Maxima by Example, Chapter 6: Differential Calculus

Ted Woollett

  1. --mbe6calc1.pdf : July 21, 2008, Maxima 5.15, 57 pages
  2. --mbe6calc1.tex : July 21, 2008, Latex code file
  3. --vcalc.mac : A Maxima package for Vector Calculus: July 19, 2008, Maxima 5.15
  4. --vcalcdem.mac : Batch File Illustrating vcalc.mac: July 19, 2008, Maxima 5.15
  5. --calc1code.txt : Copy and Paste Code: July 21, 2008, Maxima 5.15
  6. --cylinder.mac : Cylindrical Coordinates: July 19, 2008, Maxima 5.15
  7. --sphere.mac : Spherical Polar Coordinates: July 19, 2008, Maxima 5.15

Chapter 6 Topics

  1. Differentiation of Explicit Functions: diff(..) and Total Differential
  2. Critical and Inflection Points of a Curve Defined by an Explicit Function
  3. Tangent and Normal of a Point of a Curve Defined by an Explicit Function
  4. Maxima and Minima of a Function of Two Variables
  5. Tangent and Normal of a Point of a Curve Defined by an Implicit Function
  6. Limit Examples using Maxima's limit(..) Function
  7. Taylor Series Expansions using taylor(..)
  8. Vector Calculus Calculations and Derivations using vcalc.mac
  9. Maxima Derivation of Vector Calculus Formulas in Cylindrical Coordinates
  10. Maxima Derivation of Vector Calculus Formulas in Spherical Polar Coordinates

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