4.4.5 · D1 · Maths › Multivariable Calculus › Tangent planes and linear approximations to surfaces
Ek smooth surface, paas se dekho toh ek flat tilted sheet jaisi lagti hai — aur woh sheet bilkul describe ho jaati hai sirf ek point par uski height se aur do perpendicular directions mein kitni steeply chadhti hai. Yeh poora topic uss flat sheet ko equation mein likhne aur usse nearby heights guess karne ke baare mein hai.
Yeh page kuch bhi assume nahi karta. Parent note Tangent Planes padhne se pehle, usmein use hone wala har symbol yahan ground up se build kiya gaya hai, ek aisi order mein jahan har ek sirf pehle waale par depend karta hai.
Sab kuch three-dimensional space mein hota hai. Hum ek point ko teen numbers se label karte hain.
( x , y , z )
Teen numbers jo space mein ek point ko pin down karte hain:
x — kitna right (ya left agar negative),
y — kitna forward (ya back),
z — kitna up (ya down).
Picture yeh hai : teen number-lines (axes) right angles par origin ( 0 , 0 , 0 ) par milti hain. x - aur y -axes flat ground banate hain; z -axis seedha upar khada hai.
Topic ko yeh kyun chahiye: ek surface iss space mein float karti ek shape hai, aur tangent plane usi space mein ek aur shape hai. Axes ke bina hum nahi keh sakte kuch bhi kahan hai.
f ( x , y ) — ek height machine
f ek rule hai jo do inputs x aur y leta hai (ground par ek spot) aur ek number return karta hai — ek height. Hum "f ( x , y ) " ko "f of x and y " padhte hain.
Picture yeh hai : ground par spot ( x , y ) par khado, seedha upar dekho, aur f ( x , y ) batata hai ki roof tumhare upar kitni high hai.
Worked example Notation padhna
Agar f ( x , y ) = x 2 + y 2 hai, toh f ( 1 , 2 ) matlab "daalo x = 1 aur y = 2 ": 1 2 + 2 2 = 5 .
Topic ko yeh kyun chahiye: surface hai hi woh function. Poora game ek spot ke paas f ko approximate karna hai.
Intuition Ek rule se ek shape tak
Agar hum har ground spot ( x , y ) ke liye point ( x , y , f ( x , y )) plot karein, toh saare woh points milke ek surface banate hain — ek curved sheet ground ke upar hover karti hui. z = f ( x , y ) likhna bas yeh kehna hai ki "height coordinate z ko machine ke output ke barabar karo".
Figure mein bowl z = x 2 + y 2 hai. Ground spot ( a , b ) ke seedha upar surface point ( a , b , f ( a , b )) baith tha hai — woh yellow dot. Usi dot par hamari flat sheet touch karegi.
( a , b ) — woh spot jahan hum zoom in karte hain
a aur b bas fixed numbers hain: woh particular ground spot jahan hum apni flat sheet banate hain. x aur y variable rehte hain — woh ( a , b ) ke aas-paas ghoomte hain.
x − a aur y − b — step away
x − a = tum base point se kitna right chale. y − b = kitna forward chale. Milke yeh tumhara chhota step hai ( a , b ) se nearby spot ( x , y ) tak.
Picture yeh hai : ground par fixed dot ( a , b ) se nearby dot ( x , y ) tak ek arrow; uska rightward part x − a hai, forward part y − b hai.
x aur x − a ko confuse karna
Slopes step x − a se multiply honge, kabhi x se nahi. Agar tum base point par khade ho, toh x − a = 0 hai aur plane ko exactly f ( a , b ) dena chahiye — yeh sirf offset se hi kaam karta hai.
Topic ko yeh kyun chahiye: "linear approximation" matlab base par height plus slope × step . Step precisely ( x − a , y − b ) hai.
Do dimensions se pehle, Tangent line and linear approximation (single variable) se ek-dimensional idea yaad karo: curve y = f ( x ) ka slope uski tangent line ka "rise over run" hai — jaise tum right step karte ho height kitni tezi se badalti hai.
Intuition Kyun chahiye humein surface par slope ke liye ek
tool
Surface par tum infinitely many directions mein chal sakte ho, har ek ki apni steepness hoti hai. Sabse clever trick yeh hai ki ek variable ko freeze karo taaki surface ek plain 1D curve ban jaaye — phir ordinary slope use karo. Woh frozen-slice slope ek partial derivative hai.
Definition Partial derivatives
f x aur f y
f x ( a , b ) ("f-sub-x"): y = b ko fixed rakho, sirf x -direction mein chalo, slope measure karo. Yeh jawaab deta hai "surface kitni steeply chadhti hai jab main right step karta hoon?"
f y ( a , b ) : x = a ko fixed rakho, y -direction mein chalo, slope measure karo. "Kitni steeply jab main forward step karta hoon?"
Picture yeh hai : surface ko ek vertical wall se slice karo. x -axis ke parallel wall ek curve katata hai jiska tangent-line slope f x hai; y -axis ke parallel wall f y deta hai.
