Math Analysis

Hi everyone! Can you help me with this question? Thanks!

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In each part, consider the function f\displaystyle f that is defined and calculate (Df)p(h)\displaystyle \left(Df\right)_p (h), (Df)p2(h,k)\displaystyle \left(Df\right)^2_p (h,k), and (Df)p3(h,k,l)\displaystyle \left(Df\right)^3_p (h,k,l) for:

\(\displaystyle p\, =\, \left(\begin{array}{c}x\\y\end{array}\right)\, \mbox{ and }\, p\, =\, \left(\begin{array}{c}1\\0\end{array}\right)\)​

where

\(\displaystyle h\, =\, \left(\begin{array}{c}h_1\\h_1\end{array}\right),\, k\, =\, \left(\begin{array}{c}k_1\\k_1\end{array}\right),\, \mbox{ and }\, l\, =\, \left(\begin{array}{c}l_1\\l_1\end{array}\right)\)​

are points in R2\displaystyle \mathbb{R}^2.

a) f:R2R\displaystyle f\, :\, \mathbb{R}^2\, \rightarrow\, \mathbb{R} is defined by f(xy)=x3+2xyey\displaystyle f\, \left(\begin{array}{c}x\\y\end{array}\right)\, =\, x^3\, +\, 2xy\, -\, e^y

b) f:R2R2\displaystyle f\, :\, \mathbb{R}^2\, \rightarrow\, \mathbb{R}^2 is defined by f(xy)=(x3+2xyeyxy=1)\displaystyle f\, \left(\begin{array}{c}x\\y\end{array}\right)\, =\, \left(\begin{array}{c}x^3\, +\, 2xy\, -\, e^y\\xy\, =\, 1\end{array}\right)
 
So you are given two functions, one from R2\displaystyle R^2 to R\displaystyle R the other from R2\displaystyle R^2 to R2\displaystyle R^2 and are asked to find the first, second, and third derivatives. Okay, what is your difficulty? Do you know how to find derivatives of higher dimension functions?

A derivative is a linear function that approximates the original function. A linear function from R2\displaystyle R^2 toR\displaystyle R can be thought of as a vector <a, b> such that the dot product, <a, b>.<x, y>, gives the value of the function. It shouldn't be too surprising that this is given by <a,b>=<fx,fy>\displaystyle <a, b>= \left<\frac{\partial f}{\partial x}, \frac{\partial f}{\partial y}\right>

Similarly, the derivative of a function from R2\displaystyle R^2 to R2\displaystyle R^2 can be thought of as a two by two matrix:
[2fx22fxy2fxy2fy2]\displaystyle \begin{bmatrix}\frac{\partial^2 f}{\partial x^2} & \frac{\partial^2 f}{\partial x\partial y} \\ \frac{\partial^2 f}{\partial x\partial y} & \frac{\partial^2 f}{\partial y^2}\end{bmatrix}
 
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