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Shifrin Errata

This document provides errata for T. Shifrin's textbook "Multivariable Mathematics: Linear Algebra, Multivariable Calculus, and Manifolds". It lists over 50 corrections to errors in page numbers, equations, examples, and exercises from the textbook. The corrections are organized by page number and include brief descriptions of the issues and their resolutions. Several items are marked with (?) to indicate that additional clarification or explanation is needed in the text.

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Shifrin Errata

This document provides errata for T. Shifrin's textbook "Multivariable Mathematics: Linear Algebra, Multivariable Calculus, and Manifolds". It lists over 50 corrections to errors in page numbers, equations, examples, and exercises from the textbook. The corrections are organized by page number and include brief descriptions of the issues and their resolutions. Several items are marked with (?) to indicate that additional clarification or explanation is needed in the text.

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ERRATA for T.

Shifrin’s Multivariable Mathematics: Linear Algebra,


Multivariable Calculus, and Manifolds

All of these except those marked with (?) have been corrected in the second printing (June, 2017).

p. 47, line 11. In the rightmost determinant, the first entry of the second column should be z1 .

p. 79, Exercise 4. x should be x throughout.

p. 86, Exercise 12b. Here fW Mnn ! R.

p. 91, Example 5. On the second line it should be fW R2 fy D 0g ! R2 .

p. 92, Example 7. The reference should be to Example 3 of Chapter 2, Section 3.

p. 93, Proposition 2.4, ff. Standard terminology is that a function f is C1 if f and its partial derivatives
are continuous. Note that in the proof of the Proposition, since the partial derivatives exist, we get continuity
of f along horizontal and vertical lines, which is all we need to apply the Mean Value Theorem. Thus, the
Proposition is correct as stated.

p. 103, Exercise 6. The symbol for liter (l) looks too much like a 1. For clarity, it would help to change
these to `.

p. 103, Exercise 11. Prove that a differentiable function f is homogeneous . . .

p. 145, Exercise 13. In (b) and (d) the vectors b and bi should be nonzero.

p. 155, Exercise 1. . . . find a product of elementary matrices E D    E2 E1 so that EA is in echelon


form.

p. 185, Exercise 6a. nonzero matrix A.

pp. 202, Lemma 2.1. Df .a/ D O . . .

(?) p. 203, lines 8, 13. Df .a/ D O.

p. 203, Definition. A critical point a is a saddle point if for every ı > 0, there are points x; y 2 B.a; ı/
with f .x/ < f .a/ and f .y/ > f .a/.

p. 207, Exercise 2. The opposite corner should also be in the first octant, i.e., should have x, y, and z all
positive.

p. 225, Exercise 33. . . . marginal productivity per dollar . . .

p. 225, Exercise 34. On line 2, Dg.a/ ¤ O.

p. 250, footnote. Kantorovich.


 
x0
p. 256, line 6. Z is a neighborhood of . In Figure 2.4, Z should be slid to the right, containing
0
V  f0g.
   
x0 @f x0
p. 261, Exercise 13a. Suppose f D D 0 and the matrix . . . is nonsingular. Show that for
t0 @t t0
some ı > 0, there is a C1 curve gW .t0 ı; t0 C ı/ ! R2 with g.t0 / D x0 so that . . .

p. 271, Proposition 1.6. R0 and R00 should overlap in only a “face,” not in a proper subrectangle.

p. 275, Exercise 10. R  Rn ; line 5 . . . requires at most volume 2Aı.

p. 276, Exercise 15b. D D fx 2 R W f is discontinuous at xg.

p. 316, line –3. Proof of Proposition 5.14.

p. 322, Exercise 10d. The problem should ask only for an example when A and C do not commute. In
fact, using the continuity of det, the astute reader should be able to check that the result of part c does hold
whenever A and C commute.

(?) p. 326, Proof of Theorem 6.4. In the proof of Theorem 6.4, the reduction to a rectangle is not valid. We
have to cover  with a union R of rectangles (with rational sidelengths) contained in U . This can then be
partitioned into cubes and the proof proceeds.

p. 328, lines 13–15. In the long inequality we should have " vol .R/ 1 C M n and
" vol .R/ 2n C 2n 1 M n . Then let ˇ D vol .R/ 2n C 2n 1 M n .
 

p. 329, line 1. Section 3, not section 4.

(?) p. 345, lines 4–5. We need the remark here that g2 1 ı g1 is smooth. This can be proved by what should
be an exercise in ÷6.3: Using the notation of part 3 of the Definition on p. 262 of a k-dimensional manifold,
perhaps shrinking W , there is a smooth function hW W ! U whose  restriction
 to M \ W is g 1 . (Hint:
g1 .u/
Without loss of generality, assume g.u0 / D p and write g.u/ D 2 Rk  Rn k, where Dg1 .u0 / is
g2 .u/
nonsingular.)
I
p. 352, add to Remark: Also, note that we are using the notation ! to denote the integral of ! around
C
the closed curve (or loop) C . This notation is prevalent in physics texts.

p. 355, lines 2 and 1. a should be a.

p. 368–369, Example 2. In parts a and c, D D .0; 1/  .0; 2/.

p. 380, line 8. Add: “parametrization gW U ! Rn with U  RkC and”

p. 381, last line. gi W B.0; 2/ ! Vi , and Vi0 D gi .B.0; 1//  Vi cover M .

p. 382, line 12. Delete the last equality in the displayed string of equations.

p. 410, lines 4 and 5. All the integrals should be over S 2m .

p. 411, Exercise 9. Suppose U  C is open, f; gW U ! C are smooth, and C  U is a closed curve.


Suppose that on C we have f; g ¤ 0 and jg f j < jf j. Prove that . . .
p. 433, line 5. The 22 entry of B I should be 2.

p. 444, Example 7, line –3. xP 1 D x2 .

p. 445, Example 8. Delete the first “the” in the first line.

(?) p. 454, Exercise 17c. The result of Exercise 9.2.22 is needed to provide the suggested continuity argu-
ment, as well. We should insert a remark that the result of c holds even when the eigenvalues are complex.
This is needed for #19.

p. 457, lines 11–12. “Let W D .Span .v1 //?  Rn ” should precede the second sentence of the para-
graph.

p. 476, #2.2.13. min should be max.

p. 480, #4.5.11a. DF .x/ has rank 2 at every point x 2 M : Either x1 D x2 and x3 D x4 or x1 D x2


and x3 D x4 , so x1 x2 and x3 x4 have opposite signs unless they are both 0.
1
p. 482, #6.2.1: Dg.f.x0 // D :::
2.x02 C y02 /

p. 483, #7.3.12: The picture is not correct.

—July, 2017

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