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Math 2011 Tutorial 5

This document is a tutorial for MATH 2011 focusing on limits, continuity, partial derivatives, and differentiability of functions of two variables. It includes definitions, theorems, and problems to determine limits and differentiability for specific functions. The tutorial is intended for the Spring 2024 semester.

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Math 2011 Tutorial 5

This document is a tutorial for MATH 2011 focusing on limits, continuity, partial derivatives, and differentiability of functions of two variables. It includes definitions, theorems, and problems to determine limits and differentiability for specific functions. The tutorial is intended for the Spring 2024 semester.

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MATH 2011 Tutorial 05 2024 Spring

1 Limits and Continuity


The function f has the limit L as P (x, y) approaches P0 (a, b), written

lim f (x, y) = lim f (x, y) = L


(x,y)!(a,b) P !P0

if given any ✏ > 0, there exists a > 0 such that

|f (x, y) L| < ✏

whenever (x, y) is in the domain of f and


p
0 < |P P0 | = (x a)2 + (y b)2 < .

We say f (x, y) is continuous at (a, b) if

lim f (x, y) = f (a, b)


(x,y)!(a,b)

Problem 1. Find out if lim(x,y)!(0,0) f (x, y) exists and determine if f (x, y) is continuous.

1. ⇢ xy
x2 +y 2
, (x, y) 6= (0, 0)
f (x, y) =
0, (x, y) = (0, 0)

2. (
(y 2 x)2
y 4 +x2
, (x, y) 6= (0, 0)
f (x, y) =
0, (x, y) = (0, 0)

2 Partial Derivatives
2.1 Derivatives with two variables
Consider f (x, y) defined on a domain D in the xy-plane.
The partial derivative of f w.r.t x, evaluated at (a, b) is defined as

f (a + h, b) f (a, b)
fx (a, b) = lim
h!0 h
in which y is fixed at y = b.
The partial derivative of f w.r.t y, evaluated at (a, b) is defined as

f (a, b + h) f (a, b)
fy (a, b) = lim
h!0 h
in which x is fixed at x = a.

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MATH 2011 Tutorial 05 2024 Spring

2.2 Di↵erentiability
z = f (x, y) is di↵erentiable at (a, b) provided fx (a, b) and fy (a, b) exist and the change

z = f (a + x, b + y) f (a, b)

equals
z = fx (a, b) x + fy (a, b) y + ✏1 x + ✏2 y
where ✏1 and ✏2 are functions depending only on x and y, with (✏1 , ✏2 ) ! (0, 0) as
( x, y) ! (0, 0).

Theorem 1. z = f (x, y) is di↵erentiable at (a, b) if its partial derivatives exist and are
continuous at (a, b).

Problem 2. Consider the function


(
p xy , (x, y) 6= (0, 0)
f (x, y) = x2 +y 2
0, (x, y) = (0, 0)e

Determine if f (x, y) is di↵erentiable at (0, 0).

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