Problem Set 2

MH2100

EXERCISE 1. What are the domain, the codomain, and the component functions of the
following maps?
 
x+y
(a) f(x, y, z) =
y − sin z
;
p
(b) f(x, y) = 1 − x 2 − y 2 ;
 
uv 3
(c) f(u, v) =  sin(uv) .
ln(uv)

EXERCISE 2. Given a map f : Rm → Rn , prove that lim f(x) = L holds if and only if
x→a
lim kf(x) − Lk = 0 does.
x→a

x2y 2
(x,y)→(0,0) x 2 y 2 + (x − y)2
EXERCISE 3. Show that lim is not defined (by finding limits along dif-
ferent straight lines).

EXERCISE 4. Evaluate each of the following limits, or show that the limit does not exist.

(a)
4 − xy
.
(x,y)→(2,1) x 2 + 3y 2
lim

(b)
y4
.
(x,y)→(0,0) x 4 + 3y 4
lim

1
 (c)
xy
lim p .
(x,y)→(0,0) x2 + y + 2
(d)
xy + yz2 + xz2
.
(x,y,z)→(0,0,0) x 2 + y 2 + z4
lim

(e)
x3 + y3
.
(x,y)→(0,0) x 2 + y 2
lim

xy 2
EXERCISE 5. Let f(x, y) = x 2 +y 4
.
(a) Prove that the limit of f(x, y) as (x, y) approaches (0, 0) along any straight line is 0,
(b) Does lim(x,y)→(0,0) f(x, y) exist?

EXERCISE 6. Consider the function


, x 2 + y 2 6= 0,

 2xy
x +y
 2 2
f(x, y) =


 0, x 2 + y 2 = 0.

(a) Let a and b be fixed constants. Show that regardless of our choice of a and b
(don’t forget the special cases when a or b is zero) that the one variable functions
g(x) = f(x, b) and h(y) = f(a, y) are both continuous on the entire real line.
(b) Is f(x, y) continuous at the point (0, 0) ?

EXERCISE 7. For the function f(x, y) = x 2 e−x +y , prove that its limit at infinity along any
2

straight line passing through the origin is 0. Also prove that, however, the limit along
the straight line x = 1 as y → +∞ is infinite.

EXERCISE 8. Find the iterated limits

xy xy
.
x→∞ y→0+ 1 + x y y→0+ x→∞ 1 + x y
lim lim and lim lim

2
EXERCISE 9. Find
x+y
.
(x,y)→(∞,∞) x 2 − xy + y 2
lim

Here you can do the polar substitution x = r cos θ, y = r sin θ and take the limit as r → ∞
by applying the Squeeze Theorem.