Problem Sheet Unit 3
Problem Sheet Unit 3
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2x
(n) lim(x,y)→(0,0) x2 +x+y 2
4. Find all Second order partial derivatives for the following functions.
(a) f (x, y) = x2 + y 2 + xy
(b) f (x, y) = tan−1 ( xy )
(c) f (x, y) = xy
(d) f (x, y) = logy x
(e) f (x, y) = ln(x − y)
x−y
(f) f (x, y) = x2 −y
√
(g) f (x, y) = 2x + 3y − 1
∂2f ∂2f
5. For the following functions, verify that ∂x∂y
= ∂y∂x
(a) f (x, y) = ex + x ln y + y ln x
(b) f (x, y) = xy 2 + x2 y 3 + x3 y 4
( 2 2
xy xx2 −y
+y 2
if (x, y) ̸= (0, 0)
6. Let f (x, y) =
0 if (x, y) = (0, 0)
(a) Show that fy (x, 0) = x for all x and fx (0, y) = −y for all y.
(b) Show that fxy (0, 0) ̸= fyx (0, 0).
df
7. Find dt
for the following functions
(a) f (x, y) = x2 + y 2 , where x = cost + sintand y = cost − sint
(b) f (x, y) = 2yex , where x = ln(t2 + 1) and y = tan−1 (t)
(c) f (x, y) = sin−1 (x − y), where x = 3t and y = 4t3
(d) f (x, y) = x3 y 2 + y 3 x2 , where x = at2 and y = 2at, a ∈ R
(b) By using the transformation, x = r cos θ and y = r sin θ, transform the equation
∂2u 2
∂x2
+ ∂∂yu2 = 0 in terms of r and θ.
∂u ∂u
(c) Show that the equation ∂x
+ ∂y
= 0 is equivalent to the equation
∂u 1 π ∂u
+ tan −θ = 0.
∂r r 4 ∂θ
2
9. If z = f (u, v), where u = sinh x cos y and v = cosh x sin y, show that
∂ 2z ∂ 2z
2
∂ z ∂ 2z
2 2
+ = (sinh x + sin y) + .
∂x2 ∂y 2 ∂u2 ∂v 2
10. If f = f ( y−x
xy
, z−x
zx
), show that x2 ∂f
∂x
+ y 2 ∂f
∂y
+ z 2 ∂f
∂z
= 0.
∂ 2z ∂ 2z
2
∂ z ∂ 2z
2 2
+ = (l + m ) + .
∂u2 ∂v 2 ∂x2 ∂y 2
∂ z 2 ∂ z 2 2
2∂ z
12. Transform the equation x2 ∂x2 + 2xy ∂x∂y + y ∂y 2 = 0 by changing the independent
y2
variable using u = x and v = x
.
13. If z = f (u, v), where u = x2 − 2xy − y 2 and v = y, show that the equation
∂z ∂z ∂z
(x + y) ∂x + (x − y) ∂y = 0 is equivalent to ∂v = 0.
dy
14. Find dx
for the following equations
(a) y − x2 − sin(xy) = 0
2
15. Find the Taylor’s series for the following functions upto third degree terms
(a) f (x, y) = xey
(b) f (x, y) = sin(x2 + y 2 )
1
(c) f (x, y) = 1−x−y
x
(d) f (x, y) = e ln(1 + y)
(x+h)(y+k)
16. Expand x+h+y+k
in a series of powers of h and k upto the third degree terms.
17. Find the Taylor’s series expansion of the following functions f (x, y) in the neighbor-
hood of the points 1, π4 and −1, π4 upto the third degree terms.
(a) f (x, y) = ex sin y
(b) f (x, y) = ex cos y
18. Find the Taylor’s series expansion of tan−1 ( xy ) in the powers of (x − 1) and (y − 1)
upto the third degree terms.
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22. Find Jacobian of x and y with respective to u and v if x = u2 − v 2 and y = 2uv.
∂(u,v)
23. If u = x2 and v = y 2 , find ∂(x,y)
.
24. Find the maximum points, minimum points, saddle points and extreme values of the
following functions.
(a) f (x, y) = x3 + 3xy 2 − 15x + y 3 − 15y
(b) f (x, y) = x2 − 2xy + 2y 2 − 2x + 2y + 1
2 +y 2 −4x
(c) f (x, y) = ex
(d) f (x, y) = ln(x + y) + x2 − y
p
(e) f (x, y) = 1 − 3 x2 + y 2
2 2
(f) f (x, y) = x2 + y 2 + xy + x
+ y
25. Find the volume of the greatest rectangular parallelopiped inscribed in the ellipsoid
2 2 2
whose equation is xa2 + yb2 + zc2 = 1.
27. Find the shortest and longest distance from the point (1, 2, −1) to the sphere
x2 + y 2 + z 2 = 24.
28. In triangle ABC, find the maximum value of cos A cos B cos C.
29. Find the radius and height of the open right circular cylinder of largest surface area
that can be inscribed in a sphere of radius a. What is the largest surface area?
30. A delivery company accepts only rectangular boxes the sum of whose length and
girth (perimeter of a cross-section) does not exceed 108 in. Find the dimensions of
an acceptable box of largest volume.
31. Find the largest product the positive numbers x, y, and z can have if x + y + z 2 = 16.
32. The temperature at a point (x, y) on a metal plate is T (x, y) = 4x2 − 4xy + y 2 . An
ant on the plate walks around the circle of radius 5 centered at the origin. What are
the highest and lowest temperatures encountered by the ant?
33. Find the point on the graph of z = x2 + y 2 + 10 nearest and farthest from the plane
x + 2y − z = 0.
34. Find three numbers whose sum is 9 and whose sum of squares is a minimum.