Lec 8: Level curves; partial derivatives; tangent plane | MIT 18.02 Multivariable Calculus, Fall 07

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  • Lecture 08: Level curves; partial derivatives; tangent plane approximation.
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  • @kingkongtiger
    @kingkongtiger 11 лет назад +237

    MIT professors teach like their students have no background knowledges, and my professors assume I have learnt all shit already in High school

    • @rajaradi802
      @rajaradi802 4 года назад +2

      @narak leduop not cheap schools but with the worst education system

    • @theblinkingbrownie4654
      @theblinkingbrownie4654 3 года назад

      @CAVEMAN these bots are surprisingly common especially in stem channels, idk how youtube hasn't noticed yet.

    • @anindyaroy5692
      @anindyaroy5692 2 года назад +3

      Exactly! And they also jump from one thing to another, and students fail to understand the connection.

    • @marklestergesta7554
      @marklestergesta7554 Год назад +2

      I feel you

  • @narutouzumakix9201
    @narutouzumakix9201 6 лет назад +104

    this guy is really good at the 3D drawings

    • @Dawatehaq786
      @Dawatehaq786 4 года назад

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    • @yabannamba7678
      @yabannamba7678 Год назад

      Sal Khan is the goat at it but he's good too

  • @qbtc
    @qbtc 10 месяцев назад +7

    MIT students are smart and know they are being taught by a great professor here. They even applaud when he figures out the blackboard buttons.

  • @koenrad
    @koenrad 10 лет назад +64

    Much easier to understand now that I have a second person explaining it, what a great professor! Also helps that I can rewind and listen however many times I want :p.

    • @justinyeo1428
      @justinyeo1428 9 лет назад +1

      Yup. I also wish I had that professor.

    • @rajaradi802
      @rajaradi802 4 года назад

      Hey you look like Sheldon

  • @83jeffa
    @83jeffa 8 лет назад +54

    this guy is a master chalk operator

    • @Dawatehaq786
      @Dawatehaq786 4 года назад

      Trigonometry for AS and A level student ruclips.net/video/-WzZRx4vVxI/видео.html
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    • @WilliamTaylor-rr6zw
      @WilliamTaylor-rr6zw 4 года назад +10

      @@Dawatehaq786 bro shut up

  • @ccosm4587
    @ccosm4587 9 лет назад +174

    these kids applaud at the strangest things

    • @ddude957
      @ddude957 5 лет назад +3

      seems you haven't been to college

    • @slackbabo3858
      @slackbabo3858 5 лет назад +22

      @@ddude957 I have and we don't typically applaud the professors

    • @Dawatehaq786
      @Dawatehaq786 4 года назад +1

      Trigonometry for AS and A level ruclips.net/video/-WzZRx4vVxI/видео.html
      Subscribe please

    • @aashsyed1277
      @aashsyed1277 3 года назад

      meh im a 9 year old

  • @ChristianCentury2000
    @ChristianCentury2000 Год назад +14

    Thank you MIT for posting these excellent courses online! The professors are great! The lectures are very well done!

  • @TheCrappyaccount
    @TheCrappyaccount 12 лет назад +24

    I love MIT so much for all of these free lectures. I have watched all of physics, this and electronics and circuits.

  • @katee808
    @katee808 14 лет назад +60

    Jesus Christ he's great at teaching. I now understand the difference between spending $50,000 per year and $10,000 per year. At least they're paying for the tuition so I get to watch these videos for free.

  • @awowoosas
    @awowoosas 8 лет назад +26

    All these videos are REALLLY REALLY helpful. Thank you so much, MIT!

  • @SimmySimmy
    @SimmySimmy 5 лет назад +20

    One of the reasons I truly like this awesome teacher is he always erase three pieces of blackboards in a row, so I get a chance to skip

  • @vishnureddy3977
    @vishnureddy3977 7 лет назад +18

    That sine graph is amazing.

  • @syedaliraza3476
    @syedaliraza3476 6 месяцев назад +1

    Incredible lecture. Professor Denis Auroux is brilliant. He says his drawings on the board aren’t on point but they are way beyond great.

