4 Chapter 4 contents

4 Maxima and Minima in Two Variables

At the end of this chapter you will have:

$\diamond$ learned Taylor’s Theorem in two variables;

$\diamond$ classified stationary points in two variables;

$\diamond$ calculated the discriminant of various functions;

$\diamond$ found and identified maxima, minima and saddle points of functions;

$\diamond$ found stationary points in geometrical examples;