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    Assignment II: (To Be Submitted in Tutorial Class by September 13, 2019)

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    This document contains 12 problems related to multivariable calculus concepts such as: 1. Showing differentiability of functions and examining continuity. 2. Determining values of parameters for which functions are differentiable at specific points. 3. Finding partial derivatives and checking continuity. 4. Expressing total derivatives and differentials in terms of independent variables. 5. Solving for stationary values and using partial derivatives to express conditions for extrema.

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    Assignment II

    (to be submitted in tutorial class by September 13, 2019)


    1. (a) Show that f (x, y) = (|x + y| + x + y)n is everywhere differentiable for all n > 0.
    (b) Consider the following function
     sinn y
    1−2x cos y+x2
    , if (x, y) 6= (1, 0),
    f (x, y) =
    0, if (x, y) = (1, 0).

    Examine the continuity of f at (1, 0).


    (c) Define f : R2 → R by

    x 43 sin y , if x 6= 0

    f (x, y) = x
    0, otherwise

    Where is f differentiable?

    2. Let f (x, y) = |xy|s , (x, y) ∈ R2 . For what values of s, the function f is differentiable at
    the origin (0, 0).

    3. Examine whether the following function f (x, y) is differentiable at (0, 0).


    
    x, when |y| < |x|,
    f (x, y) =
    −y, when |y| ≥ |x|.

    4. Consider the function

    (x2 + y 2 ) sin( p 1

    ), if (x, y) 6= (0, 0)
    f (x, y) = x2 + y 2

    0, otherwise

    Show that neither fx nor fy is continuous at (0, 0), but f (x, y) is differentiable at (0, 0).

    5. (a) For the function

    x2 tan−1 ( xy ) − y 2 tan−1 ( xy ), when x 6= 0, y 6= 0,


    
    f (x, y) =
    0, elsewhere,

    show that fxy (0, 0) 6= fyx (0, 0) and neither fxy nor fyx is continuous at (0, 0).
    (b) Consider the following function:
     2
    (x + y 2 ) log(x2 + y 2 ), when x2 + y 2 =
    6 0,
    f (x, y) =
    0, when x2 + y 2 = 0.

    Show that fxy (0, 0) = fyx (0, 0) although neither fxy nor fyx is continuous at (0, 0).
    6. (a) Find the total derivative of u = x2 − 2y 2 + z 3 ; x = sin t, y = et , z = 3t.
    (b) Find the total differential of z = log(xy).

    7. (a) If x2 = vω, y 2 = uω, z 2 = uv and f (x, y, z) = G(u, v, ω), then show that

    xfx + yfy + zfz = uGu + vGv + ωGω .


    q 
    x1/2 +y 1/2
    (b) If u = cosec−1 x1/3 +y 1/3
    , then show that

    2
    ∂ 2u ∂ 2u 13 tan2 u
     
    2∂u tan u
    x 2 + 2xy + y2 2 = + .
    ∂ x ∂x∂y ∂ y 12 12 12

    8. Show that for x, y ∈ R,


    1
    sin x sin y = xy − [(x3 + 3xy 2 ) cos(θx) sin(θy) + (y 3 + 3x2 y) sin(θx) cos(θy)]
    6
    where 0 < θ < 1.
    p
    9. (a) If f (x, y) = |xy|, show that Taylor’s expansion about the point (x, x) is not valid
    in any domain which includes the origin.
    (b) Find the expansion of sin(xy) in powers of (x − 1) and (y − π/2) up to and including
    third degree terms.

    10. If z is given as a function of two independent variables x and y, change the variables so
    that x becomes the function, and z and y the independent variables, and express the
    first and second order partial derivatives of x with respect to z and y in terms of the
    derivatives of z with respect to x and y.

    11. (a) Show that the function f (x, y) = x2 − 3xy 2 + 2y 4 has neither a maximum nor a
    minimum value at the origin.
    (b) A rectangular box, open at the top, is to have a volume of 32 cu ft. What must be
    the dimensions so that the total surface is a minimum.
    (c) In a plane triangle ABC, find the maximum value of cos A cos B cos C.
    2 2 2 2 2 2
    12. Let a, b, c > 0, ax2 + by 2 + cz 2 = 1 and u = a x +b y +c z
    x2 y 2 z 2
    . Show that a stationary value
    of u is given by
    µ µ µ
    x2 = , y2 = , z2 = ,
    2a(a + µ) 2b(b + µ) 2c(c + µ)
    where µ is the positive root of the cubic

    µ3 − (bc + ca + ab)µ − 2abc = 0.

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