MBA - I

FALL, 2018
Mathematics for Business Decision

ASSIGNMENT – 10

1) Find the gradient vector and the Hessian Matrix for the function 𝑧 =
𝑥𝑦 3 + 𝑥 2 𝑦 2 .
Recall that the gradient vector of z is given by ∇𝑧 = (𝑧𝑥 , 𝑧𝑦 ) and the
𝑧𝑥𝑥 𝑧𝑥𝑦
Hessian matrix of z is given by 𝐻 (𝑧) = [𝑧 ] where 𝑧𝑥 =
𝑦𝑥 𝑧𝑦𝑦
𝜕𝑧 𝜕𝑧 𝜕2 𝑧 𝜕2 𝑧 𝜕𝑧 𝜕𝑧
, 𝑧𝑦 = , 𝑧𝑥𝑥 = 2 , 𝑧𝑦𝑦 = , 𝑧𝑥𝑦 = , 𝑧𝑦𝑥 = .
𝜕𝑥 𝜕𝑦 𝜕𝑥 𝜕𝑦 2 𝜕𝑥𝜕𝑦 𝜕𝑦𝜕𝑥

𝑦
2) Show that for the function 𝑓(𝑥, 𝑦) = ln 𝑥, 𝑓𝑥𝑦 = 𝑓𝑦𝑥 .
𝑥

3) Prove that the function 𝑧 = 𝑥 2 + 𝑦 2 is minimum at the point (0,0).

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