Assignment-I Partial Derivatives

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DEPARTMENT OF MATHEMATICS (SASL)


VIT Bhopal University
MAT1003 : Calculus
Assignment-I: Partial Derivatives
Course instructor: Dr. Dileep Kumar

1. Discuss the limit of the following functions at origin:

(a) ( )

(b) ( ) ( )

(c) ( )

(d) ( )

(e) ( )

(f) ( )

2. Discuss the continuity of the following functions at origin:


(a) ( )

(b) ( )

( ) ( ) ( )
(c) ( ) {
( ) ( )
( ) ( )
(d) ( ) {√
( ) ( )
( )
(e) ( ) {| |
( )
( ) ( ) ( )
(f) ( ) {
( ) ( )

3. Check the existence of first order partial derivatives of the following functions at
origin. Also, discuss the continuity of these functions at origin.

(a) ( ) {

( ) ( )
(b) ( ) {√
( ) ( )

( ) ( ) ( )
(c) ( ) {
( ) ( )

4. Check the differentiability of the following functions at origin. If it is


differentiable, then evaluate the total differential at origin.
(a) ( )

( ) ( )
(b) ( ) {
( )
(c) ( ) √

(d) ( ) √| |

5. Calculate all the first and second order partial derivatives of at ( ):


(a) ( ) at ( ) ( )
(b) ( ) ( ) at ( ) ( )

(c) ( ) at ( ) ( )
6. Let be a function of two variables and and , and

, prove that , where is a

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
.

9. Find the maximum value of when

10. The pressure at any pint ( ) in space is . Find the highest


pressure at the surface of a unit sphere .

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 .

(c) Minima at (0,0) (Minimum value 0) and at (−1, 0) (Minimum value );

Saddle point at ( ).

8. Shortest √ , Longest √ .

9. Maximum value .
( )

10.

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