Section 15.6 Worksheet:

Assignment: Page 970: 1-4, 13, 15, 19, 28, 33 (due Monday, 2/9).

  1. What is the relationship between gradient vectors and the level curves?

  2. What is the relationship between gradient vectors and directional derivatives?

  3. Describe the physical sense of gradient vectors in relation to the temperature distribution in our classroom.

  4. Why should we not be surprised that the directional derivative in any direction tex2html_wrap_inline129 is just a linear combination of tex2html_wrap_inline131 and tex2html_wrap_inline133 ?



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