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Sahithyan's S2
Sahithyan's S2 — Methods of Mathematics

Introduction to Multivariable Calculus

Real valued multivariable function

A function with more than 1 inputs or outputs.

denotes a n-dimensional space with each axis denoted by real numbers.

A function is a map between a ordered n-tuple to real numbers. The domain can also be . The same can be applied to the output of the function.

Vector-valued functions

Functions with more than 1 outputs. Referred to as vector-valued functions, even though they are also multivariable functions.

Definitions

Suppose and .

epsilon-disk

An -disk around is the set of all points where the distance between the points is less than .

Interior point

is an interior point of iff there exists some -disk around that is contained in .

Boundary point

is an boundary point of iff all -disks around contains points from and not from .

Isolated point

is an isolated point of iff there exists some -disk around that doesn’t contains no other points of . Subset of boundary points.

Open subset

is an open subset of iff all the points of are interior points of .

Closed subset

is an closed subset of iff contains all of its boundary points.

Closure

The set of boundary points of and the region . Denoted by .

Bounded subset

is a bounded subset of iff is contained in some -disk around some point.

Circular neighbourhood

The below set is called a -neighbourhood of the point and .

Square neighbourhood

The below set is called a square-neighbourhood of the point and .