# Multivariate Calculus

Books:

* In Imperial Engineering, our primary maths textbook is probably the ever-popular and accessible *Mathematical Methods in the Physical Sciences* by Mary L Boas, John Wiley and Sons, 3rd Ed, 2006.

Web Resources

1. Khan Academy is a great resource right up to 1st or 2nd year undergraduate material. For this course, there's a handy group of videos at <https://www.khanacademy.org/math/differential-calculus>
2. Grant Sanderson has a great series of videos developing mathematical intuition on YouTube, which you can reach through his site [http://www.3blue1brown.com](http://www.3blue1brown.com/)

Formula Sheet

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## Functions

$$
f(x) = g(x) + h(x - a)
$$

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