Calculus 3 Lecture 13.6: Finding Directional Derivatives and Gradients

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      @Asmrnerd10 6 ปีที่แล้ว +42

      lol high school...

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      @goham2558 6 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      lol middle school grammar at most

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      @fuccckckkkkckkck 4 ปีที่แล้ว +30

      What kind of high school did you go to if you already learned how to do this lol

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      @iknowthatdubin4877 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@fuccckckkkkckkck He's probably talking about calculus 1 at high school. As far as I know, you can't take calculus 3 during your four years in high school. The highest I can go right now is finished calculus 2 by senior year, which is by going to local community college. Calculus 3 may be still be possible to finish by high school but damm that's way to fast.

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  • @notnotcharles3022
    @notnotcharles3022 ปีที่แล้ว +136

    0:00 Proof of Directional Derivatives
    37:47 Example 1
    56:43 Gradient Vectors
    1:09:09 Properties of Gradient Vectors
    1:19:57 Inspirational speech
    1:34:10 Example 2
    1:40:46 Example 3
    1:45:12 Example 4
    2:00:49 Example 5
    2:09:00 Example 6
    2:19:31 Example 7 "realistic example"

    • @wsar7669
      @wsar7669 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      I believe there is an error on example #2. The partial of x should be -2x/(x^2+y^2)^2 or -2x/(x^4+y^4+(xy)^2)

    • @8.cjq1
      @8.cjq1 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      Yeah, and he already fixed it!

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  • @cadehelbig2284
    @cadehelbig2284 4 ปีที่แล้ว +36

    0:00 - 37:45 = Directional Derivative "Proof"
    56:00 - 1:33:30 = Gradient "Proof"

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  • @axon589
    @axon589 4 ปีที่แล้ว +63

    1:36:00 deadass gave me an early mid-life crisis. I thought I couldn't do derivatives right and was having a meltdown.

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      same. especially when he didn't correct the squared part above

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    Professor Leonard, thank you for another well explained and defined video/lecture on Finding Directional Derivatives and Gradients in Calculus Three. The solid explanation of the theory that develops Directional Derivatives and Gradients are very important for all students to understand in Multivariable Calculus. Once students understand the theory, the computational part of this topic is easy to follow. The examples and pictures also helps with understanding the material.

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    @dr.leonardhofstadter5866 8 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    These students really should get use to seeing, in this written form. (which reminds me of inner product spaces, defined in a banach space) I have studied Advanced Integration Methods, Advanced Real Analysis, Complex Analysis, Locally Convex Spaces, Real Analysis, Banach Space Theory, Dimension Theory, Functional Analysis, Operator Theory, Operator Spaces, Operator Algebras, Advanced Convex Analysis. So if they take Calculus 3, they have to be comfortable with a lot of Notation. Thats just a small amout of mathemathematics i have studied, So Mathematical Notation is something these students need to get acquainted with.

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  • @royerelvir5400
    @royerelvir5400 5 ปีที่แล้ว +27

    Im sorry, but at 1 hour an 35 min when he takes the partial derivatives inst it suppose to be -2x/(x^2+y^2)^2 for fx and similarly for fy?

  • @immunityistheonlycoronavac6832
    @immunityistheonlycoronavac6832 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    Great and depth teaching with clear understanding sir.... Great maths teacher.. Thank you sir..I am as a student have got the clarity on the concepts by ur teaching..tq sir.. Helpful videos sir.. Mainly For the students..

  • @Peter_1986
    @Peter_1986 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    I have noticed that a lot of my Engineering Physics courses often refer specifically to this course - it's usually something about vector projections on surfaces (like when they talk about pressure on spherical underwater surfaces in Fluid Statics, for example), gradients in Partial Differential Equations, or the Divergence Theorem.

  • @4567mariusz
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    You are hilarious and very entertaining, plus your explanations are really good. Thanks! :)

  • @thedailyepochs338
    @thedailyepochs338 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    lol almost missed that joke @ 27:06 , lol professor leonard with puns , i love this man !!!!!

  • @user-gp9yd7yp5n
    @user-gp9yd7yp5n ปีที่แล้ว

    0:05
    You know a professor is brilliant when he introduces a new idea, the student says “yesss”

  • @jackie1710
    @jackie1710 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Twelve minutes in and I already have a better concept of what’s going on.

  • @is-ig4zh
    @is-ig4zh 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Yes definitely what I am looking for. Your explanation is resolved my question about transport equation sir! Thank you so much!