  • @MrCavitysChessCorner
    @MrCavitysChessCorner 12 лет назад +7

    Phenomenal lecture. Merci beaucoup Professor Auroux!

  • @user-lr5we1sy3k
    @user-lr5we1sy3k 10 месяцев назад

    Thanks to MIT for posting this and other math videos. For a math hobbyist these videos are an excellent resource for deepening the knowledge about math. Prof Auroux is really awesome.

  • @Filipe8496
    @Filipe8496 14 лет назад +2

    This is the best teacher I ever seen. :D

  • @hassanhb9605
    @hassanhb9605 5 лет назад +3

    Wow , Wow ! What an amazing explanation ... i felt like Multivariate Calculus is very easy as opposite of usual

  • @imegatrone
    @imegatrone 12 лет назад +3

    I Really Like The Video From Your Level curves; partial derivatives; tangent plane approximation

  • @GNARGNARHEAD
    @GNARGNARHEAD 11 лет назад +1

    just in-case anyone was wondering the program he used to generate those parabola is 3D-XplorMath its a really fun program relatively easy to use its even how i generated my display picture :)

    • @alyasker2194
      @alyasker2194 4 года назад

      thnx a lot that was really helpful :)

  • @karigucio
    @karigucio 6 лет назад +3

    i appreciate this guys 3D drawing skills

  • @sac12389
    @sac12389 11 лет назад +5

    and the sidewalk chalk is a great idea. I sit in the second (out of 4) row in my calc 3 class and often can't tell what is being written on the green board. also green boards are a terrible idea.

  • @hanzellmo
    @hanzellmo 14 лет назад +4

    Spivak's calculus might be to confusing for someone that's starting, but is an awesome book.

  • @inuyashalivesbaby
    @inuyashalivesbaby 15 лет назад +2

    omg.... I know this is stupid, but I have to say it. That movable board is awesome man!!! Go MIT!!!

  • @axxxyxxxx5233
    @axxxyxxxx5233 6 месяцев назад

    Randomly clicked this magical vdo this could be turning point of my life

  • @venkatesh-ke9ff
    @venkatesh-ke9ff 5 лет назад

    your teaching is supper, sir, i never see before such knowledge any professor

  • @skylarshi1040
    @skylarshi1040 Год назад +1

    lifesaver and im going to cross register every math class at mit. dont know why my professor assume im smarter than mit students

  • @BareClause
    @BareClause 11 лет назад +1

    I'll add this to my watch later list, because I am going to need this when I do Mathematical Methods at UWA next year.

    • @maxsash
      @maxsash 7 лет назад +7

      I don't think so. They say they will but they never come back.

    • @BareClause
      @BareClause Месяц назад

      @@maxsash I ended up getting a phd bitch

  • @ishandave3542
    @ishandave3542 8 лет назад +39

    god please name lectures by the topics!!!!

    • @mitocw
      @mitocw  8 лет назад +28

      +Ishan Dave Sorry, all of our early videos are titled like this (thousands of them, so the odds of us going back through to change them aren't very high). We changed how we named them starting in 2012. To get a list of topics, see the course on MIT OpenCourseWare at: ocw.mit.edu/18-02F07.

    • @ishandave3542
      @ishandave3542 8 лет назад +14

      ***** please there is no need for sorry.I am under great debt from professors from MIT especially professor walter lewin he is my favorite professor of all time he came to my college last year I am sad that I didn't have the chance to meet him.

    • @tripp3468
      @tripp3468 7 лет назад +1

      Jesus dude, learn how to spell.

    • @ishandave3542
      @ishandave3542 7 лет назад +6

      I edited the comment ,seems fine to me now English is not my first language.

    • @saminzawad4677
      @saminzawad4677 6 лет назад +1

      ocw.mit.edu/courses/mathematics/18-02-multivariable-calculus-fall-2007/video-lectures/

  • @mohammadfallahzade2110
    @mohammadfallahzade2110 4 года назад

    he is a legend
    thanks MIT

  • @BattleslashX
    @BattleslashX 12 лет назад +4

    That's some nice handwriting.

