Calculus 2 : Vector

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Example Questions

Example Question #4 : Derivatives Of Vectors

We let  with .

What is the derivative of order  of ?

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Explanation:

To obtain the derivative we will need to compute the derivative of each component. Note that we have a polynomial in this case.

We are also given that  and  with m,n and s positive integers.

We know that if given , then 

so for k=n, we have 

and

for m< n  .

In the same manner we have :

 

This shows that the derivative of order n is given by:

 

Example Question #991 : Calculus Ii

Assuming that  is the vector position of a moving vehicle. Can the velocity be zero?

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Yes at 

Yes at 

Never

Yes at 

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Never

Explanation:

We first have to determine the expression of the velocity and see what happens as we move toward infinity.

Let us first compute the derivative. To do that, we do it componentwize.

We have,

Therefore the expression of the velocity .

Since we have , , for all t.

The velocity can never be zero.

Example Question #1 : Derivatives Of Vectors

Let 

.

What are the values of  for which  is defined?

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To have  defined, we need to have all the components defined on the same interval,  for 

 is defined for all t.

 is defined if 

This gives 

Example Question #11 : Derivatives Of Vectors

We define the vector .

What is the  derivative of ?

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Explanation:

To obtain the derivative we need to compute the derivative of each component. Since we are looking for the derivative of order n we have to differentiate each component n times to obtain the required result.

We know that :

The nth derivatives of the constant is 0.

Thereore we obtain:

Example Question #12 : Derivatives Of Vectors

Let .

What is the third derivative of ?

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Explanation:

To obtain the derivative, we simply differentiate 3 times each of the components.

Using the Chain Rule and the Power Rule we have :

 

 

Example Question #13 : Derivatives Of Vectors

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Example Question #14 : Derivatives Of Vectors

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Example Question #15 : Derivatives Of Vectors

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Example Question #16 : Derivatives Of Vectors

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Example Question #17 : Derivatives Of Vectors

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