Analysis III: Mid-semester exam 2021

Duration: 90 minutes Total marks: 20 Date: September 17, 2021

1. Is the set {(x, y) ∈ R2 : |x1 + x2 | ≤ 1, |x1 x2 | ≤ 1} a compact subset of R2 ?

Justify your answer.
2. Let B(0; R) be an open ball in Rn with centre at the origin and radius R, and
assume f : B(0; R) → R be a differentiable function. Suppose Df (x) = 0 for
all x ∈ B(0; R). Is f constant? Justify your answer.
3. Consider the following function

1
(x2 + y 2 ) sin
 , if (x, y) 6= 0
f (x, y) = x + y2
2
.

0, if (x, y) = (0, 0).

Is f differentiable at (0, 0)? Is the partial derivatives continuous at (0, 0)?

Justify your answer.
4. Suppose f : R → R is a differentiable function. Consider the function g :
∂g
Rn → R defined by g(x1 , . . . , xn ) = f (x21 +x22 +· · ·+x2n ). Find (a1 , a2 , . . . , an ),
∂x1
where (a1 , a2 , . . . , an ) is a point in Rn .
(5+5+7+3=20 marks)

There are no marks for indicating True or False without proper justification.