solutions (but
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beware, they don't go through the material

in the same way as KhanAcademy). Here
is an example problem set:
http://ocw.mit.edu/courses/mathematics/18
-02sc-multivariable- (more)
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about a year ago by

Luke Miles

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Why isn't there any practice questions for
multi var calc?
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9 months ago by

hellomottonathvi

https://www.khanacademy.org/about/blog/
post/63747872016/new-calculus-coursecoming-fall-2014
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9 months ago by

Alex

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