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    This document contains 10 exercises involving partial derivatives and optimization problems: 1. Find partial derivatives of an implicit function. 2. Express the second-order partial derivative of a function in spherical coordinates. 3. Show that a certain function satisfies the wave equation. 4. Find the equation of a tangent plane. 5. Compute a directional derivative. 6. Solve problems related to temperature distribution in a metal ball. 7. Compute various partial derivatives. 8. Find and classify critical points. 9. Prove properties of Morse and harmonic functions. 10. Compute partial derivatives and explain an exception to Clairaut's Theorem.

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    This document contains 10 exercises involving partial derivatives and optimization problems: 1. Find partial derivatives of an implicit function. 2. Express the second-order partial derivative of a function in spherical coordinates. 3. Show that a certain function satisfies the wave equation. 4. Find the equation of a tangent plane. 5. Compute a directional derivative. 6. Solve problems related to temperature distribution in a metal ball. 7. Compute various partial derivatives. 8. Find and classify critical points. 9. Prove properties of Morse and harmonic functions. 10. Compute partial derivatives and explain an exception to Clairaut's Theorem.

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    This document contains 10 exercises involving partial derivatives and optimization problems: 1. Find partial derivatives of an implicit function. 2. Express the second-order partial derivative of a function in spherical coordinates. 3. Show that a certain function satisfies the wave equation. 4. Find the equation of a tangent plane. 5. Compute a directional derivative. 6. Solve problems related to temperature distribution in a metal ball. 7. Compute various partial derivatives. 8. Find and classify critical points. 9. Prove properties of Morse and harmonic functions. 10. Compute partial derivatives and explain an exception to Clairaut's Theorem.

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    Problem Set 4

    MH2100

    ∂z ∂z
    ∂x ∂y
    EXERCISE 1. Use implicit differentiation to find and , given that

    3exyz − 4xz2 + x cos y = 2.

    EXERCISE 2. Suppose u = f(x, y) is a differentiable function on R2 and all its second-order


    partial derivatives are continuous, and x = r cos θ, y = r sin θ. Show that

    urr = fxx cos2 θ + 2fxy cos θ sin θ + fyy sin2 θ.

    EXERCISE 3. Show that any differentiable function of the form

    z = f(x + at) + g(x − at)

    where a is a constant, is a solution of the wave equation

    ∂2 z 2∂ z
    2
    = a .
    ∂t 2 ∂x 2
    Hint: Let u = x + at, v = x − at.

    EXERCISE 4. Find the equation of the tangent plane to the surface

    z2 − 2x 2 − 2y 2 = 12

    at the point (1, −1, 4).

    EXERCISE 5. Find the directional derivative of f(x, y, z) = x 3 + y 3 z at (−1, 2, 1) in the


    direction toward (0, 3, 3).

    1
    EXERCISE 6. The temperature T of a metal ball is inversely proportional to the distance
    from the center of the ball, which we take to be the origin (0, 0, 0). The temperature at
    the point (1, 2, 2) is 120◦ Celcius.

    (a) Find the rate of change of T at (1, 2, 2) in the direction toward the point (2, 1, 3).

    (b) Show that at any point in the ball the direction of greatest increase in temperature
    is given by a vector that points toward the origin.

    EXERCISE 7. Find the indicated partial derivatives.

    (a) f(x, y) = 4x 3 − 3x 2 y 2 + 2x + 3y; fx , fy , fxy , fyx , fxx , fyy .


    x 2 yv 2 +(sin xy)v
    (b) f(x, y, u, v) = u+x 3 +y 3 u
    ; fuvxyvuv .

    EXERCISE 8. Find all critical points of the following functions. Determine the nature of
    the critical points.

    (a) f(x, y) = (x − y + 1)2 .

    (b) f(x, y) = xy + 50
    x
    + 20
    y
    , where x, y > 0.

    (c) f(x, y) = xy ln(x 2 + y 2 ), where x 2 + y 2 > 0.

    EXERCISE 9. A function f(x, y) is called Morse if all its critical points (a, b) satisfy
    fxx (a, b)fyy (a, b) − fxy (a, b)2 6= 0. A function f(x, y) is called harmonic if the equation
    fxx + fyy = 0 holds for all x, y. Prove that a harmonic Morse function does not have local
    maxima or minima, so its critical points are all saddle points.

    EXERCISE 10. Let (


    xy xx 2 +y
    −y
    2 2
    2, x 2 + y 2 > 0;
    f(x, y) =
    0, x = y = 0.

    (a) Find fxy (0, 0) and fyx (0, 0).

    (b) Explain why the fact that fxy (0, 0) 6= fyx (0, 0) does not contradict Clairaut’s Theorem.

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