University Calculus: Early Transcendentals (3rd Edition)

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Chapter 13 - Section 13.2 - Limits and Continuity in Higher Dimensions - Exercises - Page 691: 38

Answer

a) For all (x,y,z) except the plane $(x,0,0)$ -- that is, the $x$-axis b) For all $(x,y,z )$ except the plane $(0,y,0)$ and $(x,0,0)$ -- that is, excluding the $x$ and $y$ axes

Work Step by Step

a) To avoid a zero in the denominator, $y$ and $z$ can not both be zero. Thus, all (x,y,z) except the plane (x,0,0). b) To avoid a zero in the denominator, we can not have $z$ and $x$ both be zero; similarly, we can not have $z$ and $y$ both be zero. Thus, for all $(x,y,z)$, except the plane $(0,y,0)$ and $(x,0,0)$.
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