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The domain is the shaded circle defined by the inequality which has a circle of radius as its boundary. The range is
The polynomials and are continuous at every real number; therefore, by the product of continuous functions theorem, is continuous at every point in the Furthermore, any constant function is continuous everywhere, so is continuous at every point in the Therefore, is continuous at every point in the Last, is continuous at every real number so by the continuity of composite functions theorem is continuous at every point in the
The gradient of at is The unit vector that points in the same direction as is which gives an angle of The maximum value of the directional derivative is
Section 4.1 Exercises
Section 4.2 Exercises
The limit does not exist because when and both approach zero, the function approaches which is undefined (approaches negative infinity).
Since the function is continuous over is continuous where is continuous. The inner function is continuous on all points of the except where Thus, is continuous on all points of the coordinate plane except at points at which
Section 4.3 Exercises
Section 4.4 Exercises
Section 4.5 Exercises
Section 4.6 Exercises
Section 4.7 Exercises
The second derivative test fails. Since for all x and y different from zero, and when either x or y equals zero (or both), then the absolute minimum occurs at
The only critical point(s) are where both and and that is . However, since at the critical point, the Second Derivative Test fails. By graphing, we can see that this point is a local maximum.