Tutorial 4

Calculus

1. Compute the gradient of f(x, y) = sin xey.

2. Find Duf for f = x2 + xy + y2 in the direction of u = <2, 1> at the point (1, 1).

2. Find Duf for f = sin(xy) in the direction of u = <−1, 1> at the point (3, 1).
3. Find Duf for f = ex cos(y) in the direction 30 degrees from the positive x axis
at the point (1, /4).
4. The temperature of a thin plate in the x-y plane is T = x2 +y2. How fast does
temperature change at the point (1, 5) moving in a direction 30 degrees from
the positive x axis?
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5. Suppose f: R R is defined by f(x, y) = 3x2 + 2y2. Let u = <1, 2>.
Find Duf(3, 1) ?
6. Find the local maximum and minimum values and saddle points of

f(x, y) = x2 + y2 – 2x – 6y + 14

Linear Algebra

1. Let S = {cos2 t, sin2 t, 4). Is S linearly independent or dependent? Just your

answer!
2. Show that the set of vectors S = {(1, 1, 3, 4), (0, 2, 3, 1), (4, 0, 0, 2)} are
linearly independent?
3. For what value(s) of a are the following vectors linearly independent:
(1, 5,−2), (0, 6, a) and (3, 13,−3)?
4. Determine if the following list of vectors is linearly independent or not?
Justify your answer!
{(1, 2; 0, −1, 5), (0, 0, 0; 0, 0), (15, 6, 2, −17, 0)}.
5. Write (0, −26, −9) as a linear combination of (5, 3, 7) and (2, −4, 1). Show
that (1, 3, 5) cannot be written as a linear combination of these two vectors?
6. Let Y = {p1(y); p2(y); p3(y)}, p1(y) = 1, p2(y) = 4y−1 p3(y) = (4y−1)2, and
p4(y) = (4y−1)3. Determine whether Y is a linearly independent or dependent
subset of P3 where P3 is the set of all polynomials of third degrees.
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1. Suppose the temperature at a point in a metal cube is given by

T(u, v, w) = 90 − 55
where the centre of the cube is taken to be at (1, 0, 2). Find the rate of
change of temperature at the origin in the direction of the unit vector

2. Find the local maximum and minimum values and saddle points of
f(x, y) = x4 + y4 – 4xy + 100ab where a and b are constants

3. Let Y = {p1(y); p2(y); p3(y)}, p1(y) = 1, p2(y) = 4y−1 and p3(y) = (4y−1)2.
Determine whether Y is a linearly independent or dependent subset of P2
where P2 is the set of all polynomials of second degrees.