Math 237

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Assignment 2

Due: Friday, May 21

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Find the rst and second partial derivatives of

a) f (x, y) = x3 + 3x2 y + 4y 2 .
b) g(x, y) =
2.

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2x2 + y 2.

A function f : R2 R is dened by f (x, y) = g(x 2y), where g : R R. If g 0(1) = 3,

calculate fx (3, 1) and fy (3, 1). Show that fy (x, y) = 2fx (x, y) in general.

Let f (x, y) =

xy

x2 +y 2

+ 1,

1,

if (x, y) 6= (0, 0)

if (x, y) = (0, 0).

a) Determine if f is continuous at (0, 0).

b) Find fx (0, 0) and fy (0, 0).
c) Find the equation of the tangent plane for f at (0, 0).

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Determine if f is continuous at (0, 0) where f (x, y) =

(xy)2
,
|x|+|y|

0,

if (x, y) 6= (0, 0)
if (x, y) = (0, 0).

Find a function f (x, y) such that fx (0, 0) and fy (0, 0) both exist but f (x, y) is
not continuous at (0, 0).
(
y ln(2x2 + y 2 ), if (x, y) 6= (0, 0)
Let f (x, y) =
Prove that fx exists for all (x, y) R2 ,
if (x, y) = (0, 0).
0,
but fx is not continuous at (0, 0).