$\begin{aligned} & f(x, y)=2(x-y)^2-x^4-y^4 \\ & \left|\left(f_{x x} f_{y y}-f_{x y}^2\right)\right|_{(0…

$\begin{aligned} & f(x, y)=2(x-y)^2-x^4-y^4 \\ & \left|\left(f_{x x} f_{y y}-f_{x y}^2\right)\right|_{(0,0)}\end{aligned}$
  1. $32$
  2. $16$
  3. $0$
  4. $-1$

Solution

Given that, $ f(x, y)=2(x-y)^2-x^4-y^4, \text { we get } $ On differentiating partially w.r.t. $x$, $ f_x=4(x-y)-4 x^3 $ Again differentiating partially, we get $ \begin{aligned} & & f_{x x} & =4-12 x^2 \\ \Rightarrow & & \left(f_{x x}\right)_{(0,0)} & =4-0=4 \\ \text { Similarly } & & f_{y y} & =4-12 y^2 \\ \Rightarrow & & \left(f_{y y}\right)_{(0,0)} & =4-0=4 \\ \text { and } & & f_{x y} & =-4+0 \\ \Rightarrow & & \left(f_{x y}\right)_{(0,0)} & =-4 \\ & \therefore & \left(f_{x x} f_{y y}-f_{x y}^2\right)_{(0,0)} & =4(4)-(-4)^2=0 \end{aligned} $

Asked in: AP EAMCET 2004

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