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Apply advanced calculus to real-world problems through comprehensive SageMath computations in electromagnetic theory, fluid dynamics, and heat transfer. This culminating Jupyter notebook integrates all fundamental theorems with practical applications including Maxwell's equations, Navier-Stokes flow analysis, and thermodynamic modeling. CoCalc's collaborative platform combines symbolic computation, numerical methods, and 3D visualization tools, enabling students to solve complex engineering and physics problems while reinforcing connections between mathematical theory and physical phenomena.

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  • Multivariable calculus: Partial derivatives, multiple integrals, and optimization

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Advanced Calculus with SageMath - Chapter 9

Advanced Computational Methods

This notebook contains Chapter 9 from the main Advanced Calculus with SageMath notebook.

For the complete course, please refer to the main notebook: [Advanced Calculus with SageMath.ipynb](https://cocalc.com/share/public_paths/ab3ad2f15d8989653377cbfdc238a82399b2633f)

# Comprehensive imports for advanced calculus import numpy as np import matplotlib.pyplot as plt from mpl_toolkits.mplot3d import Axes3D import scipy.optimize as opt import scipy.integrate as integrate from scipy.integrate import solve_ivp, odeint import sympy as sp from sympy import * from sage.all import * import seaborn as sns # Configure plotting plt.style.use('seaborn-v0_8') sns.set_palette("husl") plt.rcParams['figure.figsize'] = (12, 8) print("Advanced Calculus Environment Initialized") print("Tools: SageMath, NumPy, SciPy, SymPy, Matplotlib") print("Ready for multivariable calculus, vector analysis, and PDEs!")
Advanced Calculus Environment Initialized Tools: SageMath, NumPy, SciPy, SymPy, Matplotlib Ready for multivariable calculus, vector analysis, and PDEs!