  • @AdrielGreene
    @AdrielGreene 11 лет назад +1

    This was so enlightening!

  • @jogaserbia
    @jogaserbia 14 лет назад +1

    Awesome videos. Just to let everyne know, you can donate to the open course ware through their website. Also, you can buy books through amazon where MIT gets money. I dontated because I really believe in what they are trying to achieve.

  • @yhmd777
    @yhmd777 7 лет назад

    It's a great video because I can review what I learned this year

  • @silentweapon
    @silentweapon 11 лет назад

    I feel so fucking lost during my calculus class, and enlightened right away after watching this video. THANKS SO MUCH!

  • @marklestergesta7554
    @marklestergesta7554 Год назад

    Thank you MIT ❤️❤️❤️

  • @suffixable
    @suffixable 9 лет назад +6

    such an awesome professor. MI,T could you also upload single variable calculus lectures from him. The one you have, right now, is very confusing.

    • @proghostbusters1627
      @proghostbusters1627 4 года назад +1

      I can't see what you mean. Prof. Jerison is fricking great.

    • @semjoneschweiler2229
      @semjoneschweiler2229 6 месяцев назад

      Strongly disagree, Prof. Jerison did a great job in my opinion.

  • @iyanev
    @iyanev 11 лет назад +1

    Why does everybody hates Taylor's Series.They are a live saver and allow you to do so much with a little work.

  • @elamvaluthis7268
    @elamvaluthis7268 2 года назад

    Basics of vector calculus understands properly.

  • @not_amanullah
    @not_amanullah 2 месяца назад

    This is helpful ❤️🤍

  • @A3abbadq8
    @A3abbadq8 13 лет назад

    Great Lecture!! Helped me a lot.

  • @not_amanullah
    @not_amanullah 2 месяца назад

    Thanks ❤🤍

  • @priyanksharma1124
    @priyanksharma1124 6 лет назад

    Amazing pedagogy

  • @orangasli2943
    @orangasli2943 Год назад

    Ok now we understand x axis when plotting against y axis is actually looking at an object from the top..
    If we add the z axis we can understand that object little bit more

  • @ZbladeVX
    @ZbladeVX 11 лет назад

    Great lecture but itd be cool if the camera movenment is less. He writes reasonably clear and very neat. Great prof too

  • @nchaconn79
    @nchaconn79 15 лет назад

    This is fantastic, very clear explanations. I'm currently taking Calculus 3 in Summer session and I work a full time (40 hours per week) so I have no life... well Calc 3 is my currently life. But I love it

  • @k0fdark
    @k0fdark 15 лет назад

    Thanks this is very helpful, my fav teacher :D

  • @datagus
    @datagus 13 лет назад

    Well, goodbye to my old calculus teacher!!! Welcome MIT!!!!!!!!!!

  • @LauroKirsch
    @LauroKirsch 15 лет назад

    This helped me a lot!

  • @LAnonHubbard
    @LAnonHubbard 12 лет назад

    Brilliant stuff.

  • @alinapol
    @alinapol 11 лет назад

    great lecture

  • @dnm25
    @dnm25 15 лет назад +2

    41:26 differenti-able :D
    5/5

  • @eldernos
    @eldernos Месяц назад

    That dude sure can draw a sin curve.

  • @elamvaluthis7268
    @elamvaluthis7268 2 года назад

    Very nice.

  • @sebastiandiazvivas613
    @sebastiandiazvivas613 3 года назад

    How I would wish to stay at MIT studying right now

  • @kindalindaable
    @kindalindaable 8 лет назад

    Thanks sooo much!!

  • @rebeccalee120
    @rebeccalee120 6 лет назад

    This is what we learn in 4 classes of same length

  • @zyrohnmng
    @zyrohnmng 12 лет назад

    You still have to admit...it is cool, common or not...it. is. epic.

  • @cristh2311
    @cristh2311 10 лет назад +7

    I hope most of you noticed that at 42:21 we were dealing with a "toilet function" ;)

    • @cristh2311
      @cristh2311 8 лет назад

      +Mei Yifu I guess someone didn't notice ^^

    • @cristh2311
      @cristh2311 8 лет назад

      +Mei Yifu look at how the function is drawn.

