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xtreme values of multivariable functions

Name: Anonymous 2009-04-17 0:50

I'm supposed to find the absolute extreme values taken on by f on the set of D.

f (x, y) = 2x^2+y^2−4x−2y+2, D = {(x, y) : 0 ≤ x ≤ 2,0 ≤ y ≤ 2x}.

Could someone please teach me how to do this. The book doesn't really do it for me. I need to figure out how to find the extreme values.

Name: Anonymous 2009-04-17 5:34

Rough sketch, mate.

Name: Anonymous 2009-04-17 6:22

partial derivatives, solve for df/dx = 0, df/dy = 0, then check endpoints too.

Name: Anonymous 2009-04-20 11:54

Alright well >>3 is the answer but it doesn't tell you much.

Think back to calc 1 where to find the relative extrema of a function you just differentiate it and solve the derivative for f'(x)=0? (If you don't, the reasoning is that the slope of a curve at a peak is a horizontal tangent, which has slope 0, so solve f'(x) = 0 for x).

Well, for multivariable functions, the principle is the same but just extended.

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