Assignment-4
Assignment-4
Jaipur, Rajasthan
1. Examine the following functions for local maxima, local minima and saddle points:
2 2
(i) 4xy − x4 − y 4 , (ii) x3 − 3xy, (iii) (x2 + y 2 ) exp−(x +y ) .
2. Let f (x, y) = 3x4 − 4x2 y + y 2 . Show that f has a local minimum at (0, 0) along every line through
(0, 0). Does f have a minimum at (0, 0)? Is (0, 0) a saddle point for f ?
3. Find the absolute maxima of f (x, y) = xy on the unit disc {f (x, y) : x2 + y 2 ≤ 1}.
4. Given n positive numbers a1 , a2 , . . . , an , find the maximum value of the expression the function
a1 x1 + a2 x2 + . . . + an xn where x21 + x22 + . . . + x2n = 1.
5. Assume that among all rectangular boxes with fixed surface area of 20 square meters, there is a box
of largest possible volume. Find its dimensions.
10. The cylinder x2 + z 2 = 1 is cut by the planes y = 0, z = 0 and x = y. Find the volume of the region
in the first octant.
11. Change
Z x Zthe order of integration to prove
Z x that
u
(a) exp(m(x − t))f (t) dtdu = (x − t)exp(m(x − t))f (t) dt,
Z 0x Z 0v Z u 0 Z x
(x − t)2
(b) exp(m(x − t))f (t) dtdudv = exp(m(x − t))f (t) dt.
0 0 0 0 2
12. Evaluate
Z Z the
Z following integrals:
2 2
(a) ze(x +y ) dxdydz over the cylinder C : {x2 + y 2 ≤ 4, 2 ≤ z ≤ 3},
Z Z CZ
dzdydx
(b) p over the sphere S : {x2 + y 2 + z 2 ≤ 1}.
S 1 + x2 + y 2 + z 2
Z Z
13. Compute xydσ where S is the surface of the cone x = r cos t, y = r sin t, z = r for 0 ≤ r ≤ 1
S
and 0 ≤ t ≤ 2π.