MAT101 2024 Tutorial Sheet-3
MAT101 2024 Tutorial Sheet-3
Department of Mathematics
22MAT101: Mathematics I
ODD Semester 2024-2025: Tutorial Sheet 3
x2 − y xey − 1
(c) lim (d) lim
(x,y)→(0,0) x − y (x,y)→(1,0) xey − 1 + y
xy + 1
2. Show that the limit lim does not exist.
(x,y)→(1,−1) x2 − y 2
(
x + y + 1, x ̸= 0 ̸= y
3. Let f (x, y) = Show that the limit of f (x, y) at (0, 0) does not
0, x = 0 or y = 0
exist.
x + y,
if x ̸= y
4. (a) Consider the function defined by f (x, y) = x−y Find
0, if x = y.
lim lim f (x, y); and lim lim f (x, y). Does lim f (x, y) exist?
y→0 x→0 x→0 y→0 (x,y)→(0,0)
(
x sin( y1 ), if y ̸= 0
(b) Consider the function defined by f (x, y) = Discuss
0, if y = 0.
lim lim f (x, y); and lim f (x, y).
x→0 y→0 (x,y)→(0,0)
x3 + y 3
5. Define f (0, 0) in a way that extends f (x, y) = to be continuous at origin.
x2 + y 2
(
1
(x + y) sin( x+y ), x + y ̸= 0
6. Consider the function f (x, y) = Show that f (x, y) is continuous
0, x + y = 0.
at (0, 0) but the partial derivatives fx (0, 0) and fy (0, 0) do not exist.
xy
, (x, y) ̸= (0, 0)
7. Consider the function f (x, y) = + 2y 2 x2 Show that the partial derivatives
0, (x, y) ̸= (0, 0).
fx (0, 0) = fy (0, 0) = 0 but f (x, y) is not continuous at (0, 0).
2 2
xy x − y ,
if (x, y) ̸= (0, 0)
8. Let f (x, y) = x2 + y 2
0, if (x, y) = (0, 0)
1
∂f ∂f
(b) Show that (x, 0) = x for all x, and (0, y) = −y for all y.
∂y ∂x
∂ 2f ∂ 2f
(c) Show that (0, 0) ̸= (0, 0)
∂y∂x ∂x∂y
( 2
x y(x−y)
x2 +y 2
, (x, y) ̸= (0, 0)
9. Let f (x, y) =
0, (x, y) = (0, 0).
(a) Show that fy (x, 0) = x for all x, and fx (0, y) = 0 for all y.
(b) Show that fxy (0, 0) ̸= fyx (0, 0).
∂u ∂u ∂u
10. (a) If u = f (x − y, y − z, z − x), then show that ∂x
+ ∂y
+ ∂z
= 0.
(b) Suppose z = f (x, y), x = u cos α − vsinα, y = u sin α − v cos α, where α is constant. Then
2 2
∂f 2 ∂f 2
show that ∂f ∂f
∂u
+ ∂v
= ∂x
+ ∂y
.