Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur
Department of Mathematics
MA11003 - Advanced Calculus
Problem Sheet - 4
Autumn 2023
1. Show that the function
2 2
x +y , if (x, y) ̸= (0, 0);
f (x, y) = |x| + |y|
0, if (x, y) = (0, 0).
is continuous at (0, 0), but fx (0, 0) and fy (0, 0) do not exist.
2. Show that the following functions
2
x y , if (x, y) ̸= (0, 0);
(a) f (x, y) = x4 + y 2
0, if (x, y) = (0, 0).
3 3
x + y , if x ̸= y;
(b) f (x, y) = x−y
0, if x = y.
possess partial derivatives at (0, 0), though it is not continuous at (0, 0).
3. Find fx (x, y) and fy (x, y) using definition for the following functions:
(a) f (x, y) = x2 + y 2 ,
(b) f (x, y) = sin(3x + 4y),
(c) f (x, y) = ye−x + xy.
4. Find fx (0, 0), fy (0, 0), fx (0, y) and fy (x, 0) for the followings functions:
xy
, if x ̸= −y;
(a) f (x, y) = x + y
0, if x = −y.
(b) f (x, y) = log(1 + xy).
(
1, if x = 0 or y = 0 ,
(c) f (x, y) =
0, Otherwise.
1
(d) f (x, y) = ex−y − ey−x .
3 3
x − y , if x ̸= −y;
(e) f (x, y) = x+y
0, if x = −y.
5. Show that the following functions
2 2
xy(x − y ) ,
if (x2 + y 2 ) ̸= 0;
(a) f (x, y) = x2 + y 2
0, if (x2 + y 2 ) = 0,
2
x y , if (x2 + y 2 ) ̸= 0;
(b) f (x, y) = x2 + y 2
0, if (x2 + y 2 ) = 0,
have first order partial derivatives at (0, 0), and discuss the differentiability at (0, 0) .
6. Show that following function
xy
p , (x, y) ̸= (0, 0),
f (x, y) = x2 + y 2
0 (x, y) = (0, 0)
is continuous, possess first order partial derivatives but it is not differentiable at the origin.
p
7. Prove that the function f (x, y) = |xy| is not differentiable at (0, 0), but that fx and fy
both exists at origin and have the value 0. Show that fx and fy are continuous everywhere
except at the origin.
8. Test the differentiability of the following functions at (0, 0)
1
(x2 + y 2 ) sin , if (x, y) ̸= (0, 0);
(a) f (x, y) = x + y2
2
0, if (x, y) = (0, 0).
3 3
x − 2y , if (x, y) ̸= (0, 0);
(b) f (x, y) = x2 + y 2
0, if (x, y) = (0, 0).
2 2
y x − y , if (x, y) ̸= (0, 0);
9. Let f (x, y) = x2 + y 2
0, if (x, y) = (0, 0).
Find fxx (x, y), fxy (x, y), fyx (x, y) and fyy (x, y) at (0, 0). Also check the differentiability
of the function f (x, y) at the origin.
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x y(x − y) , if (x, y) ̸= (0, 0),
10. For the function f (x, y) = x2 + y 2
0, if (x, y) = (0, 0),
check that fxy (0, 0) ̸= fyx (0, 0). Also check the differentiability of f (x, y) at the origin.
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11. Find the total differential of the following functions:
(a) z = tan−1 (x/y),
2 2 2
(b) u = e(x + y + z ) ,
(c) w = sin(3x + 4y) + 5ez
(d) w = z ln y + y ln z + xyz, where y > 0, z > 0,
p
(e) u = x2 + y 2 + z 2 .