Worked example Partial compute karna
f ( x , y ) = x 2 + y 2 ke liye: f x paane ke liye, y ko constant maan kar sirf x mein differentiate karo: f x = 2 x . x ko constant maan kar: f y = 2 y . ( 1 , 2 ) par: f x = 2 , f y = 4 .
Topic ko yeh kyun chahiye: tangent plane ko bilkul surface jaisi tilt karni chahiye. Uske do tilts hain hi f x aur f y . Poori machinery Partial derivatives mein hai.
Definition Ek non-vertical plane
Ek flat, tilted sheet jismein koi fold nahi. Aisi koi bhi sheet likhi ja sakti hai
z = z 0 + A ( x − a ) + B ( y − b )
jahan z 0 base point ke upar uski height hai, A uski rightward tilt hai, B forward tilt.
Picture yeh hai : cardboard ki ek stiff sheet ( a , b ) ke upar height z 0 par pin ki gayi, A side-to-side aur B front-to-back tilt ke saath.
Symbols padhna: base point par x − a = 0 aur y − b = 0 , toh z = z 0 — sheet height z 0 se guzarti hai. Ek unit right step karo (x − a = 1 ) aur z A se badhta hai: isliye A hai hi rightward slope.
Topic ko yeh kyun chahiye: yeh jawab ki raw shape hai. Parent note z 0 = f ( a , b ) , A = f x , B = f y fill karta hai ise woh tangent plane banane ke liye.
Jab hum section 5 ke plane mein z 0 = f ( a , b ) , A = f x ( a , b ) , B = f y ( a , b ) plug karte hain, toh right-hand side ko apna naam milta hai.
L ( x , y ) — linear approximation
L ( x , y ) ground spot ( x , y ) ke upar flat sheet ki height ka naam hai:
L ( x , y ) = f ( a , b ) + f x ( a , b ) ( x − a ) + f y ( a , b ) ( y − b ) .
Ise padhna: "L " linear ke liye khada hai — formula mein steps sirf first power tak hain, koi squares nahi, isliye iski graph ek plane hai. Yeh bilkul wahi right-hand side hai jaise z = z 0 + A ( x − a ) + B ( y − b ) , ab tangent-plane values fill ki hui hain.
Picture yeh hai : kisi bhi ground spot ( x , y ) ke liye, L ( x , y ) woh height hai jo tum uss spot ke seedhe upar flat sheet (curved surface nahi) se padhte ho.
Topic ko yeh kyun chahiye: baad ke har formula — ≈ statement, error, differentiability limit — L ke terms mein likhe hain. "Flat-sheet height" ke liye ek single letter rakhne se woh formulas chhote rehte hain.
≈ — "ke kareeb hai"
f ( x , y ) ≈ L ( x , y ) padhte hain "true surface height lagbhag section 6 ki flat-sheet height L ( x , y ) ke barabar hai." Exactly equal nahi — kareeb, aur jitna chhota step utna zyada kareeb.
Topic ko yeh kyun chahiye: linear approximation ka poora point yeh hai ki yeh ek accha guess hai, exact truth nahi. Woh gap error hai, Differentiability of multivariable functions ke zariye study kiya gaya.
Δ z — true change
Greek capital delta Δ matlab "mein change". Δ z = f ( x , y ) − f ( a , b ) woh hai kitna real surface ki height badli jab tum ( a , b ) se ( x , y ) tak step kiye.
d x , d y , d z — predicted step aur change
d x = x − a aur d y = y − b tumhare (chhote) steps hain. d z = f x d x + f y d y woh change hai jo flat sheet predict karti hai. Chhote steps ke liye, Δ z ≈ d z .
d z kahan se aata hai — plane se padho
Flat sheet ki height section 6 se L ( x , y ) = f ( a , b ) + f x ( x − a ) + f y ( y − b ) hai. Base point se step karne par uska change hai
L ( x , y ) − L ( a , b ) = [ f ( a , b ) + f x ( x − a ) + f y ( y − b ) ] − f ( a , b ) = f x ( x − a ) + f y ( y − b ) .
x − a = d x aur y − b = d y rename karo aur yahi d z = f x d x + f y d y hai. Toh d z koi naya idea nahi — yeh literally "section 5 ka plane tumhare step par kitna utha" hai. Kyunki point ke paas f ( x , y ) ≈ L ( x , y ) , true rise Δ z is predicted rise d z se match karta hai.
Picture yeh hai : tumhare step ke upar do heights uth rahi hain — curved surface ki real rise Δ z , aur flat sheet ki straight-line rise d z . Point ke paas woh almost coincide karte hain; door jaake alag ho jaate hain.
Topic ko yeh kyun chahiye: differentials d z se yeh topic fast error estimates karta hai (jaise rectangle-area example).
( x , y ) → ( a , b ) lim — "jaise tum base point ki taraf creep karte ho"
Yeh symbol poochta hai: kya value kisi expression mein aati hai jab ( x , y ) kisi bhi direction se ( a , b ) ke ever closer slide karta hai?
