Assignment-I Partial Derivatives
Assignment-I Partial Derivatives
Assignment-I Partial Derivatives
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(c) ( )
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3. Check the existence of first order partial derivatives of the following functions at
origin. Also, discuss the continuity of these functions at origin.
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( ) ( )
(b) ( ) {√
( ) ( )
( ) ( ) ( )
(c) ( ) {
( ) ( )
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(b) ( ) {
( )
(c) ( ) √
(d) ( ) √| |
(c) ( ) at ( ) ( )
6. Let be a function of two variables and and , and
constant.
7. Find all the local maxima, local minima, and saddle points of the functions:
(a) ( ) .
(b) ( ) ( ).
( )
(c) ( ) ( ) .
8. Find the shortest and the longest distances from the point (1, 2, -1) to the surface
.
Answers:
1. (a) exists (b) exists (c) exists (d) does not exist (e) does not exist (f) does not
exist.
2. (a) continuous (b) continuous (c) continuous (d) discontinuous (e) discontinuous
(f) discontinuous.
3. (a) ( ) , ( ) , and f is continuous.
(b) ( ) , ( ) , and f is discontinuous.
(c) ( ) , ( ) , and f is continuous.
4. (a) f is differentiable and total differential is 0.
(b) f is differentiable and total differential is 0.
(c) f is not differentiable.
(d) f is not differentiable.
5. (a) ( ) , ( ) , ( ) , ( ) , ( ) .
(b) ( ) , ( ) , ( ) ( ) , ( ) ,
( ) .
(c) ( ) , ( ) , ( ) , ( ) , ( ) .
7. (a) at (0, 0), (-2, 2): Saddle Point; at (0, 2): Local Minimum; at (-2, 0): Local
Maximum.
√
(b) Maximum at ( ), Maximum value .
Saddle point at ( ).
8. Shortest √ , Longest √ .
9. Maximum value .
( )
10.