Math 427L Exam 1 Practice Problems
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Math 427L Exam 1 Practice Problems
Math 427L Exam 1 Practice Problems (1) Find the equation for the line passing through (0, 1, 1) and (0, 1, 0). (2) Suppose ~v = i + 2j − k and w ~ = 3i + j. (a) Compute ~v · w ~ and ~v × w. ~ (b) Find the cosine of the angle between the two vectors. (c) Determine the area of the parallelogram defined by the two vectors. (3) Suppose that ~u, ~v , w ~ are all unit vectors that are orthogonal to each other. If ~a = α~u + β~v + γ w ~ show that α = ~a · ~u, β = ~a · ~v , γ = ~a · w ~ (4) Convert (3, π/6, −4) from cylindrical to Cartesian coordinates and to spherical coordinates. 1 1 1 (5) Suppose A is the matrix x y z . This matrix is known as a Vandermonde matrix. x2 y 2 z 2 (a) Determine |A|, the determinant of A. (b) BONUS: Show that |A| 6= 0 if (and only if) x, y, z are all different. (HINT: Try to factor the polynomial |A|) (6) Find a unit vector parallel to both planes 8x + y + z = 1 and x − y − z = 0. (7) Describe the graph of f (x, y) = 3x2 + y 2 . (8) Sketch the level curves of f (x, y) = x2 − 9y 2 for c = 0, −1. (9) Suppose f (u, v) = (cos u, v + sin u) and g(x, y, z) = (x2 + πy 2 , xz). Compute D(f ◦ g) at (0, 1, 1) using the chain rule. (10) Let u = e−x−y and v = exy , and let z = uv. Compute the partial derivatives ∂z/∂x and ∂z/∂y. (11) Suppose z = holds: f (x−y) y where f is differentiable and y 6= 0. Show that the following identity z+y ∂z ∂z +y = 0. ∂x ∂y (12) Let ~r(t) = (t cos(πt), t sin(πt), t) be a path in R3 . Where will the the tangent line to ~r at t = 1 intersect the xy plane? (13) Let f (x, y) = (1−x2 −y 2 )1/2 . Determine the equation of the tangent plane at ( √13 , √13 , √13 ). (14) Determine if the limit exists r x + y lim x−y (x,y)→(0,0) 1 2 (15) In which direction is the directional derivative of f (x, y) = (x2 − y 2 )/(x2 + y 2 ) at (1, 1) equal to zero? (16) Suppose f (x, y) = xy/(x2 + y 2 ) if (x, y) 6= (0, 0) and f (0, 0) = 0. Show that the partial derivatives of f exist (you’ll have to use the definition) but explain why the function is not differentiable. (17) At time t = 0 a particle is ejected from the surface x2 + 2y 2 + 3z 2 = 6 at the point (1, 1, 1) in a direction normal to the surface at a speed of 10 units per second. At what time does it cross the sphere x2 + y 2 + z 2 = 103? At least set up the equation to solve for t, you can use software to solve it. (18) The height of a certain mountain is described by the function h(x, y) = 2.6 − 0.0003y 2 − 0.0007x2 . At (x, y) = (−2, 4) in what direction is the steepest upward path? 2 (19) Find the second-order Taylor polynomial for f (x, y) = y 2 e−x at (1, 1). (20) Suppose that u(x, y) and v(x, y) have continuous mixed partial derivatives and satisfy the so-called Cauchy-Riemann equations: ∂v ∂u ∂v ∂u = =− ∂x ∂y ∂y ∂x . Show that both u and v are harmonic.