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- ∇f (x, y, z) = (fx , fy , fz ) gradient. Dv f = ∇f · v directional derivative. f (x, y, z) function of three variables, r(t) curve, dtd f (~r(t)) = ∇f (~r(t))·~r ′ (t) chain rule. - n · (x, y, z) = d = n · (x0 , y0, z0 ) tangent plane to f (x, y, z) = c at point (x0 , y0 , z0 ). - ∇f (~x0 ) · (~x

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Challenge Problems

- ∇f (x, y, z) = (fx , fy , fz ) gradient. Dv f = ∇f · v directional derivative. f (x, y, z) function of three variables, r(t) curve, dtd f (~r(t)) = ∇f (~r(t))·~r ′ (t) chain rule. - n · (x, y, z) = d = n · (x0 , y0, z0 ) tangent plane to f (x, y, z) = c at point (x0 , y0 , z0 ). - ∇f (~x0 ) · (~x

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7/15/2008 GRADIENT/LINEARIZATION/TANGENTS O.Knill,Maths21a and use it to estimate f (1.95, 1.04).

b) (2) Find the directional derivative Dv f (2, 1) = ∇f (2, 1) · ~v into the direction ~v = (−3, 4)/5.
This is part 1 (of 3) of the weekly homework. It is due July 22 at the beginning of class.
5) (4 points)
Find f (0.01, 0.999) for f (x, y) = cos(πxy)y + sin(x + πy)

• ”Gradients are orthogonal to level curves


rsp. level surfaces.”
SUMMARY. Challenge Problems
• L(x, y) = f (x0 , y0) + a(x − x0 ) + b(y −
• ∇f (x, y, z) = (fx , fy , fz ) gradient. y0 ) linear approximation of f (x, y) at (Solutions to these problems are not turned in with the homework.)
• Dv f = ∇f · v directional derivative. (x0 , y0). √
1) When is the estimate for n using linear approximations the worst? What is the maximal
√
• f (x, y, z) function of three variables, r(t) • Tangent line ax + by = d with a = error when computing square roots using linearlization? For example, to compute 102,
curve, dtd f (~r(t)) = ∇f (~r(t))·~r ′ (t) chain fx (x0 , y0), b = fy (x0 , y0 ), d = ax0 + by0 . we estimate this with linear approximation as 10 + 2/20 = 10.1, while the true result is
rule. • Estimate f (x, y) by L(x, y) near 10.09950493836207795....
• n · (x, y, z) = d = n · (x0 , y0, z0 ) tan- f (x0 , y0 ).
gent plane to f (x, y, z) = c at point • Vector notation: L(~x) = f (~x0 )+∇f (~x0 )·
(x0 , y0 , z0 ). 5
(~x − ~x0 )
• ∇f (~x0 ) · (~x − ~x0 ) = 0 tangent plane to • Punch line: L(~x) is close to f (~x) near
f (~x) = c = f (~x0 ) (vector notation). ~x0 but a simple linear function. Many
4

physical laws are actually linear approx-


imations to more complicated laws. 3

Homework Problems
100 200 300 400 500
1) (4 points)
a) Sketch a contour map of the function f (x, y) = x2 + 9y 2 . Figure: the number of decimal places which are correct with the linear estimate of the square
b) Find the gradient vector ∇f = (fx , fy ) of f at the point (1, 1) and draw it. root.
c) Find the tangent line ax + by = d to the curve at (1, 1) and draw it. 2) Marsden and Tromba pose in their textbook the following riddle:
d) Estimate f (1.001, 0.999) using linear approximations. Suppose w = f (x, y) and y = x2 . By the chain rule
2) (4 points) The pressure in the space at the position (x, y, z) is p(x, y, z) = x2 + y 2 − z 3 and the ∂w ∂w ∂x ∂w ∂y ∂w ∂x ∂w
trajectory of an observer is the curve ~r(t) = ht, t, 1/ti. = + = + 2x
∂x ∂x ∂x ∂y ∂x ∂x ∂x ∂y
a) (2 points) State the chain rule which applies in this situation.
b) (2 points) Using the chain rule in a) compute the rate of change of the pressure the observer so that 0 = 2x ∂w
∂y
and so ∂w
∂y
= 0. Find an explicit example of a function f (x, y), where you see
measures at time t = 2. the argument is false.
3) The partial derivatives of the function f (x, y) = (xy)1/3 exists at every point but the directional
3) (4 points) derivatives in all other directions don’t exist at the point (0, 0). What is going on?
Suppose 2x + 3y + 2z = 9 is the tangent plane to the graph of z = f (x, y) at the point (1, 1, 2). 4) Extend the notion of ”tangent plane” to 3-dimensional hyper-surfaces f (x, y, z, w) = c in 4-
dimensional space. For example, what is the tangent plane to the three-dimensional sphere
a) (2 points) What is the linear approximation of f (1.01, 0.98)? b) (1 point) What is the x2 + y 2 + z 2 + w 2 = 1 at the point (x, y, z, w) = (1/2, 1/2, 1/2, 1/2)?
gradient ∇f at (1, 1)?
c) (1 point) What is the equation ax + by = d of the tangent line at (1, 1)?
4) (4 points) p
a) (2) Find the linear approximation L(x, y) of the function f (x, y) = 10 − x2 − 5y 2 at (2, 1)

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