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This document provides the instructions and solutions for homework 5 in MATH 210. It includes 3 problems: 1) using the chain rule to find the partial derivative of a function expressed in polar coordinates, 2) computing the directional derivative of a logarithmic function, and 3) finding the rate of change in the direction of fastest decrease for a trigonometric function.

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This document provides the instructions and solutions for homework 5 in MATH 210. It includes 3 problems: 1) using the chain rule to find the partial derivative of a function expressed in polar coordinates, 2) computing the directional derivative of a logarithmic function, and 3) finding the rate of change in the direction of fastest decrease for a trigonometric function.

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MATH 210

Homework 5
Due: Friday 02/19/2021 11:59 PM

1. Let f (x, y) be a differentiable function in the variables x and y. Let r


and θ the polar coordinates,and set

g(r, θ) = f (r cos θ, r sin θ)

in other words g is f in terms of polar coordinates. Suppose that it is


known that fx (2, 2) = 2 and fy (2, 2) =
√ 5 Use the chain rule in order
to compute the partial derivative gr (2 2, π/4).
Solution: By the chain rule, we have:

∂g ∂f ∂x ∂f ∂y
= +
∂r ∂x ∂r ∂y ∂r
For the specific point that we are interested in, this implies that:

∂g √ ∂f ∂x √ ∂f ∂y √
(2 2, π/4) = (2, 2) · (2 2, π/4) + (2, 2) · (2 2, π/4)
∂r ∂x ∂r ∂y ∂r

∂x ∂y
Since = cos θ and = sin θ, we get:
∂r ∂r
√ √ √
√ 2 2 7 2
gr (2 2, π/4) = 2 · +5· =
2 2 2
2. Let f (x, y) = ln(x3 + y 2 ). Compute DD 1 , √3 E f (−2, 3).
2 2

3x2 2y
Solution: Since fx = and fy = , we have that:
x3 + y2 x3 + y2

∇f (−2, 3) = h12, 6i

Therefore:
D
1
√ E
3
√
DD 1 , √3 E f (−2, 3) = ∇f (−2, 3) · ,
2 2 =6+3 3
2 2

1
3. Let f (x, y) = sin(x + y 2 ). Compute the ratepof change in the direction
of fastest decrease for f at the point π8 , − π8 .
Solution: The direction of fastest decrease is the direction opposite to
that of the gradient (as long as this latter one is nonzero) and the rate
of change in that direction is minus the magnitude of the gradient.
Therefore all that we needpto do is compute the magnitude of the
gradient at the point π8 , − π8 . We have:

fx = cos(x + y 2 ) fy = cos(x + y 2 ) · 2y

This yields:

√ √
 r  r
π π π
∇f ,− = h 2/2, 2 i
8 8 8
r
1 π
Therefore the rate of change is − + .
2 4

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