Math 170 Worksheet 1

2023-2024 Spring

February 23, 2024

1. Sketch the following regions in R2 :

(a) y ⩾ 0, x2 + y 2 ⩽ 2. (c) xy ⩾ 1.
2
√
(b) y ⩽ x, y ⩾ x − 1. (d) −1 ⩽ x ⩽ 1, x − 1 ⩽ y ⩽ 1 − x2 .

2. Sketch the following surfaces or regions in R3 :

p
(a) z = x2 + y 2 . (c) x2 + y 2 + z 2 ⩽ 1, y + z ⩾ 0.
(b) z ⩾ x2 + y 2 , z ⩽ 4.

3. Find and describe the domain of the given function.

√ p
(a) f (x, y) = xy (f) f (x, y) = 4 − x2 − y 2
(b) f (x, y) = ln(x + y) r
x
√ (g) f (x, y) =
(c) f (x, y) = xy − 1 x + y2
2
p
(d) f (x, y) = x2 − y 2 4 − x2
2 2
(e) f (x, y, z) = ln(16 − 4x − 4y − 4z ) 2 (h) f (x, y) =
2−y

4. Sketch the graph of the function.

(a) f (x, y) = 2 − x (b) f (x, y) = e−y

5. For each of the functions below find the limit as (x, y) → (0, 0) if it exists.
sin x sin y xα y 4 x−y 1
(a) (c) ,α>0 (e) ,α< .
x2 + y 2 x2 + y 4 (x2 2
+y ) α 2
x3 − y 3 x2 + y 4
(b) 2 (d) 2
x + y2 x + 2y 4

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 6. Find the limit of following function at the specified point if it exists.
2x2 − xy x2 + y 2
(a) lim(x,y)→(1,2) 2 (b) lim (x,y)→(0,0)
4x − y 2 y
1 1 (x + y − 1)2
(c) lim(x,y)→(1,−1) (x + y) sin sin (d)lim(x,y)→(−1,2)
x−1 y+1 x2 + y 2 + 2x − 4y + 5
(x + y)2 x2 − y 2
(e) lim(x,y)→(0,0) (f) lim(x,y)→(0,0) xy
x2 + y 2 x2 + y 2
cos(xy)
(g) lim(x,y)→(1,π)
1 − x − cos y
7. What is the domain of the following function?

x3 − y 3
f (x, y) =
x−y
How can the function f be defined along the line x = y so that the resulting function is continuous on
the whole plane?(If it is possible.)

8. What is the domain of the following function?

x−y
f (x, y) =
x2 − y 2
How can the function f be defined so that the resulting function is continuous on the whole plane? (If
it is possible.)

9. Determine the set of points for which the following function is continuous.
xy

 if (x, y) ̸= (0, 0),
f (x, y) = x2 + xy + y 2
0 if (x, y) = (0, 0).

10. If f (x, y) = 16 − 4x2 − 4y 2 , find fx (1, 2) and fy (1, 2) and interpret these numbers as slopes. Illustrate
with hand-drawn sketches.

11. Find the first order partial derivatives of the given function.
(a) f (x, t) = e−t cos πx
(b) z = (2x + 3y)10
(c) R(p, q) = arctan(pq 2 )
Rβ √
(d) F (α, β) = t3 + 1dt
α

(e) w = ln(x + 2y + 3z)

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(f) u = x21 + x22 + · · · + x2n
(g) w = sin(α) cos(β).
(h) f (r, s) = r ln(r2 + s2 ).
ev
(i) w = u+v 2
.
(j) f (x, y, z, t) = xyz 2 tan(yt).
xy 2
(k) f (x, y, z, t) = t+2z
.
∂z ∂z
12. Verify that the function z = ln(ex + ey ) is a solution of the (differential) equation ∂x
+ ∂y
= 1.

13. Does there exist a function f such that fx (x, y) = x + 4y and fy (x, y) = 3x − y?

14. Verify that fxy = fyx for the following functions:

x2 y 
(a) f (x, y) = . (b) f (x, y, z) = x2 cos .
x+y z
15. Find the indicated partial derivative.
(a) f (x, y) = arctan(y/x), fx (2, 3) =?
p
(b) f (x, y, z) = sin2 x + sin2 y + sin2 z, fz (0, 0, π/4) =?
∂z ∂z
16. Use implicit differentiation to find ∂x
and ∂y
.
(a) ez = xyz
(b) x2 − y 2 + z 2 = 4

17. Find all partial derivatives of order 2.

(a) f (x, y) = sin2 (mx + my)
xy
(b) v = x−y
y
(c) v = exe

18. Find the indicated partial derivative.

(a) f (x, y) = sin(2x + 5y), find fyxy .
(b) g(r, s, t) = er sin(st), find grst .
√ ∂3z
(c) z = u v − w, find ∂u∂v∂w .
∂6u
(d) u = xa y b z c , find ∂x∂y 2 ∂z 3
.
2 k2 t
19. Verify that the function u = e−α sin(kx) is a solution of the heat conduction equation ut = α2 uxx .

20. Determine whether each of the following functions is a solution of Laplace’s equation uxx + uyy = 0.
(a) u = x2 + y 2
(b) u = e−x cos y − e−y cos x

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21. Use Chain rule to find dz/dt.
(a) z = x2 + y 2 + xy, x = sin t, y = et
p
(b) z = 1 + x2 + y 2 , x = ln(t), y = cos t

22. Use chain rule to find ∂z/∂s and ∂z/∂t.

(a) z = x2 y 3 , x = s cos t, y = s sin t
(b) z = sin θ cos ϕ, θ = st2 , ϕ = s2 t
√
(c) z = er cos(θ), r = st, θ = s2 + t2 .
(d) z = ex+2y , x = s/t, y = t/s.

23. Write out the chain rule for the given case:

u = f (x, y), x = x(r, s, t), y = y(r, s, t)

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