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230_Functions of Several Variables_[Ch. 6<br />

currents / t , 7 2 , /, by means of three wires, whose resistances are<br />

#i #a R*> so that the generation<br />

possible?<br />

Sec. 15. S<strong>in</strong>gular<br />

Po<strong>in</strong>ts of Plane Curves<br />

of heat would be the least<br />

1. Def<strong>in</strong>ition of a s<strong>in</strong>gular po<strong>in</strong>t. A po<strong>in</strong>t Af (xc , yQ) of a plane curve<br />

f(x, #) = is called a s<strong>in</strong>gular po<strong>in</strong>t if its coord<strong>in</strong>ates satisfy three equations<br />

at once:<br />

2. Basic types of s<strong>in</strong>gular po<strong>in</strong>ts. At a s<strong>in</strong>gular po<strong>in</strong>t M (* , # ),<br />

second derivatives<br />

be not all equal to zero and<br />

then:<br />

A = /1C-B 2<br />

,<br />

a) if A>0, then M is an isolated po<strong>in</strong>t (Fig. 74);<br />

b) if A 0; an<br />

isolated po<strong>in</strong>t if a < 0; a cusp of the first k<strong>in</strong>d if a = 0.<br />

Solution. Here, f (x, y)z=zax 2 + x'y z . Let us f<strong>in</strong>d the partial derivatives<br />

and equate them to zero:<br />

fx (x, t/) =

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