A proper understanding and feeling for the geometry of space of many
dimensions. This permits a geometric approach to the calculus of several
variables.
Set theoretic notation
Euclidian space
Linear transformations
Matrices
Quadradic forms
Two-variable cubic forms
Polynomial geometry
Multidimensional calculus
Developing some basic principles of differential calculus of several variables,
with stress on the geometric viewpoint and the derivative as the best
linear approximations to a given function.
Distance in Euclidian space
The derivative as tangent
Contours
Partial derivatives
Higher derivatives
Taylor series
Inverse/Implicit Function Theorem
A BASIC COMPREHENSION OF CALCULUS IN THE FUNCTIONS OF A SINGLE
VARIABLE IS ASSUMED