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This document contains 14 multi-variable calculus problems involving concepts like partial derivatives, Taylor approximations, maxima/minima, and extreme values. The problems require skills like finding derivatives of implicit and explicit multi-variable functions, using derivatives to find maxima/minima, and applying techniques like Taylor approximations and extreme value theory to multi-variable functions over constrained domains.

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This document contains 14 multi-variable calculus problems involving concepts like partial derivatives, Taylor approximations, maxima/minima, and extreme values. The problems require skills like finding derivatives of implicit and explicit multi-variable functions, using derivatives to find maxima/minima, and applying techniques like Taylor approximations and extreme value theory to multi-variable functions over constrained domains.

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DEPARTMENT OF MATHEMATICS

I.I.T. MADRAS
MA 1010 – Functions of several variables
Exercise Set 2: Multivariable Functions and Partial Derivatives - 2

(1) If z = x2 + y 2 + z 2 and z = x2 + y 2 , then find


(a) wy , with y and z as independent variables.
(b) wz , with z and x as independent variables.
(c) wz , with y and z as independent variables.

(2) Suppose that f (x, y, z, w) = 0 and g(x, y, z, w) = 0 determine z and w as differentiable functions of
the independent variables x and y. Suppose also that fz gw − fw gz 6= 0. Then show the following:
∂z fx gw − fw gx ∂w fz gy − fy gz
(a) = (b) =
∂x fz gw − fw gz ∂y fz gw − fw gz

(3) Use Taylor’s formula for f (x, y) = (1 − x − y + xy)−1 at the origin to find quadratic and cubic
approximations of f near the origin.
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(4) Use Taylor’s formula to find a quadratic approximation of ex sin y at the origin. Estimate the error
in the approximation if |x| ≤ 0.1 and |y| ≤ 0.1.

(5) Find all the local maxima, local minima, and saddle points of the following functions:
(a) f (x, y) = x3 + y 3 + 3x2 − 3y 2 − 8

(b) f (x, y) = 2x3 + 2y 3 + −9x2 + 3y 2 − 12y

(c) f (x, y) = y sin x

(d) f (x, y) = e2x cos y

(6) Find the absolute maxima and minima of the functions on the given domains:
(a) f (x, y) = 2x2 − 4x + y 2 − 4y + 1 on the closed triangular plate bounded by the lines
x = 0, y = 2, y = 2x in the first quadrant.
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(b) f (x, y) = (4x − x2 ) cos y on the rectangular plate 1 ≤ x ≤ 3, −π/4 ≤ y ≤ π/4.

(7) Find a, b ∈ R with a ≤ b such that I has its largest value:


Rb
(a) I = a (6 − x − x2 ) dx

Rb
(b) I = a (24 − 2x − x2 )3/2 dx

(8) Find the maxima, minima, and saddle points of (x, y), if any, given that fx = 9x2 −9 and fy = 2y +4.
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(9) For what values of the constant k does the Second Derivative Test guarantee that
f (x, y) = x2 + kxy + y 2 will have a saddle point at (0, 0)? A local minimum at (0, 0)? For what
values of k is the Second Derivative Test inconclusive? Give reasons for your answers.

(10) Find the absolute maximum and minimum values of f (x, y) = 2x2 + y 2 on the quarter circle
x2 + y 2 = 4, x ≥ 0, y ≥ 0.

(11) Find the points on the curve x2 + xy + y 2 = 1 in the xy-plane that are nearest to and farthest from
the origin.

(12) 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?

(13) A space probe in the shape of the ellipsoid 4x2 + y 2 + 4z 2 = 16 enters Earth’s atmosphere and its
surface begins to heat. After 1 hour, the temperature at the point (x, y, z) on the probe’s surface is
T (x, y, z) = 8x2 + 4yz − 16z + 600. Find the hottest point on the probes surface.
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(14) Find the extreme values of the function f (x, y, z) = xy + z 2 on the circle in which the plane y − x = 0
intersects the sphere x2 + y 2 + z 2 = 4.

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