Calculus 8th Edition

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Chapter 14 - Partial Derivatives - Review - Exercises - Page 1024: 57

Answer

Maximum value: $f(-1,0)=2$ Minimum value: $f(1,\pm 1)=-3$ Saddle point $(-1,\pm 1), (1,0)$

Work Step by Step

Second derivative test: Some noteworthy points to calculate the local minimum, local maximum and saddle point of $f$. 1. If $D(p,q)=f_{xx}(p,q)f_{yy}(p,q)-[f_{xy}(p,q)]^2 \gt 0$ and $f_{xx}(p,q)\gt 0$ , then $f(p,q)$ is a local minimum. 2.If $D(p,q)=f_{xx}(p,q)f_{yy}(p,q)-[f_{xy}(p,q)]^2 \gt 0$ and $f_{xx}(p,q)\lt 0$ , then $f(p,q)$ is a local maximum. 3. If $D(p,q)=f_{xx}(p,q)f_{yy}(p,q)-[f_{xy}(p,q)]^2 \lt 0$ , then $f(p,q)$ is a not a local minimum and local maximum or, a saddle point. Critical point are: $(1,-1),(1,0),(1,1),(-1,-1),(-1,0),(-1,1)$ For $(x,y)=(- 1,0)$ $D=72xy^2-24x \gt 0$ ; and $f_{xx} =6x=-6\lt 0$ Thus, when $D(p,q)=f_{xx}(p,q)f_{yy}(p,q)-[f_{xy}(p,q)]^2 \gt 0$ and $f_{xx}(p,q)\lt 0$ , then $f(p,q)$ is a local maximum. For $(x,y)=(1,1)$ $D=72xy^2-24x \gt 0$ ; and $f_{xx} =6x=6\gt 0$ For $(x,y)=(1,-1)$ $D=72xy^2-24x \gt 0$ ; and $f_{xx} =6x\gt 0$ Thus, when $D(p,q)=f_{xx}(p,q)f_{yy}(p,q)-[f_{xy}(p,q)]^2 \gt 0$ and $f_{xx}(p,q)\lt 0$ , then $f(p,q)$ is a local minimum. For $(x,y)=(-1,\pm 1)$ and $(1,0)$ $D=72xy^2-24x \lt 0$ Thus, when $D(p,q)=f_{xx}(p,q)f_{yy}(p,q)-[f_{xy}(p,q)]^2 \lt 0$ is a saddle point. Now, $f(-1,0)=x^3-3x+y^4-2y^2=2$ and $f(1,\pm 1)=x^3-3x+y^4-2y^2=-3$ Therefore, we have Maximum value: $f(-1,0)=2$ Minimum value: $f(1,\pm 1)=-3$ Saddle point $(-1,\pm 1), (1,0)$
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