  • @utuberaj60
    @utuberaj60 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Excellent and graphic explaination of the Directional Derivative. But, Professor, in this derivation (at about 36 mins of the video), we are finding the SLOPE of the tangent line directed ALONG the Unit vector (u^) or to be precise, ALONG a direction PARALLEL to the UNIT VECTOR (u^). If this is so, the GRADIENT of f(x,y) vector will be ALWAYS along u^. Since the SLOPE of f(x,y) ALONG unit vector u^ denoted by D (sub u^) = GRAD f(x,y) . u^, by the above argument that you have so well explained ( and used in deriving the SLOPE of the surface i.e f(x,y) ALONG specific direction u^), it should mean that this "dot" product MUST be = GRAD f(x,y) ALWAYS, isn't it? May be my understanding is inadquate. Can you please explain?

  • @elviswu7136
    @elviswu7136 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Really amazing and helpful video. At least not other youtube videos tell me the direction is on xy plane, although it is reasonable and easy to tell. But it's an important fact for me when I go deeper and deeper into the directional derivatives and gradient. Thanks!

  • @MultiHannahMaria
    @MultiHannahMaria 7 ปีที่แล้ว

    The best video on Du. I'm glad I found you Prof. Leonard.

  • @jamescastro2929
    @jamescastro2929 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Thanks for a awesome lesson! I wouldn't have understood what was going on in my cal 3 class right now if it wasnt for this video lecture

  • @dhickey5919
    @dhickey5919 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I believe at 1:36:00 in the partial derivative of x and y, the denominators should be squared (x^2 + y^2)^2. Actually, he corrects this after 1:37:10. All good!

  • @alexc.7994
    @alexc.7994 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Studying this before I take my machine learning class is extremely helpful!

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  • @Hazem-yh2fp
    @Hazem-yh2fp 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

    firstly I`d like to thank you for this quality of teaching
    secondly I just wanna ask a question about the second property of (DEL F)
    U=C . DEL F
    C may be negative then U victor will be at the opposite direction of DEL F
    and thank you💙

  • @guerrero-5410
    @guerrero-5410 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Professor Leonard, it took me a while to understand how you obtained the partial derivative of fx and fy at 1:36:00. I believe you forgot to take the denominator to the power of 2. that is, -2x/(x^2 +y^2 )^2, and -2y/(x^2 +y^2 )^2 respectively.
    nvm I spent 1 hour trying to figure out just to find out someone in the class pointed it out a few minutes later... lol

    • @zachariahkovac2048
      @zachariahkovac2048 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Lol, I was looking for this comment. I was so confused as well.

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    His lectures are like the plot to a good story. the plot thickened at 58:31 when he said "you don't even know!" lmao

  • @affanaff512
    @affanaff512 ปีที่แล้ว

    i was blowned away when he didnt squared the denominator then my breath came back at 1:36:53 ..... even i searched the derivative of 1/x^2+y^2 in google and i even confused google , because that much i trust my professor leonard.....

  • @devainpalbansal814
    @devainpalbansal814 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Sir, first of all you make very good videos. I have done 'thomas calculus' and am looking for a really hard/tough problem solving book on calculus(both single variable and multivariable). Hope you can guide me.

  • @bryceforrest210
    @bryceforrest210 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Calc III was started to seem pretty dry, but this right here, this is the good stuff.

  • @Lusana32
    @Lusana32 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

    "don't do math for the sake of maths, that sucks" is such a good quote. What a guy

  • @liendatt8347
    @liendatt8347 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    35:00 i don't undrstand why the directional derivative defined as limit evaluates nicely as dot product of gradient and the unit vector along that direction. now i am looking for that proof. great explaination btw, it cant be explained better than this.

  • @NelToms
    @NelToms 8 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Thanks for the upload...you are carrying me through this semester. I may as well be taking an online course! Get accredited! :)

  • @rigeljaquish8812
    @rigeljaquish8812 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    Damn you're buff as hell and 10x better than my professor...thank you for this free education

  • @horstg3513
    @horstg3513 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    you are amazing man ! you helped me quite much to understand all that stuff ! Keep going ! Greetings from Germany

  • @Racoalexandra
    @Racoalexandra 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    That sneeze freakout hits differently 5 years later lolol

  • @shyamdas6231
    @shyamdas6231 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Thank you ,sir. Huge respect from Nepal.

