MATH 2010 Multivariable Calculus and Matrix Algebra, Homework 1.

Due: Thursday, May 28, 2020, 11.59pm.

Answer the following questions. Upload your solutions as a single pdf file to LMS. Include your last name and HW1 in the name of the file, eg, mitchellHW1.pdf. No late homework accepted.

  1. Section 14.1, pages 747–750:
    1. What are the domain and range of the function g(r,s) = cos -1(rs)?
    2. Sketch the contour map of f(x,y) = x2 + y2 with level curves c = 0, 4, 8, 12, 16.
  2. Section 14.3, pages 764–767:
    1. Compute the first order partial derivatives of z = sin(r2s).
    2. Compute the first order partial derivatives of z = e  -----
√ y2+z2 .
    3. Let W = 13.1267 + 0.6215T - 13.947v0.16 + 0.486Tv0.16. Calculate ∂W∕∂v at (T,v) = (-10, 15), and use this value to estimate ΔW if Δv = 2.
    4. Compute ∂2g-
∂x∂y of g(x,y) = -xy-
x- y.
    5. Let
                  1
u (x,t) = -√----e-x2∕4t
          2  πt

      with t > 0 and x 0. Show that for any fixed x, the function u(x,t) is maximized by t = 1
2x2.

  3. Section 14.4, pages 772–774:
    1. Find an equation of the tangent plane of g(x,y) = ex∕y at (x,y) = (2, 1).
    2. Find the linearization to f(x,y,z) = xy∕z at (2,1,2). Use it to estimate f(2.05, 0.9, 2.01). How close is your estimate to the true value (found using a calculator)?
  4. Compute the first and second partial derivatives of f(r,θ) = rθ.

Homework submission guidelines

Mandatory: you must only submit one pdf file for each HW or exam. The single pdf file submitted will be a multipage document, and the pages must be in the correct order.

Producing a pdf file: the homework assignments will involve extensive mathematical formulas and expressions, and will often require sketches (of curves, domains, etc).

    John Mitchell
    Amos Eaton 325
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    mitchj at rpi dot edu
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