University Calculus: Early Transcendentals (3rd Edition)

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Chapter 13 - Section 13.2 - Limits and Continuity in Higher Dimensions - Exercises - Page 693: 68

Answer

$0$

Work Step by Step

$ \lim\limits_{(x,y) \to (0,0) } f(x,y)=\lim\limits_{(x,y) \to (0,0) } \ln (\dfrac{3x^2y}{x^2+y^2})$ Use polar-coordinates: $x= r \cos \theta , y = r \sin \theta$ and $r^2=x^2+y^2$ Now, $\lim\limits_{(x,y) \to (0,0) } \ln (\dfrac{3x^2y}{x^2+y^2})=\lim\limits_{r \to 0} \ln [\dfrac{ 3r^2 \cos^2 \theta (r \sin\theta)}{r^2} ]$ So, $ \lim\limits_{(x,y) \to (0,0) } f(x,y)=\lim\limits_{r \to 0} 3 r \cos^2 \theta \sin \theta =0$
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