MAS102 Wed 8:00pm Quiz 2 ID: Name:

1 For (a)-(e) decide whether each statement is True or False. You do not need to justify
10 Points your answers. (2 points for each problem. But, if you are wrong, you get -2pts)
∂f
(a) Let f : X ⊂ Rn → R be a real valued function and each ∂xi (0) are real values at
the origin for all i = 1, · · · , n. Then f is differentiable at the origin.

(b) If f : X ⊂ Rn → Rm , then DF is an m by n matrix.

(c) If a scalar valued function f : Rn → R whose partial derivative up to (and

including) order at least two exist, then f is of class C 2 .

(d) If x : R → R2 and f : R2 → R both are differentiable everywhere. Then

df
(t0 ) = ∇f (x0 ) · x0 (t0 )
dt
for every t0 ∈ R.

(e) Let f : Rn → R be a function of class C ∞ . The directional derivative Du f (a)

is minimized, with respect to direction, when u points the opposite direction as
∇f (a).

Solution. blank

(a) False For example, let f : R2 → R such that


 2xy2 4 if (x, y) 6= (0, 0)
f (x, y) = x +y .
0 if (x, y) = (0, 0)

∂f ∂f
Then ∂x = ∂y = 0. However, it is not continuous. Hence, it is not differentiable.

(b) True By its definition, it is true.

(c) False For any C 2 function, second derivative should be continuous.

(d) True See the the page from 141 to 144 of the textbook.

(e) True See Theorem 6.3 in the textbook.

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MAS102 Wed 8:00pm Quiz 2 ID: Name:

2 Let f : R2 → R be a function such that:

15 Points  3 2
 x +2x y+3xy 2
2 3
4x y+5y if (x, y) 6= (0, 0)
f (x, y) = .
0 if (x, y) = (0, 0)

(a) Is f continuous at 0? If so, prove it. If not, show why.(10pts)

(b) Calculate the partial derivative ∂f /∂y of f at the origin.(5pts)

Solution. blank

(a) No it is not. Suppose x 6= 0. Then

y 2
1 + 2 xy + 3


x
f (x, y) = y 3
.
4 y/x


+ 5 x

If one takes limit on the line y = mx with m 6= 0, then

1 + 2m + 3m2
f (x, y) = 6= 0.
4m + 5m3

(b) Consider the following

∂f f (0, ) − f (0, 0) 0
(0, 0) = lim = lim = 0.
∂y →0  

3 Let f : R2 → R be a function such that:

15 Points 
2 2
 sin
 √(x +y ) if (x, y) 6= (0, 0)
x2 +y 2
f (x, y) = .
0

if (x, y) = (0, 0)

(a) Is f continuous at 0? If so, prove it. If not, show why.(10pts)

(b) Calculate the partial derivative ∂f /∂x of f at the origin.(5pts)

Solution. blank

(a) Yes. For any  > 0, take δ < . Then if k(x, y)k < δ,
 
 x2 + y 2  p
|f (x, y)| ≤  p  ≤ x2 + y 2 < δ < .
 
 x2 + y 2 

(b) By simple calculation, if  > 0,

∂f f (, 0) − f (0, 0) sin 2

(0, 0) = lim = lim 2 = 1.
∂x →0  →0 

∂f
Similarly, if  < 0, ∂x (0, 0) = −1.

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MAS102 Wed 8:00pm Quiz 2 ID: Name:

4 Calculate the directional derivative of the given function f at the point a in the
10 Points direction pararell to the vector u.
2
−y 2 +2z 2
(a) f (x, y, z) = e−x , a = (1, 1, 1), u = i + j + 2k(5pts)

(b) Does S have a tangent plane at the origin? Why or why not? Here,

S = {(x, y, z) ∈ R3 | f (x, y, z) = 1}.

(5pts)

Proof. blank

(a) Using Theorem 6.2, we compute

u
Du f (1, 1, 1) = ∇f (1, 1, 1) ·
kuk
√
= (−2, −2, 4) · (1, 1, 2)/ 6
√
= 4/ 6.

(b) No. Since ∇f (0, 0, 0) = (0, 0, 0), tangent plane cannot be well-defined.

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