Chapter 9: Advanced Computational Methods

Modern Approaches

  1. Automatic Differentiation: Efficient computation of gradients

  2. Monte Carlo Integration: Numerical integration in high dimensions

  3. Finite Element Methods: Solving PDEs on complex geometries

  4. Symbolic Computation: Exact mathematical manipulations

  5. Machine Learning: Gradient-based optimization

# Advanced computational techniques print("ADVANCED COMPUTATIONAL METHODS") print("=" * 50) # Automatic differentiation example using optimization from scipy.optimize import minimize # Define a complex multivariable function def complex_function(vars): x, y = vars return np.sin(x*y) * np.exp(-(x**2 + y**2)) + 0.1*(x**4 + y**4) print("Complex function: f(x,y) = sin(xy)·exp(-(x²+y²)) + 0.1(x⁴+y⁴)") # Find minimum using optimization result = minimize(complex_function, [1.0, 1.0], method='BFGS') print("\nOPTIMIZATION RESULT") print(f"Minimum found at: x = {result.x[0]:.6f}, y = {result.x[1]:.6f}") print(f"Function value: f = {result.fun:.6f}") print(f"Convergence: {result.success}") print(f"Iterations: {result.nit}") # Monte Carlo integration example print("\nMONTE CARLO INTEGRATION") print("Estimating ∬_D e^(-(x²+y²)) dx dy over unit disk") def monte_carlo_integral(n_samples=100000): # Generate random points in unit square x_rand = np.random.uniform(-1, 1, n_samples) y_rand = np.random.uniform(-1, 1, n_samples) # Check which points are inside unit disk inside_disk = (x_rand**2 + y_rand**2) <= 1 # Evaluate function at points inside disk f_values = np.exp(-(x_rand[inside_disk]**2 + y_rand[inside_disk]**2)) # Estimate integral disk_area = np.pi square_area = 4 n_inside = np.sum(inside_disk) integral_estimate = (square_area * np.sum(f_values) / n_inside) * (n_inside / n_samples) return integral_estimate, n_inside mc_result, points_inside = monte_carlo_integral() analytical_result = np.pi * (1 - np.exp(-1)) # Analytical answer print(f"Monte Carlo estimate: {mc_result:.6f}") print(f"Analytical result: {analytical_result:.6f}") print(f"Error: {abs(mc_result - analytical_result):.6f}") print(f"Points inside disk: {points_inside}") # Symbolic computation with coordinate transformations print("\nSYMBOLIC COMPUTATION") print("Vector field transformations and calculus operations") # Vector field in cylindrical coordinates rho, phi = symbols('rho phi', positive=True) F_rho = rho * cos(phi) F_phi = sin(phi) F_z_cyl = rho**2 print(f"Vector field in cylindrical coordinates:") print(f"F_ρ = {F_rho}") print(f"F_φ = {F_phi}") print(f"F_z = {F_z_cyl}") # This demonstrates the power of symbolic computation print("\nThis demonstrates the power of symbolic computation") print("for complex coordinate transformations and calculations!")
ADVANCED COMPUTATIONAL METHODS ================================================== Complex function: f(x,y) = sin(xy)·exp(-(x²+y²)) + 0.1(x⁴+y⁴) OPTIMIZATION RESULT Minimum found at: x = 0.000004, y = 0.000004 Function value: f = 0.000000 Convergence: True Iterations: 4 MONTE CARLO INTEGRATION Estimating ∬_D e^(-(x²+y²)) dx dy over unit disk Monte Carlo estimate: 1.986115 Analytical result: 1.985865 Error: 0.000250 Points inside disk: 78394 SYMBOLIC COMPUTATION Vector field transformations and calculus operations Vector field in cylindrical coordinates: F_ρ = rho*cos(phi) F_φ = sin(phi) F_z = rho**2 This demonstrates the power of symbolic computation for complex coordinate transformations and calculations!
import numpy as np import as plt # Illustrations: optimization landscape, Monte Carlo integration, and a vector field projection # 1) Contour of the complex function with the BFGS minimum x = np.linspace(-2, 2, 300) y = np.linspace(-2, 2, 300) X, Y = np.meshgrid(x, y) Z = np.sin(X*Y) * np.exp(-(X**2 + Y**2)) + 0.1*(X**4 + Y**4) fig, axes = plt.subplots(1, 3, figsize=(18, 5)) cs = axes[0].contourf(X, Y, Z, levels=40, cmap='viridis') fig.colorbar(cs, ax=axes[0], shrink=0.9) axes[0].set_title('Complex function f(x, y)') axes[0].set_xlabel('x'); axes[0].set_ylabel('y') try: xm, ym = result.x axes[0].plot(xm, ym, 'r*', ms=12, label='BFGS minimum') axes[0].legend(loc='upper right') except Exception: pass # 2) Monte Carlo sampling in the unit disk for ∫∫ e^{-(x^2+y^2)} dx dy np.random.seed(0) N = 5000 xr = np.random.uniform(-1, 1, N) yr = np.random.uniform(-1, 1, N) inside = (xr**2 + yr**2) <= 1.0 fvals = np.exp(-(xr**2 + yr**2)) mc_est = 4.0 * np.sum(fvals * inside) / N analytical = np.pi * (1 - np.exp(-1)) axes[1].scatter(xr[~inside], yr[~inside], s=3, color='0.85', alpha=0.3, label='Outside') p = axes[1].scatter(xr[inside], yr[inside], s=6, c=fvals[inside], cmap='plasma', alpha=0.8, label='Inside') theta = np.linspace(0, 2*np.pi, 400) axes[1].plot(np.cos(theta), np.sin(theta), 'k--', lw=1) fig.colorbar(p, ax=axes[1], label='e^{-(x^2+y^2)}', shrink=0.9) axes[1].set_aspect('equal', 'box') axes[1].set_xlim(-1.1, 1.1); axes[1].set_ylim(-1.1, 1.1) axes[1].set_title('Monte Carlo in the unit disk') axes[1].text(-1.05, -1.3, f"MC ≈ {mc_est:.4f}\nAnalytical ≈ {analytical:.4f}", fontsize=9) axes[1].legend(loc='upper right') # 3) Vector field from cylindrical coordinates projected to the xy-plane gx = np.linspace(-2, 2, 21) gy = np.linspace(-2, 2, 21) GX, GY = np.meshgrid(gx, gy) R = np.sqrt(GX**2 + GY**2) Phi = np.arctan2(GY, GX) Fr = R * np.cos(Phi) Fphi = np.sin(Phi) Fx = Fr * np.cos(Phi) - Fphi * np.sin(Phi) Fy = Fr * np.sin(Phi) + Fphi * np.cos(Phi) Fx = np.nan_to_num(Fx) Fy = np.nan_to_num(Fy) mag = np.sqrt(Fx**2 + Fy**2); mag[mag == 0] = 1.0 Fxn = Fx / mag Fyn = Fy / mag axes[2].quiver(GX, GY, Fxn, Fyn, color='teal', pivot='mid', angles='xy', scale_units='xy', scale=0.9) axes[2].set_title('Vector field (cylindrical → xy projection)') axes[2].set_xlim(-2, 2); axes[2].set_ylim(-2, 2) axes[2].set_aspect('equal', 'box') axes[2].set_xlabel('x'); axes[2].set_ylabel('y') plt.tight_layout() plt.show()
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