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Assignment 3 (MAN 001)

This document contains an assignment on differential calculus with 11 problems. The problems involve evaluating limits, determining continuity and differentiability of multivariable functions, and finding partial derivatives. Key tasks include analyzing limits as variables approach (0,0), evaluating iterated limits, and determining whether functions are continuous or differentiable at specific points.

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Assignment 3 (MAN 001)

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Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee

MAN-001(Mathematics-1), Autumn Semester: 2020-21


Assignment-3: Differential Calculus

(1) Find the following limits, if they exist


xy 3 x3 y −1 y
 
(a) lim (b) lim (c) lim tan
(x,y)→(−1,2) x + y (x,y)→(0,0) x6 + y 2 (x,y)→(0,1) x
2
xy sin (x + y)
(d) lim p (e) lim (f) lim f (x, y) where
(x,y)→(0,0) x 2 + y2 (x,y)→(0,0) |x| + |y| (x,y)→(1,1)
2

1, if x + y ≥ 2 2x y
f (x, y) = (g) lim
−1, if x + y < 2 (x,y)→(0,0) x2 + y 2

x+y
(2) (a) Consider the function f (x, y) = for (x, y) ∈ R2 with x − y 6= 0. Show that
x−y
lim [lim f (x, y)] = 1, but lim [lim f (x, y)] = −1. What can you say about the
x→0 y→0 y→0 x→0
existence of lim f (x, y)?
(x,y)→(0,0)
 
1
(b) Let f (x, y) = 0 if y = 0, and f (x, y) = x sin , if y 6= 0. Compute
y
lim f (x, y) and iterated limits lim [lim f (x, y)] and lim [lim f (x, y)] if they
(x,y)→(0,0) x→0 y→0 y→0 x→0
exist.
x2 y 2
(c) Let f (x, y) = if x2 y 2 + (x − y)2 6= 0. Show that lim [lim f (x, y)]
x2 y 2 + (x − y)2 x→0 y→0
and lim [lim f (x, y)] = 0. But lim f (x, y) does not exist.
y→0 x→0 (x,y)→(0,0)

0 if x is rational
(3) Let f (x, y) = . Show that for any point (a, b), lim f (x, y)
1 if x is irrational (x,y)→(a,b)
does not exist.
(4) Examine the continuity of the function f (x, y) at (0, 0) in each of the following cases.
Also check the existence of fx (0, 0) and fy (0, 0).
−1
 sin (x + 2y) , (x, y) 6= (0, 0)

(a) f (x, y) = tan−1 (2x + 4y)
1
, (x, y) = (0, 0)


2
x sin x1 + y sin y1 , xy 6= 0

(b) f (x, y) =
 0, xy = 0
2 2
xy log(x + y ), (x, y) 6= (0, 0)
(c) f (x, y) =
 3 0, (x, y) = (0, 0)
3
 x +y
, x 6= y
(d) f (x, y) = x−y
0, x = y.


 y(x2 − y 2 )
, (x, y) 6= (0, 0)
(5) For the function f (x, y) = x2 + y 2 .
0, (x, y) = (0, 0)

Compute fx (0, y), fy (x, 0), fx (0, 0) and fy (0, 0), if they exist.

−xy, |y| ≥ |x|
(6) Show that for the function f (x, y) = , fxy (0, 0) and fyx (0, 0) both
xy, |y| < |x|
exist and are unequal.

1
(7) Prove that |x| + |y| is continuous, but not differentiable at (0, 0).
 √
 (x+y){√ (x2 +y2 )+xy}
, when x2 + y 2 6= 0
(8) Prove that f (x, y) = (x2 +y 2 ) is differentiable at
 0, when x2 + y 2 = 0,
(0, 0). Hence, deduce that fx (0, 0) = fy (0, 0) = 1.
(9) Show that the  function

 x3 sin x12 + y 3 sin y12 , when xy 6= 0
3 1
x sin x2 , when x 6= 0 and y = 0

f (x, y) = 3 1 is differentiable at (0, 0),

 y sin y2 , when x = 0 and y 6= 0
0, when x = y = 0

whereas none of fx , fy is continuous at (0, 0).
 !

 2 1
(x + y 2 ) cos p , (x, y) 6= (0, 0)
(10) Show that the function f (x, y) = x2 + y 2 is

0, (x, y) = (0, 0)

differentiable at (0, 0) and that fx , fy are not continuous at (0, 0).
(11) Determine the values of p for which f (x, y) = |xy|p , xy 6= 0, and f (x, y) = 0, xy = 0,
is continuous and differential at (0, 0).

Answers:
1. (a) -8 (b) does not exist (c) does not exist (d) 0 (e) 0 (f) does not exist (g) 0
2. (a) does not exist (b) 0, does not exist, 0
4. (a) continuous, 0,0 (b) continuous, does not exists (c) continuous, 0,0
(d) discontinuous, 0,0
5. 0, 1, 0, -1.
11. For continuity p > 0 and for differentiability p > 1/2.

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