THE UNIVERSITY OF ZAMBIA

SCHOOL OF NATURAL SCIENCES

DEPARTMENT OF MATHEMATICS AND STATISTICS
MAT3100 TUTORIAL SHEET 1 (2019/2020)

1. (a) Find the domain and range of each of the following functions. In each case, sketch the domain.

i. p v. p
f(x, y) = x2 − y2 f(x, y) = 25 − x 2 − y 2
ii. p vi.
f(x, y) = y − x2
p
f(x, y) = 36 − 9x 2 − 4y 2
iii. p
f(x, y) = x − y2
vii.
f(x, y) = ln |36 − 4x 2 + 9y 2 |
iv. p
y − x2 viii.
√
f(x, y) = f(x, y) = xy
1 − x2

(b) Evaluate

i. x + y  iv.
x sin . 3x 2 y
lim .
(x,y)Ï(0,0) x 2 + y 2
(x,y)Ï(π,π) 4 lim

ii. v.
x3 − y3 (x − 1)2 ln x
. .
(x,y)Ï(0,0) x − y
lim
(x,y)Ï(1,0) (x − 1)2 + y
lim

iii. vi.
x 2 − xy x2y2 + x3y2 − 5
lim √ √ . .
x− y 2 − xy
lim
(x,y)Ï(0,0) (x,y)Ï(0,0)

(c) In each of the following, determine whether the limit exists or does not exist.

xy
i. iv.
. (x − 1)2 ln x
(x,y)Ï(0,0) x 2 + y 2
lim
.
(x,y)Ï(1,0) (x − 1)2 + y
lim
x−y
ii.
.
x2 + y2
lim v.
(x,y)Ï(0,0)
x2y2 + x3y2 − 5
y .
iii.
. lim
2 − xy
(x,y)Ï(1,0) x + y − 1
lim (x,y)Ï(0,0)

2. (a) Determine whether the following functions are continuous at the origin.

i. iii.
(
3x 2 y
, if (x, y) 6= (0, 0)
(
x 2 −y 2
f(x, y) = x 2 +y 2
x 2 +y 2
, if (x, y) 6= (0, 0)
if (x, y) = (0, 0) h(x, y) =
0, 0, if (x, y) = (0, 0)
ii.
(
x2 y3
, if (x, y) 6= (0, 0)
g(x, y) = 3x 2 +y 2
2, if (x, y) = (0, 0)

(b) For each of the following functions, determine the set of points at which the given function is contin-
uous.

i. iii.

x−y f(x, y) = ln 1 + x 2 + y 2 .
f(x, y) = e
iv.
ii. y 
−1 f(x, y, z) = .
1
f(x, y) = tan . x 2 + y 2 + z2 − 1
x
 (c) Apply the definition of partial derivatives as limits to find fx (x, y), fy (x, y) and fz (x, y).

i. iii.
f(x, y) = x 2 y 2 z2 . f(x, y) = .
1
x+y+z
ii.
√
iv.
f(x, y) = x 2 + y 2 + z2 . f(x, y, z) = xyz.

3. (a) In each of the following, find all the first and second partial differential coefficients.

i. iii.
z = 3x 2 + 2xy + 4y 2 . z = sin(xy).

x+y
ii. iv.
z= . z = e(x
2
−y 2 )
.
x−y

(b) i. If v = x 2 + y 2 + z2 , express in simplest form the expression

∂v ∂v ∂v
x +y +z .
∂x ∂y ∂z
dy d2 y
ii. If 2x 2 + 4xy + 3y 2 = 1, obtain expressions for dx and dx 2
.
dy
(c) By means of partial differentiation, determine dx in each of the following cases:

i. iii.
x 3 y 2 − 2x 2 y + 3xy 2 − 8xy = 5 x tan y = y sin x
ii. iv.
4y 2x
x
+
y
=3 sin2 x − 5 sin x cos y + tan y = 0.

(d) Show that:

p 
y
i. if z = , then x 2 + y 2 + 21 tan−1


iii. If z = ln , then
1
x 2 +y 2 −1 x

∂z ∂z ∂2 z ∂2 z
x +y = −2z(1 + z).
∂x ∂y ∂x 2 ∂y
+ 2 = 0.

y


ii. if z = sin(3x + 2y), then iv. if z = f x then

∂2 z ∂2 z ∂2 z ∂2 z 2∂ z
2
− x2 y
∂y 2 ∂x 2 ∂x 2 ∂x∂y ∂y 2
3 2 = 6z. + 2xy + = 0.

4. (a) If z = 2x 2 − 3y with u = x 2 sin y and v = 2y cos x, determine expressions for

∂z ∂z
∂u ∂v.
and

(b) If u = x 2 + e−3y and v = 2x + ey , determine

∂x ∂x ∂y ∂y
, , .
∂u ∂v ∂u ∂v
and

(c) If v = f(x, y) with x = r cos θ and y = r sin θ, show that

∂2 v ∂2 v ∂2 v 1 ∂v 1 ∂2 v
.
∂x 2 ∂y 2 ∂r 2 r ∂r r 2 ∂θ 2
+ = + +

(d) If z = f(x, y) where u = 21 (x 2 − y 2 ) and v = xy. Prove that

 
∂2 z ∂2 z ∂2 z ∂2 z ∂2 z ∂z
− − +2 .
∂x 2 ∂y 2 ∂u2 ∂v 2 ∂u∂v ∂u
= 2u + 4v