Worksheet on calculus of several variables Academic Year 2021/22, Semester I

ADDIS ABABA UNIVERSITY

DEPARTMENT OF MATHEMATICS
Applied Mathematics II (Math 2041)
Worksheet on calculus of several variables
1. Sketch the level curve f ( x, y)  c

a) f ( x, y)  3x  y; c  0, 3 b) f ( x, y)  x 2  y; c  2,  4

c) f ( x, y)  4 x 2  9 y 2 ; c  0, 5 d) f ( x, y)  x  y ; c  1, 3

e) f ( x, y)  y sec x; c   1, 0, 2 f) f ( x, y)  3  x 2  y 2 ; c  2,  1
2. Find the domain and range and sketch the graph of :

a) f ( x, y)  e x b) f ( x, y)  3  y 2  x 2  2 y c) x 2  z 2  0 in IR 3

x 2 sin 3 y  4 sin 3 y
3. Evaluate lim
( x , y )  ( 2, 0 ) xy  2 y
4. If it exists, evaluate
x 2  3x  y y  e xy x2 y
a) lim b) lim c) lim
( x , y ) (1, 2 ) 2x  y ( x , y )  ( 0, 2 ) x 1 ( x , y ) ( 0 , 0 )
x2  y2

x 3  2 x 2 y  xy  2 y 2 sin(2 x 2  2 y 2 )
d) lim e) lim f) lim y ln( x 2  y 2 )
( x , y ) ( 2,1) x 2y ( x , y )  ( 0, 0 ) x2  y2 ( x , y )  ( 0, 0 )

x2 y 3x 2 y x 2  sin 2 y
g) lim h) lim i) lim
( x , y )  ( 0, 0 ) x 4  y 2 ( x , y )  ( 0, 0 ) x 2  y 2 ( x , y )  ( 0, 0 ) x2  y2
1
xy cos y x2  y2 2 y
j) lim k) lim l) lim x e
( x , y )  ( 0, 0 ) x 2  y 2 ( x , y )  ( 0, 0 ) ( x , y )  ( 2, 0 )
x2  y2 1 1

( y  2) cos x  y  2 x 2  xy  6 y 2 x2 y3
m) lim n) lim o) lim
x 2 y 2  4x 2 ( x , y )  ( 0 , 0 ) x 12  y 4
( x , y )  ( 0, 2 ) ( x , y )  ( 3,1)
x  y  2y

2 x 2 y  xz 2 yx 3  y y 3  xz 2
p) lim q) lim r) lim
( x , y , z )  ( 2,1, 1) y 2  xz ( x , y , z )  (1, 2 ,1) 2 xz 2  x 2 z 2  z 2 ( x , y , z )  ( 0, 0, 0 ) x 2  y 2  z 2

3x 4  6 y 2
5. a) Determine whether lim exist or not.
( x , y )  ( 0, 0 ) x 4  2 y 2

 3x 4  6 y 2
 , if ( x, y )  (0,0)
b) Is f ( x, y )   x 4  2 y 2 continuous at (0,0)? Justify!
0, if ( x, y )  (0,0)
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6. Discuss the continuity of the following functions.

 x y  x( x  2 y )
 , ( x, y )  (0,0)  , ( x, y )  (0,0)
a) f ( x, y )   x 2  y 2 b) f ( x, y )   x 2  y 2

 0 , ( x, y )  (0,0)  0 , ( x, y )  (0,0)

 x2 y3  sin( x  y )
 ( x, y )  (0,0)  if x  y  0
c) f ( x, y )   2 x 2  y 2 d) f ( x, y )   x y

 1 ( x, y )  (0,0) 
1 if x  y  0
 ( x  1)( y 2  x)  sin( x 2 ( y 2  1))
 , x y  , x0
e) f ( x, y )   x y f) f ( x, y )   x

 1, xy 
 0, x0
7. Determine whether or not the functions u and v satisfy the Cauchy-Riemann equations
u x  v y and u y  v x .

a) u  x 3  3xy 2 , v  3x 2 y  y 3 b) u  e x cos y, v  e x sin y c) u  x2  y4 ,v  y2  x4

8. Find the first partial derivatives of:

z
x x
a) f ( x, y)  3  log( x  y)
xy 2
b) f ( x, y )  2 c) f ( x, y, z )   
x y  y2  y
sinh( xy )
d) f ( x, y, z )  xz 2 arctan( yz ) e) f ( x, y, z ) 
z  cosh( xy )

9. Find all 2nd order partial derivatives of f ( x. y)  x 3  e 2 x sin y  y 4 .

10. Find the indicated partial derivatives.
a) f ( x, y)  3xy 4  x 3 y 2 ; f xxy , f yxy b) f ( x, y)  ln x 2  y 2 ; f xy , f yx