    • @cristh2311
      @cristh2311 8 лет назад

      +Mei Yifu :D
      this math is old good night stories for me now. I am quite far in my masters now, physics.
      I just couldnt resist commenting about it at the time ^^

    • @cristh2311
      @cristh2311 8 лет назад

      +Mei Yifu Yes, in minimum period. I started in Summer Semester 2013, wanna see my grades? I have 3 and half years of them :)

  • @eafindme
    @eafindme 11 лет назад +1

    Arrr, finally I found a key to understand multivariables! My lecturer is just screwing it up! I couldn't understand it even I study by myself. Is worth a waste of 46 minutes on watching this recording!

  • @xinyuli9423
    @xinyuli9423 3 года назад

    44:42 "Applied math is just physics with different notation" LMAO

  • @fermixx
    @fermixx 14 лет назад

    im doing distance learning and this guy is saving my ass.
    you cant imagine how hard is to learn calculus 2 from a book ! (or BAD book).
    Its easier for me to hear this french talking in english than to read the book which is written in my mother tongue (spanish), so figure it out !
    thanks dude !

  • @jacklyons5888
    @jacklyons5888 7 месяцев назад

    things are now getting exciting :P vectors are bleh

  • @Souliee
    @Souliee 15 лет назад +1

    Hes really good at explaining, not like my professor :

  • @user-gt2th3wz9c
    @user-gt2th3wz9c 7 лет назад

    Are graphs build in Mapple? Recognized the commands, that were used

  • @TheTranceWhale
    @TheTranceWhale 11 лет назад +2

    Is Taylor really that unpopular? (@ 38:20)
    We tend to use 'taylor' as a verb: "Doesn't integrate? Just taylor that shit."

    • @malihareza4754
      @malihareza4754 3 года назад

      In a previous lecture the whole class gasped when the professor mentions Taylor series. So it's coming from there.

  • @benjames2266
    @benjames2266 8 лет назад +1

    What graphing program were they using to plot the graphs and contour plots?

    • @mitocw
      @mitocw  8 лет назад +2

      The course occasionally relies on a series of specially written interactive math applets ("mathlets"), which let you visualize and experiment with various concepts seen in lecture. See the course on MIT OpenCourseWare for the mathlets and more course materials at ocw.mit.edu/18-02F07.

  • @somnathmondal724
    @somnathmondal724 4 года назад

    If I don't get any point in a small region of topographic map of a mountain, it indicates there is no peak . Is this true ??

  • @inuyashalivesbaby
    @inuyashalivesbaby 12 лет назад

    @hellomate639
    Good for you and your university. :)

  • @josephlee392
    @josephlee392 5 лет назад

    At 43:46, what if you chose a different slice in the xz plane? Wouldn't df/dx change because you would get different curves? Or, would all the curves be the same general shape: a parabola, making it not change after all? Thanks.

    • @axxxyxxxx5233
      @axxxyxxxx5233 6 месяцев назад

      If u take horizontal slice for z=c the slope will be same for any vertical slice y=k

  • @SUBASHCD
    @SUBASHCD 6 лет назад

    25:37 Horizontal lines plotted is incorrect?

  • @md.nasimreza3029
    @md.nasimreza3029 9 лет назад

    nice

  • @ashokedas1552
    @ashokedas1552 8 лет назад

    good

  • @AndresGomez-pw4fs
    @AndresGomez-pw4fs 4 года назад

    what's the program he's using for plotting the functions??

  • @aashsyed1277
    @aashsyed1277 3 года назад

    what is a relation in 3 d?????

  • @soubhadramaiti1996
    @soubhadramaiti1996 6 лет назад +1

    I've watched and really enjoyed the previous lectures, but I have some doubts regarding this lecture.... what I have learnt from the book by J. Coley is totally opposite (interchanged) to what professor explained about Contour plot and Level curves...... Hoping for anyone's kind reply. Thank you.

  • @hellomate639
    @hellomate639 12 лет назад

    @inuyashalivesbaby
    There are boards like that at my school.
    Not that special of a device. Common at large universities.

