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triple integral

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noun

Mathematics.
  1. an integral in which the integrand involves a function of three variables and which requires three applications of the integration process to evaluate.


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Just as the double integral has many practical applications, the triple integral also has many applications, which we discuss in later sections.

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Just as in the case of the double integral, we can have an iterated triple integral, and consequently, a version of Fubini’s thereom for triple integrals exists.

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As with the other multiple integrals we have examined, all the properties work similarly for a triple integral in the spherical coordinate system, and so do the iterated integrals.

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Write the triple integral that gives the volume of E by integrating first with respect to z, then with y, and then with x.

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She answered the phones and distributed the mail in addition to her regular duties, which at the time involved solving a triple integral for an engineer in the division.

From "Hidden Figures" by Margot Lee Shetterly

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