Q2.

a) Critical pointis the of

point minimum, maximum or

saddle pointon a graph f(x,y).

critical is Hessian matrix

alondegenerate point when the

of f(x,y) is invertible, meaning det[H(f)] F0.

b) fx 2xy by
=
+

ty x +4y=
3x
+

fxx 2y =

fxy 2x
= +
6

fyy 4 =

(to check:fyx 2x
=

6)
+

critical point:
2) At

I I (8)
if 2xy
=
+

by =

2
x 4y 6x
+
+

2xy 6y
+

0,x2
=

4y
+
+
2x 0
=

2y(x 4) 0 when y 0 when x 4

=
=
-
=

2 16 4y 0
+ =

6x 0
-

4 x
=

y 0,x
=
-
= +

x(x 3) 0 +
=

4y 16
=

x0,X - 8 y 4.
=
= =

Critical point:(0,0), (-8,0), (- 4,4].

 I )
9) H(f) =
2y
2x 6 +

2x 8 +

A 20,0).
+

lo I
H(f) =
0 3 -Point(0,0) is a saddle
point
4

det (H) =-64 (0).

A ( 6,0)
+
-

I
H(f) Point 2-8,0)
I
- ⑧
-

3 ...
is a saddle point.
-

2 4

det [H) =- 64 (0)

A G 4,4)
+
-

iI
(H) <0, fxx>0

I
H(f) =

Z det

... (-4,4) is a minimum point.

o

det (H) 32 =

As all det CH) of all pointis equal zero,

not all points
are
nondegenerate.