Oxford Calculus: Jacobians Explained
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- University of Oxford mathematician Dr Tom Crawford explains how to calculate the Jacobian for a 2D coordinate change and applies the general formula to polar coordinates.
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We begin with a discussion of when it is appropriate to change coordinates in an integral and how area calculations work in general. This is then exemplified with the unit circle and switching from Cartesian coordinates to polar coordinates where the Jacobian - or ‘stretch factor’ - is given by r.
We then derive the general formula for a 2D Jacobian using a geometrical approach and the deformation of a rectangle to a parallelogram. Finally, the general formula is used to verify the earlier result of the area of the unit circle being equal to pi.
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the jacobian has an rate of scaling under transformation and jacobians are the true derivative and finding the correct scaling factors from determinants to make the explosion in Riemannian rectangles of the integrals the error converges with infinite sum so the scaling factor is there to rectify the error rate in convergence in rectangles under transformation the rectangles explode and contract and at miniature scale the each point under transformation has the scaling factor
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Feels great to know why the Jacobian comes into the calculations when switching coordinate systems. I never learned that while doing multivariate calculus this past semester. Keep up the good work! Regards from a fellow math nerd from Sweden.
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Its multivariable calculus, not multivariate calculus.
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Hey there! The second you explained the Jacobian as the stretch factor of converting from one coordinate system to another, I understood it so much better! This was so much better of an explanation than my textbook
I'm shocked how you've packed many topics such as vector product, Jacobian, areas, and more into such a video, while clearly explaining Jacobian, the main topic. Even if I don't speak English well I can understand it and it is very interesting to watch the explanation and behavior as if you are transmitting energy to the viewer. I'm very satisfied.
I brushed across the Jacobian while learning statistics recently. It seemed reasonable that we'd need to scale by the change of space in that context, but this video made it concrete as to what was going on behind the scenes. Thanks, Tom!
you're very welcome :)
This really should be taught at A-level rather than first-year undergrad courses. Jacobians act as a nice sliproad onto the main highway of tensors and differential geometry in general, whose introduction is in turn often delayed (or even omitted) at bachelor's level.
I envy the ability to be good and understand math, I’m doing intermediate algebra right now in college and I’m having a hard time grasping the concept. Love your videos, keep it up!
Thanks for your exceptional work Tom. I've got a degree in maths and still learning little things like this really makes sure I keep lifting my knowledge.
You're putting a load of effort into these videos. It is greatly appreciated.
you're very welcome :)
You sir are a very valuable math resource for students and perhaps even teachers. Thank you!
You're very welcome!
This is by far the most comprehensible explanation of the Jacobian I've ever found. Nice work!
glad it was helpful!
Tom never fails to explain what seem as hard mathematical concepts, in really easy way. Thank You!
I love your explainations, I now have a better understanding of what I’ve learned in the past 😊 thanks so much for your videos
you're very welcome :)
Today I understood what Jacobian really means. Thank you.
This video is too good. So informative and he explained such a difficult calculation so easily. Hats off and keep it up.Thanks Tom👍❤
you're very welcome :)
This is such a fantastic video! I'm currently in year 13, thinking of doing a maths degree, im fascinated with calculus, its by far my favourite aspect of maths, not only did multivariable integration make sense but also the use of determinants. Amazing video!
I always feel grateful for sharing your high-level lectures on TH-cam. you are cool.
My pleasure!
Thanks! That was explained in an intuitive way. I guess the key here is to think of the elemental rectangular areas changing in to rotated parallelograms during the coordinate transformation. The example you gave in the beginning with regard to the area of the circle makes the concept clearer.
Best intuitive explanation that I've seen so far and for once , even with my weak maths knowledge , understood it for the 1st time. Other youtube presentations never clicked with me but this one did.
Absolutely love this video, currently in the process of studying vector calculus (and some other stuff I also don't understand) for machine learning and struggled to wrap my head around jacobian's, this makes so much more sense now
Glad it was helpful!
Thank you so much. I am a first year Maths student from India, and these simple yet beautiful concepts are what keep mathematics in my heart. Keep up the great work Sir!!
Tom I really like your videos. You're taking complex ideas and really explaining them clearly and you're very good at presenting!. Thank you for taking the time in doing them! they're very helpful!
I'd say you're very good at this so keep up the great work! :)
Thanks, will do!
I already knew how to use change of coordinates and Jacobian. But it is actually the first time I understand the geometric meaning of it :)
Thank you
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You really are saving me in university... I feel like I can understand where things comes from and why they are the way they are when you explain it... much better than my university professor who is more interested in making us fail class
This is super funny, because this is literally just out of the textbook. Maybe if you oafs read the textbook, you'd learn something. I tutor math and physics, and people say the same thing to me. "You make it so much easier than the professor, and you actually explain where it comes from!"
This jacobian 'proof' is straight out of any Calculus textbook
OMG! You are the best teacher to explain complex subjects.
glad you found it helpful :)
And this works so well also for triple integrals and volume calculations. Nice video. Greets!
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Excelente explicação. Foi a primeira vez que vi Jacobiano explicado de forma tão simples.
