DEPARTMENT OF MATHEMATICS

I.I.T. MADRAS
MA 1101 Functions of several variables
Exercise Set I: Differential Calculus - 1
(1) Find the limit, if exists:
ey sin x
(a)
lim
x
(x,y)(0,0)

xy+2 x2 y

(b)
lim

x y
(x,y)(0,0)
x6=y

(2)

(3)

(4)

(5)

(6)

xy
x2
(c)
lim
(d)
lim
(x,y)(0,0) |xy|
(x,y)(0,0) x2 y

 3
3
2x
x y
(f)
lim
(e)
lim
cos
2
2
2
x +y
(x,y)(0,0) x + x + y 2
(x,y)(0,0)
At what points (x, y) or (x, y, z) are the functions below continuous?
x2 + y 2
1
(a) g(x, y) = 2
(b) h(x, y, z) = 2
.
x 
3x + 2
x
+
z2 1

3x2 x2 y 2 + 3y 2
for (x, y) 6= (0, 0). Define f (0, 0) in a way that extends f to be
Let f (x, y) = ln
x2 + y 2
continuous at the origin.
p
Given  = 0.05, find a > 0 such that for all (x, y) with x2 + y 2 < ,
y
|f (x, y) f (0, 0)| < , where f (x, y) = 2
.
x +1
f
f
Find x and y :
x
(b) f (x, y) = exy ln y
(a) f (x, y) = 2
x + y2
Find fx , fy and fz :
(a) f (x, y, z) = sin1 (xyz)

(b) f (x, y, z) = yz ln(xy)

(7) Find all the second order partial derivatives:

(a) g(x, y) = x2 y + cos y + y sin x (b) g(x, y) = tan1 (y/x).
(8) Does a function f with continuous first partial derivatives throughout an open region D have to be
continuous on D?
(9) Express w/u and w/v in terms of u and v:
(a) w = 4ex ln y, x = ln(u cos v), y = u sin v.
(b) w = xy + yz + zx, x = u + v, y = u v, z = uv.
(10) Find dy/dx if xey + sin xy + y ln 2 = 0.
~
(11) Find the directional derivative of f at P0 in the direction of A:

~ = 3i 2j
(a) f (x, y) = tan1 (y/x) + 3 sin1 (xy/2), P0 (1, 1), A

~ = i + j + k.
(b) f (x, y, z) = x2 + 2y 2 3z 2 , P0 (1, 1, 1), A
(12) Find the directions in which the functions increase and decrease most rapidly at P0 . Then find the
derivative of the function in these directions:
(a) f (x, y) = x2 + xy + y 2 , P0 (1, 1)

(b) f (x, y, z) = xey + z 2 , P0 (1, ln 2, 1/2).

(13) Find the equation of the tangent plane and normal line at P0 on the given surface.
(a) x2 + y 2 z 2 = 18, P0 (3, 5, 4).

(b) x2 xy y 2 z = 0, P0 (1, 1, 1).

(14) By about how much will g(x, y, z) = x + x cos z y sin z + y will change if the point P moves from
(2, 1, 0) a distance ds = 0.2 unit toward the point (0, 1, 2)?