Calculus, 10th Edition (Anton)

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Chapter 13 - Partial Derivatives - 13.8 Maxima And Minima Of Functions Of Two Variables - Exercises Set 13.8 - Page 986: 12

Answer

in final $f$ has a saddle point at (0,0) in final $f$ has a relative maximum at $\left(\frac{1}{6}, \frac{1}{12}\right)$

Work Step by Step

We are given that \[ \begin{array}{l} x y-x^{3}-y^{2}=f(x, y) \\ f_{x}(x, y)=x-2 y=y-3 x^{2}, \quad f_{y}(x, y) \end{array} \] Consider $3 x^{2}-3 y=0$ and $3 y^{2}-3=0$ We get two critical points at (0,0) and $\left(\frac{1}{6}, \frac{1}{12}\right)$ By the theorem $13.8 .6,$ let $f$ be a function of two variables with continuous second-order partial derivatives in some disk centered at a critical point $\left(x_{0}, y_{0}\right),$ and let \[ f_{x x}\left(x_{0}, y_{0}\right) f_{y y}\left(x_{0}, y_{0}\right)-f_{x y}^{2}\left(x_{0}, y_{0}\right)=D \] Do partial derivatives and check for a critical point at (0,0) \[ \begin{array}{c} f_{x x}(x, y)=-6 x, \quad f_{x y}(x, y)=1 \quad \text { and } \quad f_{y y}(x, y)=-2 \\ f_{x x}(0,0)=0, \quad f_{x y}(0,0)=1 \quad \text { and } \quad f_{y y}(0,0)=-2 \\ D=0 \times(-2)-(1)^{2} \\ D=-1<0 \end{array} \] Here $D<0,$ so $f$ has a saddle point at (0,0) Check for a critical point at $\left(\frac{1}{6}, \frac{1}{12}\right)$ \[ \begin{array}{c} f_{x x}(x, y)=-6 x, \quad f_{x y}(x, y)=1 \quad \text { and } \quad f_{y y}(x, y)=-2 \\ f_{x x}\left(\frac{1}{6}, \frac{1}{12}\right)=-1, \quad f_{x y}\left(\frac{1}{6}, \frac{1}{12}\right)=1 \quad \text { and } \quad f_{y y}\left(\frac{1}{6}, \frac{1}{12}\right)=-2 \\ (-1) \times(-2)-(1)^{2}=D \\ D=1>0 \end{array} \] Because here $D>0$ and $f_{x x}\left(\frac{1}{6}, \frac{1}{12}\right)<0,$ $f$ has a relative maximum at $\left(\frac{1}{6}, \frac{1}{12}\right)$
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