NIIT UNIVERSITY MAT 112 Tutorial Sheet 5 Calculus 05 February 2013 1.

Show that for the function dened by setting : 2 x y2 , x2 + y 2 = 0 f (x, y ) = x2 + y 2 0 x2 + y 2 = 0

x0 y 0

lim lim f (x, y ) and lim lim f (x, y ) both exist but are unequal. Also
y 0 x 0 (x,y )(0,0)

show that

lim

f (x, y ) does not exist.

2. Show that for the function dened by setting : f (x, y ) = |x| + |y | (x, y ) R2
x0 y 0

lim lim f (x, y ), lim lim f (x, y ),

y 0 x0

(x,y )(0,0)

lim

f (x, y ) all exist and are equal.

3. Show that for the function dened by setting : 1 1 x sin + y sin , xy = 0 f (x, y ) = y x 0 xy = 0
x0 y 0

lim lim f (x, y ) and lim lim f (x, y ) do not exist but
y 0 x0

(x,y )(0,0)

lim

f (x, y ) ex-

ists. 4. Show that for the function dened by setting :xy , x2 + y 2 = 0 2 x + y2 f (x, y ) = 0 x2 + y 2 = 0
x0 y 0

lim lim f (x, y ) = lim lim f (x, y ) = 0 but

y 0 x 0

(x,y )(0,0)

lim

f (x, y ) does not ex-

ist.

5. Check for limit and continuity of the following functions at the mentioned points. (a) f (x, y ) = |x| + |y | at (x, y ) = (0, 0) xy , (x, y ) = 0 x2 + y 2 (b) f (x, y ) = at origin. 0 (x, y ) = 0 x2 y , (x, y ) = 0 (c) f (x, y ) = at origin x4 + y 2 0 (x, y ) = 0 3 x y3 , (x, y ) = 0 at origin (d) f (x, y ) = x2 + y 2 0 (x, y ) = 0 3 x + y3 , x=y (e) f (x, y ) = at origin xy 0 x=y