Analytic Geometry and Calculus

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Area of a plane curve in Cartesian coördinates
262
Infinite limits or integrand
264
The mean value of a function
265
Area of a plane curve in polar coördinates
267
Volume of a solid with parallel bases
268
Volume of a solid of revolution
270
131132 Length of a plane curve
272
Area of a surface of revolution
274
Work
275
Center of pressure
277
Center of gravity
278
Attraction
283
Problems
285
CHAPTER XIVSPACE GEOMETRY 139 Functions of more than one variable
300
Rectangular coördinates
301
Cylinders
303
Other surfaces
304
Surfaces of revolution
309
Projection
310
Components of a directed straight line
312
Distance between two points
313
Direction cosines
314
Angle between two straight lines
315
Direction of the normal to a plane
316
Equations of a straight line
317
Straight line passing through a known point in a given direction
318
Determination of the direction cosines of a straight line
319
Distance of a point from a plane
320
Problems on the plane and the straight line
321
Problems
326
CHAPTER XVPARTIAL DIFFERENTIATION 162 Partial derivatives
335
Higher partial derivatives 335
338
Increment and differential of a function of two variables
339
Extension to three or more variables
342
Directional derivative of a function of two variables
343
Total derivative of z with respect to x
344
The tangent plane
345
Maxima and minima
348
Exact differentials
349
Line integrals
353
Differentiation of composite functions Problems
357
Triple integrals 173 Double integral with constant limits
369
Double integral with variable limits 175 Computation of a double integral 176 Double integral in polar coördinates 177 Area bounded by a plane cur...
371
Attraction Problems 392
393
Convergence
405
The comparison test for convergence
406
The ratio test for convergence
407
DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS
409
Definitions
438
Solution by series
466
ANSWERS
481
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