Thank you for always providing such valuable learning content!
You're very welcome :)
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hi,professor,very helpful and very straightfoward, many thanks to you ,great expaination!!!
Congratulation to Tom for introducing the geometrical concept of Jacobian in a very clear manner.(Brazil).
This was a great video for self learning multivariable calculus, nice!
Excellent explanation. Thank you very much
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What a mesmerizing presentation. I had math through differential equations at university thirty-five years ago. If you had given lectures, such as you present here, perhaps the 4.0 GPA achieved would had met something. Grade Inflation was in full bloom. Thank you.
Excellent video. I wish all teachers were like you!
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really nice explanation!
best explaination ever seen of this topic
Love this chap, i could easily learn from him.
Thank you so much, theoretical physics is soooo much easier with your explanation for the mathematical concepts ♥️
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Wow, that's a really clear explanation! Thanks so much!
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Great visualization! That's how you make math accessible for a larger public. Good stuff.
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Hi Tom. I come from practically 0 background of mathematics. I enjoy these videos however as you’re concise with your explanations and breakdown the overall operation to the basics in a sense.
I think I may dive into mathematics at some stage and see more what it’s all about.
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Whenever I encounter double integrals of some version of the unit circle I’ve always been frustrated by the sudden appearance of the r term in rdrdtheta. But thanks to your wonderful explanation It finally begins to make a little sense :))
The further you go out radially, the bigger the area you sweep for a given angle.
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Very good! Congratulations!
Nice video. I remember studying the Jacobian and the conversion from cartographic to polar coordinates during my degree career, good times. I remember too that these concepts could be applied to Physics but that was another thing that I didn't engage with haha
I'm finally learning at school the sort of material he talks about in this channel, feels a bit like a milestone haha.
I've already got the Maple Calculator! And very useful it is, too, especially as you say for visualisation.
It really is!
Defining basis vectors as the rate of change of position vector would make this clearer: i = dR / dx, j = dR / dy, dA = |(dx * i) x (dy * j)|. The Jacobian naturally springs up when considering change of coordinates under these definitions. You don't need to rely on cartesian and the area element is well defined.
thanks, best explanation of Jacobian I found!
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Great explanation!
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Awesome video. Thank you
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Demystifying the Jacobian in 30 minutes. Nicely done.
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Nicely and clearly explained.
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This is very good
I took calc 2 at my university my freshman year and never new where that rdrd0 came from when switching from Cartesian to polar coordinates. Brilliant visualization + explanation!
glad it was helpful :)
I wish I had been taught Jacobians this way many moons ago tbh. Well done Tom
glad it was helpful!
Using the differential approximation of x,y as functions os r and theta I think of the Jacobian matrix as the linear transformation that acts upon the space of dr and dtheta and the determinant of it as the stretch factor, I don't know if this is the formal way but i like it 😂
Это было впечатляющее объяснение. Огромное спасибо 👍
very informative!
Glad it was helpful!
Heych! So nice to hear.
Thanks for this nice explanation. I remember I learned Jacobians at Univertisty 20 years ago, but I totallly forgot about them.
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I saw this video days later, and today I was studying about soil mechanics where related this video content. And I thought "Oh, I saw this in a video on TH-cam". Regards from Ecuador!
haha amazing!
Really cool, thank you :)
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Now it all makes sense
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the best Jacobian explanation in the whole Universe
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Good teaching on this bit tricky subject
glad you found it helpful :)
Amazing amazing stuff
Woah, I was just talking to a friend about Jacobians yesterday. What a coincidence!
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Great video. How you teach reminds me of Richard Feynman.
awesome, thanks!
Instead of giving a vague argument for approximating the curvy rectangle in polar as a "normal" rectangle, you could've simply derived the area for an annular sector:
The area of an annulus is
A = π(b² - a²), b>a
So that the area of an annular sector is
A = π(b² - a²) × θ/2π
Now let a=r, b=r + dr, and θ -> dθ
Which gives the area of an infinitesimal annular sector:
dA = [(r + dr)² - r²] dθ /2 = (r² +2r dr + dr² - r²) dθ = r dr dθ
Is this related to the jacobian in robotics? What would we do differently if we knew the new coordinate frame was only a rotation of the previous and not a scale?
8 years after taking calculus, I finally understand wtf a jacobian is. Teachers have so little empathy for that their students don't ALREADY know this stuff, that they forget to try and really explain it. "Oh just make it r dr dtheta because that's you transform from rectangular to polar". What?
The sign of a true master is humility. Those who feel the need to belittle students or obfuscate ideas are not intellectual heavyweights. The real masters are putting their efforts into solving serious problems and winning Fields Medals, not wasting their time flexing on undergrads.
@@tetrabromobisphenol I'm talking about high school. Nobody was flexing on anybody...
As an engineering student I can totally relate to this
Congratulations!!! It could extend to the Hessians without restriction and to the restricted.
Am I right in saying there is a link between the Jacobian written out in its derivative form and the Poisson Bracket structure?
HOLY SHIT ITS SO SIMPLE YET SO COMPLICATED AT THE SAME TIME
... like pretty much all of maths
You make math so beautiful.