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MTH (301) Assignment NO.1 SPRING 2020: Name: Muhammad Talha Akhtar VU ID: BC190405240

The document discusses finding the critical points and determining if there are any relative minima, maxima, or saddle points of the function f(x,y)=3x^2-x+xy^2+2. It is shown that there are saddle points at (0,1) and (0,-1) and a relative minimum at (1/6,0).

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MTH (301) Assignment NO.1 SPRING 2020: Name: Muhammad Talha Akhtar VU ID: BC190405240

The document discusses finding the critical points and determining if there are any relative minima, maxima, or saddle points of the function f(x,y)=3x^2-x+xy^2+2. It is shown that there are saddle points at (0,1) and (0,-1) and a relative minimum at (1/6,0).

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MTH (301)Assignment NO.

1 SPRING 2020
Name: MUHAMMAD TALHA AKHTAR

VU ID: BC190405240

Question:1

Let f ( x, y )  3x  x  xy  2 be a function of two variables defined on R with continuous second


2 2 2

order partial derivatives. Determine whether or not f has a relative minimum, a relative maximum and a
2
saddle point in R .

Solution:

f ( x, y )  3x 2  x  xy 2  2
Derivate w.r.t x :
f x  3(2 x )  1  1( y 2 )  0
 6x 1  y2
Derivate w.r.t y
f y  0  0  2 xy  0
 2 xy.
let f x  0, f y  0 to find critical point:
6 x  1  y 2  0  equ.(1)
2xy  0  equ. (2)
from equ. 2
2 xy  0
x  0, y  0  (0, 0)
now put x  0 in equ. (1)
6 x  1  (0) 2  0
1
6x 1  0  6x  1  x 
6
1
( , 0)
6
now
fx  6x 1  y2
f xx  6  0  0  6
f y  2 xy
f yy  2 x
f xy  0  0  2 y  2 y
Formula:
D  f xx f yy  ( f 2 xy )
At (0,1)
f xx  6  6  0
f yy  2 x  2(0)  0
f xy  2 y  2(1)  2
D  f xx f yy  ( f 2 xy )
D  6(0)  (2) 2  0  4  4  0
f has saddle point at (0,1) because D  0.
At (0, 1)
f xx  6  6  0
f yy  2 x  2(0)  0
f xy  2 y  2( 1)  2
D  f xx f yy  ( f 2 xy )
D  (6)(0)  (2) 2  4  0
f has saddle point at (0,  1) because D  0.
1
At ( , 0)
6
f xx  6  6  0
1 1
f yy  2 x  2( ) 
6 3
f xx  2 y  2(0)  0
D  f xx f yy  ( f 2 xx )
1 6
D  (6)( )  (0) 2   2  0
3 3
1
f has relative minimum at ( ,0) because D  0 and f xx  0.
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