Calculus 10th Edition

Published by Brooks Cole
ISBN 10: 1-28505-709-0
ISBN 13: 978-1-28505-709-5

Chapter 13 - Functions of Several Variables - 13.4 Exercises - Page 906: 39

Answer

as $$ ( \Delta x, \Delta y) \rightarrow(0,0), \varepsilon_{1} \rightarrow 0 \text { and } \varepsilon_{2} \rightarrow 0$$ this implies $$f \text { is differentiable at every point in the plane }$$

Work Step by Step

Given $$ (x, y)=x^{2}-2 x+y $$ so we get $$f_x(x, y)=2x-2, \ \ f_y(x, y)=1$$ $$\text { Letting } z=f(x, y), \text { the increment of } z \text { at an arbitrary point }(x, y) \text { in the plane is }$$ \begin{aligned} \Delta z& =f(x+\Delta x, y+\Delta y)-f(x, y)\\ &= (x+\Delta x)^{2}-2 (x+\Delta x)+(y+\Delta y)\\ &=\left(x^{2}+2 x(\Delta x)+(\Delta x)^{2}-2 x-2(\Delta x)+y+(\Delta y)\right)-\left(x^{2}-2 x+y\right) \\ &=2 x(\Delta x)+(\Delta x)^{2}-2(\Delta x)+(\Delta y)\\ &=(2 x-2) \Delta x+\Delta y+\Delta x(\Delta x)+0(\Delta y) \\ &=f_{x}(x, y) \Delta x+f_{y}(x, y) \Delta y+\varepsilon_{1} \Delta x+\varepsilon_{2} \Delta y \\ & \text { where } \varepsilon_{1}=\Delta x \text { and } \varepsilon_{2}=0 \end{aligned} as $$ ( \Delta x, \Delta y) \rightarrow(0,0), \varepsilon_{1} \rightarrow 0 \text { and } \varepsilon_{2} \rightarrow 0$$ this implies $$f \text { is differentiable at every point in the plane }$$
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