Brian Streit

Math 2451

Quiz 2 Solutions

1. a) A necessary and su¢ cient condition for f : U R3 ! R2 to be

di¤erentiable at x0 = (x0 ; y0 ; z0 ) is the existence a 2 3 matrix M such that

kf (x0 + h) f (x0 ) M (h)k

lim =0
h!0 khk

where h = (h1 ; h2 ; h3 ) 6= 0.
b) We de…ne

@g g (x0 + (0; t; 0)) g (x0 )

(x0 ) = lim :
@y t!0 t

2. De…ne f (x; y; z) = x2 + 2y 2 + 3xz. We compute

rf (x; y; z) = (2x + 3z; 4y; 3x)

so rf (1; 2; 31 ) = (3; 8; 3) and the equation of the tangent plane to the surface
f (x; y; z) = 1 at (1; 2; 13 ) is

1 1
rf (1; 2; ) (x 1; y 2; z ) = 0 or 3x + 8y + 3z = 20:
3 3

@z @z @u @z @v
3. By the chain rule, @x = @u @x + @v @x . We compute

@z 2u u2 v2 2u u2 + v 2 4uv 2
= 2 = 2;
@u (u2 v 2 ) (u2 v2 )
@z 2v u2 v 2 + 2v u2 + v 2 4vu2
= 2 = 2;
@v (u2 v2 ) (u2 v2 )
@u x y @v
= e and = yexy
@x @x
so that
@z 4uv x y
= 2 (ve + uyexy ):
@x (u 2 v2 )