Assignment 2
Assignment 2
1. Suppose f : R2 → R2 is given by f (x, y) = (x2 − y 2 , 2xy). Show that f is injective on the open set
A defined by x > 0. Describe the image B = f (A) and explain why an inverse function g : B → A
exists. Calculate Dg(0, 1).
3. Suppose A ⊂ Rn is open and of class C k and det Df 6= 0 for all x ∈ A. Show that even if f is not
injective on A, the image B = f (A) is open.
4. Consider the function defined by f (0) = 0 and f (x) = x/2 + x2 sin(1/x) for x 6= 0. Can one find an
inverse function g defined on an open set of b = f (0) = 0 ? Suggestion: show that f is not C 1 near
x = 0, so the inverse function does not apply.
5. Show that xy + z + 3xz 5 = 4 is solvable for z near the point (x, y, z) = (1, 0, 1) and calculate ∂x z
and ∂y z at (x, y) = (1, 0).
6. Without using the implicit function theorem determine when one can solve for y = y(x) in the
equation y 2 + y + 3x + 1 = 0 and then check that this is consistent with the expected result from
the implicit function theorem.
7. Suppose f : R5 → R2 is a C 1 function such that f (a) = 0 with a = (1, 2, −1, 3, 0) with the derivative
1 3 1 −1 2
Df (a) = (2)
0 0 1 2 −4
Show that there is a C 1 function g : B ⊂ R3 → R2 satisfying f (x1 , g 1 (x1 , x2 , x3 ), g 2 (x1 , x2 , x3 ), x2 , x3 ) =
0 so that g(1, 3, 0) = (2, −1) and calculate Dg(1, 3, 0). Discuss the same problem but for arbitrary
choices of the pair of variables which are to be written in terms of 3 others.