  • @eloxacto2
    @eloxacto2 8 ปีที่แล้ว

    Yes, I needed help with the Dorito!(gradient) Thank You Professor Lenorad!!

  • @TheMcooper101
    @TheMcooper101 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    Was studying for an exam, paused the video, procrastinated for 30 minutes, then came back to this tab at 19:31 and found a disappointed professor Leonard starring at me

  • @nathanborak2172
    @nathanborak2172 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    I feel like there's a much simpler and more intuitive way to do this:
    The directional derivative of f should be the rate of change of f as you move in a certain direction, so we'd like to parameterize a path through a point in some fixed direction, and then we will calculate the rate of change of our function as we move along that path.
    Clearly this means we should start by trying to parameterize a path. We need a point and a direction Take the path (x(s), y(s)) = (x0 + a*s, y0 + b*s). We can write this as (x0, y0) + s*(a, b), and written this way it's clear that this is a straight path through the point (x0, y0) in the direction of the vector (a, b). We'll think of (x0, y0) as our starting point. We are at (x0, y0) when s=0, and as we vary s to be non-zero we move away from the starting point. We'd also like for (a, b) to be a unit vector. Why? Because then when s = 7, say, then we've moved a distance 7 away from the starting point, since (a, b) has length 1 so 7(a,b) has length 7. Therefore, s doesn't just control how far away we are from the starting point; it is literally the distance* we are from the starting point.
    Now we are ready to calculate the directional derivative at (x0, y0). The ordinary derivative is the rate of change of f with respect to distance traveled along the the axis (usually considered the x-axis). The directional derivative is no different; it's the rate of change with respect to distance traveled, but this time as we move along this new "axis" given by the straight path we've parameterized. Along this path, f is given by f(x(s), y(s)) = f(x0 + a*s, y0 + b*s)), and since s literally is the distance traveled, the rate of change at (x0, y0), what we call the "directional derivative" at (x0, y0), is just df/ds evaluated at s=0. Notice that it was important that (a, b) is a unit vector because only then is s the distance traveled. Now, using the multivariable chain rule, df/ds = df/dx * a + df/dy * b, where by df/dx and df/dy I really mean the partial derivatives (can't write that symbol on youtube) evaluated at (x0, y0).
    Therefore the directional derivative is (df/dx, df/dy) dot (a,b). The first thing in the dot product is the gradient of f evaluated at (x0, y0) and (a, b) is the unit vector indicating the direction.

  • @nahwatahmed4009
    @nahwatahmed4009 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    i love you ur the ony thing standing between me and failing this course

  • @letslearnmathematics5100
    @letslearnmathematics5100 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Hello sir I m from india , ur lectures are amazing sir, Now I m in love with maths due to your lectures .If possible pls......reply to my comment sir.

  • @privateaccount4356
    @privateaccount4356 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    You are very good. I am glad I found you

  • @musiclyrics6839
    @musiclyrics6839 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    its helpful lecture thanks
    Professor Leonard

  • @kojoyeboah6787
    @kojoyeboah6787 8 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    professor leonard you have been MVP to me in calc 1,2 & 3 please do you have an estimated time for the next video ?

  • @hammyhamham945
    @hammyhamham945 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Bookmarks for future me:
    1:15:00 - properties of del f

  • @h0rt0nChan
    @h0rt0nChan 8 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Hi Professor Leonard, Can you let me know how many videos left for Calculus 3 series? Thank you so much. I love watching all your math lectures. They are all very helpful!

  • @ILikeWeatherGuy
    @ILikeWeatherGuy 7 ปีที่แล้ว

    adding projections (dot products) of separate directional derivatives on each axes. nice.

  • @max1y0
    @max1y0 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    1:08:55 properties of gradient

  • @shehrozakhter9751
    @shehrozakhter9751 7 ปีที่แล้ว

    you are the best professor leonard

  • @Chris-sk9io
    @Chris-sk9io 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    I'm here to learn, but also to continue the "bless you" chain at 1:55...BLESS YOU

    • @bittersweetrain1740
      @bittersweetrain1740 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      I shall also continue the chain at 1:55, bless you!

  • @bradycoogan1667
    @bradycoogan1667 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Thank you so much for your help. I wish you were a professor at GT haha'

  • @anonymoususer4356
    @anonymoususer4356 ปีที่แล้ว

    I appreciate your lectures.