CAS Interactively find and compute local extrema of a nonlinear function of two variables. 4.2

The purpose of this applet is to find and calculate the possible extremes of the nonlinear function f(x,y). The possibilities of such calculations are shown by the example of the sum of several nonlinear functions: f(x, y) = k_f (3 (1 - x²) ℯ^(-(x - 0.5)² - (y + 1)²) - 2 (x / 5 - x³ - y⁵) ℯ^(-x² - y²) sin(x - y)). The problem comes down to finding the first partial derivatives fx(x,y) and fy(x,y). Using equations with implicit functions fx(x,y)=0, fy(x,y)=0 in the CAS section of GeoGebra, the intersection points of these implicit functions are found numerically, which are possible extreme points.

 

Roman Chijner

 
Resource Type
Activity
Tags
analysis  calculus  contour-lines  extrema-extremum  heatmap  local-maximum  local-minimum  saddle-point  stationary-points  tutorial 
Target Group (Age)
3 – 19+
Language
English
 
 
 
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