DEPARTMENT OF MATHEMATICAL SCIENCES, IIT (BHU)
ODD SEMESTER 2023-24
MA101 – ENGINEERING MATHEMATICS 1
TUTORIAL SHEET 7
Exercise 1: Let (Xn ) be a sequence in R2 with Xn := (xn , yn ) for n ∈ N and X :=
(x, y) ∈ R2 . Show that Xn → X if and only if xn → x and yn → y.
Exercise 2: Using definition, examine the following functions for continuity at (0, 0).
The expressions below give the value at (x, y) 6= (0, 0). At (0, 0), the value should be taken
as zero:
x3 y
(a) 6 .
x + y2
x2 − y 2
(b) xy 2 .
x + y2
(c) ||x| − |y|| − |x| − |y|.
Exercise 3: Consider the function
(
x2 −y 2
x sin y1 + x2 +y 2
if (x, y) 6= (0, 0),
f (x, y) =
0 if (x, y) = (0, 0).
Do the limits limx→0 limy→0 f (x, y), limy→0 limx→0 f (x, y) and lim(x,y)→(0,0) f (x, y) exist?
Justify.
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Exercise 4: Show that the function f (x, y) = x2 + y 2 is not differentiable at (0, 0).
Exercise 5: Show that the function
(x2 + y 2 ) cos √ 1 if (x, y) 6= (0, 0),
f (x, y) = x2 +y 2
0 if (x, y) = (0, 0).
is differentiable at (0, 0), and fx and fy are not continuous at (0, 0).
Exercise 6: For the following functions:
(a)
2
x y(x − y) if (x, y) 6= (0, 0),
f (x, y) = x2 + y 2
0 if (x, y) = (0, 0).
(b)
3
xy if (x, y) 6= (0, 0),
f (x, y) = x + y 2
0 if (x, y) = (0, 0).
(c)
( y
ln(x2 + y 2 ) + tan−1 if (x, y) 6= (0, 0),
f (x, y) = x
0 if (x, y) = (0, 0).
(d)
x2 tan−1 y − y 2 tan−1 x
if (x, y) 6= (0, 0),
f (x, y) = x y
0 if (x, y) = (0, 0).
Find fx , fy , fxx , fyy , if exists and discuss the continuity of fxy and fyx at (0, 0).
Exercise 7: Let f, g : R2 → R are two homogeneous function of degree m and n
respectively where m 6= 0. Suppose h = f + g satisfies
∂h ∂h
x +y = 0.
∂x ∂y
Show that f = αg for some scalar α.
x3 + y 3
Exercise 8: If tan u(x, y) = . Evaluate
x−y
∂u ∂u
x +y
∂x ∂y
and
∂ 2u ∂ 2u 2 ∂u
x2 + 2xy + y .
∂x2 ∂x∂y ∂x
Exercise 9: In the following cases, find the directional derivative of the function f at
the point P0 in the direction of ~s:
(1) f (x, y, z) = x2 + y 2 − z, P0 = (1, 1, 2) and ~s = 4~i + 4~j − 2~k.
(2) f (x, y, z) = x2 y − 3xyz + z 3 , P0 = (3, 1, 2) and ~s = 3~i − 2~j + 6~k.
(3) f (x, y, z) = x2 yz 2 , P0 = (1, 2, 3) and ~s = −2~i + 3~j − 6~k.
Exercise 10: Find the values of the constants a, b and c so that the directional derivative
of f (x, y, z) = axy 2 + byz + cz 2 x3 at P0 = (1, 2, −1) has a maximum magnitude of 64 in
the direction parallel to z-axis.
Exercise 11: Find the extrema of
2
(1) (x2 + y 2 )e6x+2y
(2) sin(x) + sin(y) + sin(x + y).
Exercise 12: Find the extreme value of x2 + y 2 + z 2 + xy + yz + zx under the constraint
x + y + z = 1 and x + 2y + 3z = 3.
Exercise 13: Find the dimensions of
(a) rectangle of constant perimeter whose diagonal is maximum.
(b) triangle whose perimeter is constant and has the largest area.
Exercise 14: Find the dimensions of rectangular parallelopiped of
(a) fixed total edge length with maximum surface area.
(b) greatest volume having constant surface area S.
Exercise 15: Show that the rectangular solid of maximum volume that can be inscribed
in a sphere is a cube.