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Analysis On Manifolds Assignment 1

1. The document contains 10 problems regarding differentiability of functions of multiple variables. The problems involve determining whether partial derivatives exist, whether functions are continuous or differentiable, and computing directional derivatives. The functions include rational functions, absolute value functions, and trigonometric functions defined on subsets of Rn.

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Analysis On Manifolds Assignment 1

1. The document contains 10 problems regarding differentiability of functions of multiple variables. The problems involve determining whether partial derivatives exist, whether functions are continuous or differentiable, and computing directional derivatives. The functions include rational functions, absolute value functions, and trigonometric functions defined on subsets of Rn.

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MAT413/MSM413/6103: Analysis on Manifolds Semester: Varsha 2023, IISER TVM

Assignment 1

 
2 f1 (x)
1. Let f : R → R given by f (x) = , x ∈ Rn . Prove that f is differentiable at a ∈ R
f2 (x)
if and only if f1 and f2 are, and that in this case
(f1 )′ (a)
 
′
f (a) =
(f2 )′ (a)

2. Let f : R2 → R be defined by
(
xy
x2 +y 2
if (x, y) ̸= (0, 0)
f (x, y) =
0 if (x, y) = (0, 0)

Prove that (∂x f )(a, b) and (∂y f )(a, b) exist at every point (a, b) ∈ R2 , although f is not
continuous at (0, 0).
3. Let E ⊆ Rn be an open set and f : E → R be a function. Suppose that the partial deriva-
tives (∂1 f )(x), (∂2 f )(x), . . . , (∂n f )(x) exist at every x ∈ E and are bounded function on
E. Then show that f is continuous on E.
4. Let f : R2 → R be defined by
√x|y|
(
if (x, y) ̸= (0, 0)
f (x, y) = x2 +y 2
0 if (x, y) = (0, 0)

Show that f is not differentiable at (0, 0).


5. Let f : R2 → R be defined by f (x, y) = |xy|. Show that f is differentiable at (0, 0) but
(∂x f )(0, b) does not exist if b ̸= 0.
6. Let f : R2 → R be defined by
(
1
(x2 + y 2 ) sin( x2 +y 2) if (x, y) ̸= (0, 0)
f (x, y) =
0 if (x, y) = (0, 0)

Show that f is differentiable at every point in R2 but (∂x f ) and (∂y f ) are not continuous
at (0, 0).
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7. Let f : R2 → R be defined by f (x, y) = |xy|. Show that f is not differentiable at (0, 0).
8. Let f : Rn → R be defined by |f (x)| ≤ |x|2 . Show that f is differentiable at 0.
9. If f, g : Rn → R are differentiable function at a ∈ Rn then prove that
D(f · g)(a) = g(a)Df (a) + f (a)Dg(a),
Where (f · g)(x) = f (x)g(x), for every x ∈ Rn .
10. Let f : R2 → R be defined by
(
x3
x2 +y 2
if (x, y) ̸= (0, 0)
f (x, y) =
0 if (x, y) = (0, 0)

(a) Prove that (∂x f )(a) and (∂y f )(a) exist at every point a ∈ R2 and they are bounded
functions on R2 . (Hence f is continuous).
(b) Let u be a unit vector in R2 . Show that the directional derivative (Du f )(0, 0) exists and
its absolute value is at most 1.
(c) Show that f is not differentiable at (0, 0).

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