In: Advanced Math
Consider the function ?: (−1,1) × (−1,1) → ℝ given by ?(?, ?) = sin(?? + ?? + ?2 ).
1. Find a bound for the directional derivative of ? in any direction, i.e. find a constant ? such that |???(?, ?)| ≤ ? for all (?, ?) ∈ (−1,1) × (−1,1) and ? ∈ ℝ 2 with |?| = 1.
Let the given function be ,
We have to find the maximum value of the directional derivative of the function f(x,y)
For this , we will find gradient of f(x,y) and we know that ,
So ,
Now , since
Therefore , we have the following four cases - i.e., (-1,-1) , (-1,1) , (1,-1) , (1,1), but it has asked to find it in any direction , therefore we will find it at one point (-1,-1)
Therefore ,
i.e.,
Therefore maximum value of directional derivative at this point ,
Hence , the bound of directional derivative , or the maximum value of the directional derivative of the function f(x,y) = 2.997