PC2 (2023/2024)

Analysis 4
Exercise Set 03

1. In each case, determine and represent the domain of definition of the given functions
p
2 − x2 − y 2
 
1
1) f (x, y) = p , 2) f (x, y) = ln(x − y 2 ), 3) f (x, y, z) = arcsin .
2x − x2 − y 2 x2 + y 2 + z 2

2. By using ε − δ argument show that

x2 y x3 y3
 
1) lim = 0, 2) lim , = (0, 0) .
(x,y)→(0,0) x2 + y 2 (x,y)→(0,0) x2 + y 2 x2 + y 2

3. Compute the limit if it exists or show that it does not exist.

x4 + y 4 sin xy arctan (x + y)2

1) lim , 2) lim , 3) lim
(x,y)→(0,0) x2 + y 2 (x,y)→(0,0) 2 + y 2
x (x,y)→(0,0) x2 + y 2
1
−
x2 + y 2 x ln y e x2 +y2
4) lim p , 5) lim q , 6) lim p ,
(x,y)→(0,0) x2 + y 2 + 1 − 1 (x,y)→(0,1)
x2 + (y − 1)2
(x,y)→(0,0) sin x2 + y 2
2xy sin (xy) xy + yz
7) lim , 8) lim ,
(x,y)→(0,0) sinh2 x + sinh2 y (x,y,z)→(0,0,0) x2 + 2y 2 + 3z 2

!
sin x2 + sin y 2


x2 + y 2 − 1
9) lim sin x, p .
(x,y,z)→(0,0,0) x x2 + y 2
   
4. Calculate lim lim f (x, y) , lim lim f (x, y) and lim f (x, y) in the following cases
x→0 y→0 y→0 x→0 (x,y)→(0,0)

xy x−y
f1 (x, y) = x2 + y 2 − xy, f2 (x, y) = x2 +y 2
, f3 (x, y) = x+y ,

f4 (x, y) = x sin y1 + y sin x1 , f5 (x, y) = xχQ (y) + yχQ (x)

What do you conclude?

5. Let E ⊂ Rn and x0 be an accumulation point of E. Let f : E → R be a given function. Prove that

if lim f (x) exists, then there exist ε > 0 and M > 0 such that
x→x0

|f (x)| < M

for all x ∈ B(x0 , ε) at which f is defined.

4y 4
6. Let f : R2 / (0, 0) → R defined by f (x, y) = .
x2 + y 4
(a) Show that for all α ∈ R : limf (t, αt) = 0,
t→0
(b) Can we deduce that lim f (x, y) = 0?
(x,y)→(0,0)
 7. A function f : Rn → R is said to be homogeneous of degree k if

f (sx) = sk f (x) , ∀s ∈ R∗ , ∀x ∈ Rn .

Show that if f is homogeneous of degree 0 and continuous at 0, then it is constant.

8. Let 
 xα y β
 , (x, y) ̸= (0, 0) ,
f (x, y) = x2 + xy + y 2
 0,

(x, y) = (0, 0) .
Under what condition on α, β ∈ R the function f is continuous at (0, 0)?

9. Show that the function f : R2 → R given by


2x2 + y 2 − 1 if x2 + y 2 > 1
f (x, y) =
x2 otherwise

is continuous on R2 .

10. Find a function g : R → R for which the function f : R2 → R given by

 j k
y x if y ̸= 0
y
f (x, y) =
g(x) if y = 0

is continuous at points of the form (a, 0) .

11. Let B is the closed unit disk of R2 . Is there a continuous one-to-one function f : B → R?

12. Let S ⊂ Rn . Show that if every continuous real-valued function on S attains a maximum value,
then S is compact.

13. Let f : Rn → R be a function such that, for every α ∈ R, the sets {x ∈ Rn : f (x) > α} and
{x ∈ Rn : f (x) < α} are open. Show that f is continuous.