Notes Calc 2
Notes Calc 2
b. partial fraction decomposition - for linear terms in the denominator like 1/x or
1/(x-1) these become A/x or A/(x-1)
for quadratic terms like 1/(x^2+3) these become (Bx+C)/(x^2+3)
When dealing with multiplicity like 1/(x-1)^2 or 1/(x^2+3)^2 include multiple terms
in the following way:
1/(x-1)^2 becomes A[1]/(x-1) + A[2]/(x-1)^2 and 1/(x^2+3)^2 becomes (B[1]x+C[1])/
(x^2+3) + (B[2]x+C[2])/(x^2+3)^2
then substitute this back into the integral. Doing this, we have:
setup:
n = number of steps
h = step size = (b-a)/n
a = x[0]
x[i] = x[0]+i*h
let x'[i] = (x[i]-x[i-1])/2 i.e the midpoint between x[i] and x[i-1]
Midpoint rule = h*(f(x'[1])+f(x'[2])+...f(x'[n]))
Trapezoid rule = (h/2)*(f(x[0])+2f(x[1])+2f(x[2])+...+2f(x[n-1])+f(x[n]))
*c. Center of mass - for the center of mass between two curves f(x) and g(x)
between a and b, we define the following
d. Hydrostatic force - here are two major principles that allow us to do problems
in hydrostatics.
(1) Pascal's principle - The pressure exherted by a fluid on the cross section of
an object at depth "d" is transmitted equally in all directions.
(2) The pressure on an object at a depth "d" is given by the following equation: P
= F/A = [rho] g d
With this in mind, have the following way to calculate the hydrostatic force on a
vertical plate submerged in a liquid. The calculation is as follows:
Let h(y) be an expression in terms of 'y' that gives the distance from the surface
of the liquid to the y-cross section of the object. This will depend on the
coordinate system that you choose for the problem. When you set the surface of the
liquid to coincide with y=0, you will have h(y) = -y. This is not always the best
coordinate system, and you might have to try a few options before your integral
becomes easy to solve.
Next we will let L(y) be equal to the horizontal distance between the edges of your
object along the y-cross section. For an object like a square, this value is
constant. For objects of like a circle, triangle, or trapezoid, you will have to
find an expression for the edge of the object in terms of y.
Once you have completed these tasks, the problem is reduced to evaluating the
following integral:
There were two main types of differential equations that were to be solved in this
section. They are
(1) separable differential equations and
(2) linear differential equations
Separable differential equations could be solved by letting y' = dy/dx, then moving
all x and y terms to opposing sides, and finally by integrating each side.
For these, we first set I(x) = e^integral of p(x) dx. Then we have d/dx(I(x)*y) =
I(x)*q(x). Integrating both sides, we have I(x)*y = integral of I(x)*q(x).
(1) Parametric:
x = f(t)
y = g(t)
i) Suppose that x = f(t) and a = f(c), b = f(d). Also assume that y = F(x), then:
integral from a to b F(x) dx = integral from c to d g(t)f'(t) dt
ii) If instead we have y = g(t) and a = g(c), b = g(d). Also assuming that x =
G(y), then:
integral from a to b G(x) dx = integral from c to d f(t)g'(t) dt
(2) Polar:
r = f([theta])
a. limits of sequences
c. series tests:
d. Power series -
general example: sum from n=0 to infty c[n](x-a)^n for |x-a|<R
specific example:1/(1-x) = sum from n=0 to infty of x^n for |x|<1
R = radius of convergence
use various test to determine if the endpoints are in the interval of convergence
e. Taylor series - Taylor's theorem says that you can approximate any function f(x)
around a point x=a using a power series with coefficients given by c[n] = (f^[n]
(a))/n!
This says that f(x) is equal to the infinite sum f(a) + (f'(a)/1!)*(x-a) +
(f''(a)/2!)(x-a)^2 + (f'''(a)/3!)(x-a)^3 + ..., as long as x is in the radius of
convergence
Asside from the definition of each, you should know that <a>.<b> = |a|*|b|
*cos[theta], where [theta] is the angle between <a> and <b>.
d. There are two typical ways of representing the equation of a plane in three
dimensions
e. Vector projections: if we have two vectors <a> and <b>, we may project <b> onto
the vector <a> to get either a scalar or vector that represents this projection.
These quantities are given as: