Tangent Planes and Linear Approximations 205...Tangent Planes and Linear Approximations 1. To find...
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Tangent Planes and Linear Approximations
To find the tangent plane to a surface at a given point.1.To calculate the total differential of a multivariable function.2.To determine whether or not a function is differentiable.3.
Goals:
Derivation of the Tangent Plane to a Surface at a Point
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Definitions
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So, just because the partials exist at a point does not mean that the function is well-behaved at that point.
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