  • @SevenRiderAirForce
    @SevenRiderAirForce 13 лет назад

    Math - this is how you do it.
    Oh, and I lol'd at 22:48 when they clapped for him.

  • @pufifa
    @pufifa 11 лет назад +2

    30:40 that thing won't stop staring at me :O

    • @saubaral
      @saubaral 4 года назад +1

      thats not the graph we need, but the graph we deserve

  • @yuhanwang7122
    @yuhanwang7122 5 лет назад +3

    Applied math, which is the same thing as physics but with different notations. Comedy gold.

  • @gautamgopal3517
    @gautamgopal3517 3 года назад

    Anyone else Bingewatching all these lectures?

  • @realcirno1750
    @realcirno1750 4 месяца назад

    there was no tangent plane

  • @sarahdaud
    @sarahdaud 13 лет назад

    @inuyashalivesbaby haha i know what you mean! i study at LUMS univerity, Lahore, Pakistan and our science department is inspired by MIT.. we have moving boards here too its so much fun haha :D

  • @fermixx
    @fermixx 14 лет назад

    any to recommend me?

  • @orangasli2943
    @orangasli2943 Год назад

    Finally we can understand
    "with respect" means
    "small changes of"
    For example let find the derivative of
    the function f(x)=x+y with respect to x..
    Means when x is moving slowly ..
    What is the gradient between z and x
    i.e
    z/x =?

  • @iitjee3813
    @iitjee3813 3 года назад +1

    24:09

  • @hellomate639
    @hellomate639 12 лет назад

    @inuyashalivesbaby
    Nah, just saying that my university isn't a great one (it's great by some standards, nobel prize winners have taught here), but it's easy to get into this one.

  • @themastershadowx
    @themastershadowx 15 лет назад

    i think it's obviously seen that he is from france as he pronounce "r" with french pronunciation

  • @faizzzzan
    @faizzzzan 12 лет назад

    same

  • @robertsguitar
    @robertsguitar 14 лет назад +1

    Fun fact: This prof started his masters leading to his Ph.D when he was 14
    :|

    • @proghostbusters1627
      @proghostbusters1627 4 года назад

      And here am I watching this at 14. Man I feel I've fell behind already (I'm semi-joking)

  • @UnjojoHalas
    @UnjojoHalas 13 лет назад

    lol. i like the way he says temperature. (hope i spelled it correctly)
    he's awesome!

  • @inuyashalivesbaby
    @inuyashalivesbaby 12 лет назад

    @hellomate639 in a quite plainly condescending pompous way... That's all.

  • @inuyashalivesbaby
    @inuyashalivesbaby 12 лет назад

    @hellomate639
    I made that comment two years ago. Can you imagine me saying that aloud in a MIT classroom?? lmao. That's why I don't go there...
    Believe it or not, I'm not that shallow. Don't judge my character based on that one comment. I'm teacher's assistant for a calculus lab at my university now. I have 23 students. lol.

  • @somebodyhere3160
    @somebodyhere3160 3 года назад

    9:35

  • @hellomate639
    @hellomate639 12 лет назад

    @inuyashalivesbaby
    I'm not judging. Lol.
    I'm just saying quite plainly that those boards aren't a very impressive feature.

  • @lefuglyduck
    @lefuglyduck 3 года назад

    Man, there is a LOT of coughing happening in the background. In 2021, if someone is coughing that much then clear the fucking room!

  • @eligray
    @eligray 14 лет назад

    @katee808 Starting next month, I'll be paying the price for you =)

  • @dongel1001
    @dongel1001 15 лет назад

    is he french? his accent is so funny

  • @alperener460
    @alperener460 9 лет назад +1

    is there one who know this guy's accent

  • @Greg_Ulmer
    @Greg_Ulmer 9 лет назад +1

    coughing

  • @hellomate639
    @hellomate639 12 лет назад

    @inuyashalivesbaby
    Oh, get over academia already. I'm not being condescending and pompous: I think it's cool that you're a T.A.
    You're probably sensitive because you're in academia. I am too.