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Define a function $ z(x, y) = \frac{11x^3+5y^3}{x^2+y^2} $. Using the continuous extension, what is the value of the following limit: $$ \lim_{(\Delta x, \Delta y) \rightarrow (0, 0)\\ \text{along the line } x=y \neq 0}{\left(\frac{\Delta z - dz}{\sqrt{(\Delta x)^2+(\Delta y)^2}}\right)} $$ I computed $\Delta z$ and the partial derivatives for $ dz $ and set $x = y$. I got $\Delta z = 8\Delta x$ and $ dz = 8\Delta x$; which gives $ 0 $ as the limit after subtraction. To evaluate $z_{x}$, and $z_{y}$ at the point $ (0, 0) $, I used the following limits: $ \lim_{(x, y) \rightarrow (0, 0)} \left( z_{x}(x, y) \right) $ and $ \lim_{(x, y) \rightarrow (0, 0)} \left( z_{y}(x, y) \right) $ along the line $x=y$. Which give the values $\frac{17}{2}$ and $-\frac{1}{2}$ respectively. If I use the definition of partial derivatives however, I get, 11 and 5 respectively. Along the line $x=y$, the first one gives $dz = 8dx$, and thus the limit is $0$; and the second one gives $dz = 16dx$, and thus the limit is $32$.

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    – Martin R
    Commented Feb 19, 2022 at 17:42
  • $\begingroup$ I computed $\Delta z$ and the partial derivatives for $ dz $ and set $x = y$. I got $\Delta z = 8\Delta x$ and $ dz = 8\Delta x$; which gives $ 0 $ as the limit after subtraction. $\endgroup$ Commented Feb 19, 2022 at 17:56
  • $\begingroup$ The notation is not clear for me. What are you trying to do? $\endgroup$
    – A. P.
    Commented Feb 19, 2022 at 18:06
  • $\begingroup$ The notation-convention is defined as follows: $\Delta z(a, b) = z(a + \Delta x, b+\Delta y) - z(a, b)$, and $ dz = z_{x}(a, b)dx+z_{y}(a, b)dy$. $\endgroup$ Commented Feb 19, 2022 at 18:21
  • $\begingroup$ Without going through the calculation myself, I can still say that $0$ is the right limit, because $dz$ should approximate $\Delta z$ at least that well, as this is a well-behaved function away from $(x,y) = (0,0)$ (and it is $\Delta x, \Delta y$ that are being sent to $0$, not $x, y$ themselves). $\endgroup$ Commented Feb 21, 2022 at 2:17

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