 2u  3u
c) f ( x, y)  x cos( x  y); f xy , f yy , f yxx d) u  e r sin  ; , 2
 r r 
2z 3z x 3w 3w
e) z  u v  w; , f) w  ; , 2
wu uvw y  2 z zyx x y
2z 2z
11. Determine whether or not the function z satisfies the Laplace’s equation  0
x 2 y 2
y
a) z  x 4  6 x 2 y 2  y 4 b) z  sin x cosh y  cos x sinh y c) z  tan 1
x
12. Let w  f (u, v) , where u  u( x, y, z), v  v( x, y, z) and x  x(t ), y  (t ), z  z(t ) . Then write out the
dz
chain rule formula for .
dt

dy
13. Assuming y  f (x ) find
dx

a) x sin( x  y )  x  y  0 b) arctan xy  arcsin xy 
2
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14. The length and width of a rectangle increase at a rate of 3 cm/sec and 2 cm/sec respectively. At what
rate is the area increasing when its length is 10 m and its width is 6 m?
z z
15. Assuming z  f ( x, y ) find and .
x y
1 1 1 1
a) x 2  y 2  z 2  4 x 3 yz b) x  z  arctan( yz ) c)   
z yz x yz 2
dz
16. a) Let z = exy, x = 2 sin t and y = cos3t. Find
dt
u u
b) Let u = cosh (3x - 2y), x = r2s and y = re-s. Find and .
r s
z z
17. a) Let z  f ( x  y) . Show that  0
x y
w w w
b) Let w  f ( x  y, y  z, z  x) . Show that   0
x y z
18. write out the chain rule formula for the given derivative.
dz
a) w  f (u, v) , where u  u( x, y, z), v  v( x, y, z) and x  x(t ), y  (t ), z  z(t ) ; .
dt
w w
b) w  f ( x, y, z ) , where x  x(u, v), y  y(u, v), z  z(u, v) ;
, .
u v
 
19. Compute the directional derivative of f at P in the direction of vector v . Find the unit vector u for

which the directional derivative of f becomes maximum at P. What is this maximum value?

a) f ( x, y)  e x  tan 1 y ; P(0,1) , v  3i  4 j

b) f ( x, y, z )  y  x 2  z 2 ; P(3,1,  4) , v  2i  2 j  k
20. Find the direction in which f decreases most rapidly at the given point P .

xz
a) f ( x, y)  x ln( x  y) ; P(2, 3) b) f ( x, y, z )  ; P(1,1, 3)
yz

21. Let f ( x, y, z )  z 2  ln x 2 y .

a. Find the gradient of f at (1, 13 ,  1) .


b. Find the directional derivative of f in the direction of a  2i  j  2k at (1, 13 ,  1) .

c. Find the maximum value of the directional derivative of f at (1, 13 ,  1) .

22. Find the equation of the tangent plane and normal line to the graph of

a) f ( x, y)  x  y at (9,1) b) f ( x, y)  arctan( x 2  y) at ( 12 , 34 )
23. Find the equation of the tangent plane to the level surface
a) z 2  sin xy  2 at ( , 12 ,  1) b) xe y z  2 y  1 at (1,1, 0)

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24. Find a point on the surface z = x2 - 3y2 at which the tangent plane is parallel to the plane 8x + 3y - z = 4

25. Show that every line normal to the double cone z 2  x 2  y 2 intersects the z-axis.

ln x
26. a) Let f(x, y) = y2 + . Find df.
y

b) Approximate (0.02) 2  (8.9) 2 using differentials.

27. Find all extreme values of f on the region R.

a) f ( x, y)  2 sin x  3 cos y ; R is the square region with vertices (0, 2 ), ( , 2 ), ( , 2 ), (0, 2 ) .

b) f ( x, y)  x 2  y 2  2 x ; R is the triangular region with vertices (0,0), (2,0) and (0,2).

 y2
f ( x, y)  e x ; R is the ring bounded by the circles x 2  y 2  12 and x 2  y 2  2
2
c)

28. Find all critical (stationary) points. Determine whether each critical point yields a relative maximum
value, a relative minimum value, or a saddle point.
2 4
a) f ( x, y)  x 2  6 xy  2 y 2  6 x  10 y  2 b) f ( x, y )  xy    8
x y
c) f ( x, y)  3x 2 y  y 3  3x 2  3 y 2 d) f ( x, y)  xy (1  x  y)
e) f ( x, y)  x 4  y 4  4 xy  1 f) f ( x, y)  ( y  2) ln xy
g) f ( x, y)  e xy f) f ( x, y)  x 2  e y
2

29. Using Lagrange multipliers find extreme values f subjected to the given constraint. In each case assume
that the extreme values exist.
a) f ( x, y)  x  y 2 ; x 2  y 2  4 b) f ( x, y)  xy ; ( x  1) 2  y 2  1

c) f ( x, y, z)  x 2  y 2  z 2 ; 2 x  2 y  z  5 d) f ( x, y, z )  xyz ; x 2  y 2  4 z 2  6

x2  y2 2 1 1 1
e) f ( x, y, z )  ; x  y2  z  2 f) f ( x, y, z )  x  y  z;    1
z2  5 x y z

30. The temperature of a point on the unit sphere x 2  y 2  z 2  1 is given by T ( x, y, z)  xy  yz . Find

the hottest point on the sphere.
31. Find the maximum area of a right triangle whose perimeter is 4.
32. Let x and y be the acute angle of right angle triangle. Find the maximum value of sin xsin y .
33. A rectangular parallelepiped lies in the 1st octant, with three sides on the coordinate planes and one
vertex on the plane 2 x  y  4 z  12 . Find the maximum possible volume of the parallelepiped.

34. Find the points on the sphere x 2  y 2  z 2  1 that are closest to or farthest from the point (4, 2,1)

35. Find points on the surface xy  z 2  1 that are closest to the origin.