Talk:Calculus/Vectors

Yo, I added in Green's Theorem and order of integration into Multivariable Calculus, and Projection/derivatives/limits/integral/vector-valued functions/position, velocity, acceleration, tangent, normal, binormal, vectors/curvature into Vector Calculus. However, I'm not sure how much of this scope from Vector Calculus spills into this Multivariable Calculus, what else should be added (as I don't really want to edit for grammatical errors and ordering nicety, just adding articles, since I suck at ordering and English), and where I can put independence of path or if you have that in here, at one point it looks like you do, but to be honest I can't decipher what you're trying to teach; but then again I just randomly put stuff in here also. Anyways, what's going on/where can I read about, thanks, feedback? Fephisto 05:47, 14 January 2006 (UTC)

Just letting you know that there's already stuff/going to be stuff on Linear Algebra/Vectors for the vector stuff. If you wish to do them again here, that's ok. In my opinion, stuff on divergence and curl and all that funky stuff, Green's theorem et al, and vector-valued functions and others should be put here. Dysprosia 05:25, 6 Dec 2003 (UTC)

I was thinking I'd quickly cover the things we need for the following sections so that this "book" would be sorta self-contained. I'm new to wikibooks though, so perhaps that's not the norm? Brianluft 12:23, 6 Dec 2003 (CST)


 * There aren't any concrete policies about redundant information yet. For now, do what you feel is best :) Could you please fix up the header problem too? Or let me know when you're done and I'll do it. It looks nicer if we start at == and work down.  Dysprosia 06:26, 6 Dec 2003 (UTC)


 * Done. :-) Brianluft 12:30, 6 Dec 2003 (CST)


 * By the way, should we use the same bracket notation across articles? We need to maintain consistency across mathematics pages. Dysprosia 08:06, 6 Dec 2003 (UTC)


 * Yeah, I think so. I must admit I've never seen the notation in Linear Algebra/Vectors, but I'll use that instead of my angled brackets notation for consistency.  Brianluft 12:34, 6 Dec 2003 (CST)
 * Thanks :) For a good reason why, see Linear transformations Dysprosia 22:50, 6 Dec 2003 (UTC)
 * I disagree, that notation (the large vertical parantheses) is commonly used in combinatorics, and angled brackets are much more widely used. Also, does the Wiki system have support for overbars/underbars, because that notation is more commonly used than bold also. Hao 11:45 13 July 2005 (JST)

How far is the scope of this page going to cover? There aren't any sections on curl or divergence or what-have-you. I'd be glad to fill them in, but I'm not sure exactly how far it should be taken. It seems to me that there should really be a section on scalar fields before we hop into vector fields, though. --Eienmaru 00:39, 15 May 2005 (UTC)

deleted image for polar coordinates
I deleted an unlicensed image you were using in section "Polar Coordinates" but I replaced it with a similar one from Commons; you'll have to change the text in that section to match the image (ie. it doesn't use x and y as variables etc.)  – Mike.lifeguard  | talk 02:23, 1 September 2007 (UTC)

What about torsion?
Maybe the importance of the binormal should be mentioned in respect to measuring the torsion of a curve?

Is a conversational tone OK?
I find many parts of this wikibook are kind of hard to follow, solely because of their lack of descriptive prose. Is it alright to write in a conversational tone, as an instructor would speak to students? (using 'you', for example) or is this too inconsistent and hard to reproduce for the wiki format? Enthdegree (discuss • contribs) 05:26, 3 March 2012 (UTC)