Assignment-5 Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, Pune

MTH 102 Jan-April 2017

Date: February 17, 2017 Coordinator: Anindya Goswami

1. Evaluate the directional derivative of f (x, y, z) = ( xy )z at (1, 1, 1) in the direction of (2, 1, 1).

2. Let
(
x3
x2 +y 2 , (x, y) 6= (0, 0)
f (x, y) =
0, (x, y) = (0, 0)
Does the partial derivatives of f exist at (0, 0)? Is f differentiable at (0, 0)? Is f continuous at (0, 0)?
3. Let f be a real valued function differentiable at point p in Rn . Prove that the directional derivative of
f at p is maximum in the direction of f (p).

4. Expand ex tan1 y about (1, 1) upto the second degree in (x 1) and (y 1).
p
5. Let f (x, y) = 1 x2 + y 2 .
(a) Show that f (x, y), (x, y) 6= (0, 0) is a unit vector.
2
(b) Compute Hf (x, y), (x, y) 6= (0, 0), where H is the Hessian operator given by Hf = (( xi y
f
j
))22 .

6. If : R Rn is twice differentiable and f : Rn R has continuous partial derivatives of order 2,

prove that
d2
f ((t)) = 0 (t)T Hf ((t)) 0 (t) + f ((t)) 00 (t).
dt2
Hence, show that
d2
f (a + tv) = v T Hf (a)v.
dt2
7. Find the Hessian of f (x, y) = exy + x2 + 2xy at (0, 0) and use the above formula to compute

d2 
2
f (2t, 3t)t=0 .
dt

8. Locate and classify the stationary points (if any) of the functions,
(a) f (x, y) = x2 + (y 1)2
(b) f (x, y) = x2 (y 1)2
(c) f (x, y) = 2x2 xy 3y 2 3x + 7y
(d) f (x, y) = 1 x2 y 2 .
Also determine if f has any global extremum.

9. Let f (x, y) have continuous partial derivative of order 2 near a point p, and suppose that p is a
2
stationary point of f . Let D(a) = fxx (a)fyy (a) fxy (a), a = (a1 , a2 ).
(a) If D(a) > 0 and fxx (a) > 0, prove that f has a strict local minimum at a.
(b) If D(a) > 0 and fxx (a) < 0, prove that f has a strict local maximum at a.
(c) If D(a) < 0, prove that f has a saddle point at a.
10. Find the maxima and minima of the function

f (x, y) = x3 + y 3 3x 12y + 20.

11. Show that the function

f (x, y) = 2x4 3x2 y + y 2
has neither a maximum nor minimum at (0, 0).

12. Show that

f (x, y) = y 2 + x2 y + x4
has maximum at (0, 0).

13. Consider f : [0, 2) [0, 2) R3 is given by

f1 (, ) = (2a + a cos ) cos

f2 (, ) = (2a + a cos ) sin

f3 (, ) = a sin .



Find P R3 such that f1  f 1 (P )
= 0 = f1 f 1 (P ) . Find extreme values of f1 and f3 .

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