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    MA2508 Hand-in Assignment #2 due Oct.

    27

    Instructions to students:

    1. Please submit your assignments online. Please scan and upload your solution as a
    SINGLE PDF file.

    2. Late submissions will NOT be marked.

    3. Please write down your name, student ID, and tutorial section.

    Questions:

    1. Find all first and second derivatives of the following functions f (x, y, z).

    (a) (x − 1)5 y 7 (z + 2)8 (b) yzexy

    Verify that fxy = fyx , fxz = fzx and fyz = fzy .

    2. Verify that

    (a) z(x, y) = arctan(y/x) + ax + by + c satisfies the equation zxx + zyy = 0.


    (b) u(x, t) = sin(cnt) sin(nx) satisfies the equation utt = c2 uxx .

    3. Find the linear approximation of the following functions at specific points.

    (a) f (x, y) = exy at (0, 4).


    (b) f (x, y) = y cos(πx) at (π, 1).
    1 1
    4. Consider the function f (x, y) = (x − 1) 4 (y − 1) 4 . Show that

    (a) It is continuous at (1, 1).


    (b) The partial derivatives exist at (1, 1). However, except the directions (±1, 0)
    and (0, ±1), all the other directional derivatives do not exist.

    5. If the function f (x, y) satisfies the following equations

    ∂f 1
    = −ex + and f (x, 0) = 2ex + x2 ,
    ∂y 1 − xy

    find f (x, y).

    6. Let u = u(x, y) be a differentiable function. Find the expression of


     ∂u2  ∂u2
    |∇u|2 = +
    ∂x ∂y

    1
    in terms of the polar coordinates. Namely, expressing |∇u|2 in term of

    ∂u ∂u
    r, θ, ,
    ∂θ ∂r
    where
    x(r, θ) = r cos θ, y(r, θ) = r sin θ

    7. Find the tangent plane of the level surface w(x, y, z) = 1 − xyz + 2 ln(xyz), at
    1
    (1, , 2).
    2
    8. Find the stationary points of the function f (x, y) = x3 − 3xy − y 3 and determine
    their nature.

    9. Consider the implicit function z = z(x, y) satisfying 2x2 +4y 2 +z 2 +4xz−2z+8 = 0.


    Find its extreme values.

    10. Use Lagrange multiplier to find the extreme values of the function

    f (x, y, z) = 3x − 2y + 2z

    on the unit sphere x2 + y 2 + z 2 = 1.

    End

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