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Finding Absolute Maximum and Minimum Values

Learn how to find the absolute maximum and minimum values of a function of two variables on a closed, bounded set. This involves identifying critical points and evaluating the function on the boundary of the set.

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Finding Absolute Maximum and Minimum Values

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  1. Section 15.7 Maximum and Minimum Values

  2. MAXIMA AND MINIMA A function of two variables has a local maximum at (a,b) if f (x, y) ≤ f (a, b) when (x, y) is near (a, b). The number f (a, b) is called a local maximum value. If f(x, y) ≥f (a, b) when (x,y) is near (a, b), then f (a, b) is a local minimum value. If the inequalities above hold for all points (x, y) in the domain of f, then f has an absolute maximum (or absolute minimum) at (a, b).

  3. Theorem: If f has a local maximum or minimum at (a, b) and the first-order partial derivatives of f exist there, then fx(a, b) = 0 and fy(a, b) = 0

  4. CRITICAL POINTS A point (a, b) is called a critical point (or stationary point) of f if fx(a, b) = 0 and fy(a,b)= 0, or one of these partial derivatives does not exist.

  5. SECOND DERIVATIVES TEST Suppose the second partial derivatives of f are continuous on a disk with center (a, b), and suppose that fx(a, b) = 0 and fy(a, b) = 0. Let (a) If D > 0 and fxx(a, b) > 0, then f (a, b) is a local minimum. (b) If D > 0 and fxx(a, b) < 0, then f (a, b) is a local maximum. (c) If D < 0, then f (a, b) is not a local maximum or minimum.

  6. NOTES ON THE SECOND DERIVATIVES TEST • In case (c) the point (a, b) is called a saddle point of f and the graph crosses its tangent plane. (Think of the hyperbolic paraboloid.) • If D = 0, the test gives no information: f could have a local maximum or local minimum at (a, b), or (a, b) could be a saddle point. • To remember this formula for D, it is helpful to write it as a determinant:

  7. CLOSED SETS; BOUNDED SETS • A boundary point of a set D is a point (a, b) such that every disk with center (a, b) contains points in D and also point not in D. • A closed set in is one that contains all its boundary points. • A bounded set in is one that is contained within some disk.

  8. EXTREME VALUE THEOREM FOR FUNCTIONS OF TWO VARIABLES If f is continuous on a closed, bounded set D in , then f attains an absolute maximum value f (x1, y1) and an absolute minimum value f (x2, y2) at some points (x1, y1) and (x2, y2) in D.

  9. FINDING THE ABSOLUTE MINIMUM AND MAXIMUM • Find the values of f at the critical points of D. • Find the extreme values of f on the boundary of D. • The largest of the values from steps 1 and 2 is the absolute maximum value; the smallest of these values is the absolute minimum value. To find the absolute maximum and minimum values of a continuous function f on a closed bounded setD:

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