27993 - Mathematical Analysis T-2

Academic Year 2008/2009

  • Docente: Enrico Obrecht
  • Credits: 9
  • SSD: MAT/05
  • Language: Italian
  • Moduli: Enrico Obrecht (Modulo 1) Giovanni Dore (Modulo 2)
  • Teaching Mode: Traditional lectures (Modulo 1) Traditional lectures (Modulo 2)
  • Campus: Bologna
  • Corso: First cycle degree programme (L) in Electronics and Telecommunications Engineering (cod. 0923)

Course contents

THE EUCLIDEAN SPACE R^n.  LIMITS, CONTINUITY AND DIFFERENTIAL CALCULUS FOR FUNCTIONS OF SEVERAL VARIABLES. Real and vector functions of several real variables: generalities. Definition of a continuous function and of the limit of a function. The Weierstrass theorem and the intermediate value theorem for functions of several variables. Partial derivatives, differentiability, C^(1) functions. Jacobian matrix. The chain rule. Partial derivatives of higher order. Taylor's formula of the second order for functions of several variables. Local extrema for real functions of several variables. MULTIPLE INTEGRALS. Definition of the double integral for functions defined on a compact rectangle. Properties of the double integral. Extensions to more general domains. Reduction theorems for double integrals on rectangular and normal domains. The the change of variables theorem for a double integral. Triple integrals: extensions of definitions and theorems from double to triple integrals. CURVE AND SURFACE INTEGRALS. Smooth and piecewise smooth curves, length of a curve, integral of a function over a curve.  The integral of a vector field over a curve. Conservative vector fields and their potentials. The Green-Gauss theorem. Regular surfaces in R^3, area of a surface, integral of a function over a surface. Orientable surfaces. The flux of a vector field through an oriented surface. The divergence theorem and the Stokes theorem.  SERIES OF FUNCTIONS AND INTEGRALS DEPENDING ON A PARAMETER. Pointwise and uniform convergence of a series of functions. Exchange of limit operations. Power series. Fourier series. Integrals depending on a parameter. Exchange of limit operations. Examples of integrals depending on a parameter: the integral transforms. DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS. The Cauchy problem for differential equations and systems. Theorems on existence, uniqueness and continuation of solutions.  Some boundary value problems for linear second order differential equations.

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