Homework 10

Nika kurdadze
May 26, 2020

chapter 12.3
exercise 35
We have to find the distance from the elliptic paraboloid having equation z =
x2 + 2y 2 to the point A(0, 0, 1).
First we notice that the distance will be smallest, if there is P point on the
paraboloid and AP is perpendicular to the surrfce. So, it must be parallel to its
normal line. its normal line has equation:

n = 2xi + 4yj − k
we have (1)
AP = xi + yj + (z − 1)k

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AP is parallel to n, so we have:

x = 2xt
y = 4yt
z − 1 = −t
one of x and y must be zero
ifx = 0, y = 0, we have
z =0+0=0
ifx = 0, we have
y = 4ty ⇒ t = 0.25
1 (2)
z−1=−
4 r
3 3
z= ⇒y=
4 8
ify = 0, we have
x = 2tx ⇒ t = 0.5
1
z−1=−
2 r
1 1 1
z= ⇒x= =
2 4 2
q
So we have 3 possible values for P. (0, 0, 0) , (0, 38 , 34 ) , and ( 12 , 0, − 12 ) for each
√ √ √
7 3 7
case,AP = 1, 4 , and 2 . 4 is the smallest so it is The distance that we should
find

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chapter 12.4
exercise 3
We have to find all second partial derivatives of the function: ω = x3 + y 3 + z 3
∂ω
= 3x2 y 3 z 3
∂x
∂2ω
= 6xy 3 z 3
∂x2
∂ω
= 3x3 y 3 z 2
∂y
∂2ω
= 6x3 yz 3
∂y 2
∂ω
= 3x3 y 3 z 2
∂z
∂2ω
= 6x3 y 3 z
∂z 2 (3)
∂ω
= 9x2 y 2 z 3
∂x∂y
∂ω
= 9x2 y 2 z 3
∂y∂x
∂ω
= 9x2 y 3 z 2
∂x∂z
∂ω
= 9x2 y 3 z 2
∂z∂x
∂ω
= 9x3 y 2 z 2
∂y∂z
∂ω
= 9x3 y 2 z 2
∂z∂y