Calculus: Early Transcendentals 8th Edition

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Chapter 14 - Section 14.7 - Maximum and Minimum Values - 14.7 Exercise - Page 968: 7

Answer

Saddle point at $(1,1),(-1,-1)$. No local minimum or maximum.

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 not a local minimum, local maximum or a saddle point. For the given question, we have $f_x(x,y)=1-2xy+y^2$ and $f_y(x,y)=-1-x^2+2xy$ gives $(x,y)=(1,1),(-1,-1)$. For $(x,y)=(1,1)$ $D(1,1)=-4 \lt 0$ and $D(-1,-1)=-4 \lt 0$ This implies that there is no local minimum and no local maximum. There is a saddle point at $(1,1),(-1,-1)$.
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