Intuition Kyun limit, aur sirf "small error" nahi
Tangent plane tabhi honest hai jab uska error tumse approach karne se tezi se khatam ho jaaye. Yahan L ( x , y ) section 6 ki flat-sheet height hai, aur f ( x , y ) − L ( x , y ) true surface aur sheet ke beech ka gap hai. Hum approach ko straight-line distance ( x − a ) 2 + ( y − b ) 2 se measure karte hain (ground step par Pythagoras). Test
lim ( x , y ) → ( a , b ) ( x − a ) 2 + ( y − b ) 2 f ( x , y ) − L ( x , y ) = 0
kehta hai ki error tumne kitna step kiya uski tulna mein bhi tiny hai . Yahi differentiable ka exact matlab hai.
Topic ko yeh kyun chahiye: yeh woh fine print hai jo guarantee karta hai ki plane sach mein surface ko "hug" karta hai — Differentiability of multivariable functions ka subject.
⟨ p , q , r ⟩
Space mein ek arrow jo teen components se describe hota hai: p right, q forward, r up. Angle-brackets ⟨ ⟩ bas inhe group karte hain.
Definition Dot product aur perpendicularity
Do vectors ⟨ p , q , r ⟩ aur ⟨ u , v , w ⟩ ke liye, dot product single number p u + q v + r w hai. Iska key fact: do vectors perpendicular (right angles par) hote hain exactly jab unka dot product 0 ho.
n
"Normal" matlab perpendicular — surface se seedha bahar nikalta hua jaise pahadi par ek flagpole. Tangent plane woh sab kuch hai jo n ke right angles par hai .
Picture yeh hai : flat sheet surface par leti hui, ek arrow n seedha usse bahar nikalta hua.
n = ⟨ f x , f y , − 1 ⟩ — check karo ki perpendicular hai
Plane mein slopes se bane do natural direction-arrows hain:
1 right step karo, aur height f x se chadhti hai: arrow t x = ⟨ 1 , 0 , f x ⟩ ;
1 forward step karo, height f y se chadhti hai: arrow t y = ⟨ 0 , 1 , f y ⟩ .
Plane ka normal vector dono ke perpendicular hona chahiye. n ko dono se dot karo:
n ⋅ t x = f x ( 1 ) + f y ( 0 ) + ( − 1 ) f x = f x − f x = 0 ,
n ⋅ t y = f x ( 0 ) + f y ( 1 ) + ( − 1 ) f y = f y − f y = 0.
Dono dot products zero aate hain, toh n = ⟨ f x , f y , − 1 ⟩ sach mein sheet ke perpendicular bahar nikalta hai. Last slot mein − 1 wahi hai jo height-climb terms cancel karta hai.
Topic ko yeh kyun chahiye: yeh plane likhne ka ek doosra, elegant tarika deta hai, aur yeh The gradient vector aur Directional derivatives se connect hota hai.
base point a b and steps x-a y-b
plane form height plus tilts
partial derivatives fx fy
approx symbol and deltas dz
TANGENT PLANE TOPIC 4.4.5
Kya tum bina dekhe har ek ka jawaab de sakte ho? Check karne ke liye reveal karo.
( x , y , z ) mein teen numbers kya measure karte hain?Ek point origin se kitna right, forward, aur up hai.
f ( x , y ) kya return karta hai, aur yeh kya picture karta hai?Ground spot ( x , y ) ke upar ek single height — uss spot ke upar roof ki height.
z = f ( x , y ) kaunsi shape hai?Ek curved surface, ground ke upar float karte saare points ( x , y , f ( x , y )) se bani.
x − a aur y − b kya hain?Fixed base point ( a , b ) se tumhare chhote step ke rightward aur forward parts.
Seedhe shabdon mein, f x ( a , b ) kya hai? Surface ka slope jab tum x -direction mein step karte ho aur y b par fixed rakha hai.
f x formula se kaise compute karte hain?y ko constant maan kar differentiate karo.
Kyun plane z = z 0 + A ( x − a ) + B ( y − b ) likhte hain? Yeh automatically ( a , b ) par height z 0 se guzarti hai, aur A , B iske do tilts hain.
L ( x , y ) kya hai?Flat-sheet height ka naam: L ( x , y ) = f ( a , b ) + f x ( a , b ) ( x − a ) + f y ( a , b ) ( y − b ) .
Δ z aur d z mein fark?Δ z true surface height-change hai; d z flat sheet ka predicted change hai, yaani step par L ka change.
d z = f x d x + f y d y kahan se aata hai?Yeh L ( x , y ) − L ( a , b ) hai jahan d x = x − a , d y = y − b — plane ki apni rise step par.
Differentiability limit words mein kya kehta hai? Error f − L base point tak tumhari distance se tezi se shrink karta hai.
Kyun n = ⟨ f x , f y , − 1 ⟩ surface ka normal hai? Dono in-plane arrows ⟨ 1 , 0 , f x ⟩ aur ⟨ 0 , 1 , f y ⟩ ke saath iska dot product 0 hai, toh yeh poori sheet ke perpendicular hai.
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