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DEPARTMENT OF MATHEMATICS
MOTILAL NEHRU NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY ALLAHABAD

MATHEMATICS-I (MA-11101), SEMESTER-I


Tutorial Sheet-2

Unit I- Function of Several Variables

1. Using  − δ approach establish the following limits -

(a) lim(x,y)→(2,1) (3x + 4y) = 10


(b) lim(x,y)→(1,1) (x2 + y 2 − 1) = 1
(c) lim(x,y)→(0,0) (y + xcos( y1 ) + 2y) = 0
1
(d) lim(x,y)→(0,0) (x2 + y 2 )sin( xy )=0
2
−y 2
(e) lim(x,y)→(0,0) xy xx2 +y 2 = 0

2. Show that the limit does not exist in each case


x2
(a) lim(x,y)→(0,0) x2 +y 2
2xy
(b) lim(x,y)→(0,0) x2 +y 2
x3 +y 3
(c) lim(x,y)→(0,0) x−y
[Hint : put y = x − mx3 ]
x4 y 2
(d) lim(x,y)→(0,0) (x4 +y 2 )2
z
(e) lim(x,y,z)→(0,0,0) log( xy )

3. Determine the following limits if they exist.

(a) lim(x,y)→(0,0) tan−1 ( xy )


x3 −y 3
(b) lim(x,y)→(1,1) x−y
(x−1)siny
(c) lim(x,y)→(1,0) ylogx

x2 − xy
(d) lim(x,y)→(0,0) √ √
x− y
4. Show that
xsin(x2 +y 2 )
(a) lim(x,y)→(0,0) x2 +y 2
=0
sin−1 (xy−2)
(b) lim(x,y)→(2,1) = 31
tan−1 (3xy−6)
√
(c) lim(x,y)→(4,π) x2 sin y8 = 8 2
(d) lim(x,y)→(α,0) (1 + xy )y = eα

5. Investigate the continuity at (0, 0) of

 2xy

if (x, y) 6= (0, 0)
(a) f (x, y) = x2 + y 2

0 if (x, y) = (0, 0)
2

 xy
 p if (x, y) 6= (0, 0)
(b) f (x, y) = x2 + y 2

0 if (x, y) = (0, 0)
 p p
 sin p |xy| − |xy|
if (x, y) 6= (0, 0)

(c) f (x, y) = x2 + y 2


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

2 2
 x +y

if (x, y) 6= (0, 0)
(d) f (x, y) = tanxy

 0 if (x, y) = (0, 0)
2 2
 2x + y

if (x, y) 6= (0, 0)
(e) f (x, y) = 3 + sinx

0 if (x, y) = (0, 0)
2xy

 if (x, y) 6= (0, 0)
(f) f (x, y, z) = x − 3Z 2
2

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

6. Show that the function

2xy

 if (x, y) 6= (0, 0)
f (x, y) = x2 + y 2

0 if (x, y) = (0, 0)
is continuous every where except at (0, 0).

7. Let f : R2 −→ R be defined by

xy 2
if x 6= 0


f (x, y) = x2 + y 4

 0 if x = 0,

Then show that f is discontinuous at (0, 0) but directional derivatives exist at (0, 0) along
each non-zero vector u ∈ R2 .

8. Let f : R2 −→ R be defined by

x2 y 2
if (x, y) 6= (0, 0)


f (x, y) = x4 + y 4

 0 if (x, y) = (0, 0)

Then show that

(a) Limit of f (x, y) does not exist at (0, 0).


(b) Partial derivatives D1 f , D2 f exist.
(c) For u = (u1 , u2 ), u1 u2 6= 0, the directional derivative Du (0, 0) does not exist.
(d) f is differentiable every where except at (0, 0).
3

9. Let f : R2 −→ R be defined by
(
0 if xy 6= 0
f (x, y) =
y+1 if otherwise

Then show that f is discontinuous at (0, 0)


1
(
(x + y)sin x+y if x + y 6= 0
10. Show that the function f (x, y) = is continuous at (0, 0)
0 if x + y = 0
but partial derivatives do not exist at (0, 0).
 2 2
 x +y

if (x, y) 6= 0
11. Show that the function f (x, y) = |x| + |y| is continuous at (0, 0) but

 0 if (x, y) = 0
partial derivatives do not exist at (0, 0).
 xy
 if (x, y) 6= 0
12. Show that the function f (x, y) = x + 2y 2
2
is discontinuous at (0, 0)
0 if (x, y) = 0

but partial derivatives exist at (0, 0).
p
13. Let f : R2 −→ R be defined by f (x, y) = |xy|.Show that-

(a) f is continuous at (0, 0).


(b) Partial derivatives exist at (0, 0).
(c) f is not differentiable at (0, 0).

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