Multivariable Calculus, 7th Edition

Published by Brooks Cole
ISBN 10: 0-53849-787-4
ISBN 13: 978-0-53849-787-9

Chapter 14 - Partial Derivatives - 14.3 Exercises - Page 938: 93

Answer

No.

Work Step by Step

$\left[\begin{array}{lll} f_{x}(x, y)=x+4y & , & f_{y}(x, y)=3x-y\\ f_{xy}(x, y)=4 & & f_{yx}(x, y)=3 \end{array}\right]$ We have $f_{xy}$ and $f_{yx}$ both continuous, so, by Clairaut's Theorem it should be that $f_{xy}(x, y)=f_{yx}(x, y).$ Since it is not so, such a function f does not exist.
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