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Multivariable CalculusHardPartial Derivatives & the Gradient

Partial Derivatives & the Gradient · Hard problem

Consider f(x,y)=x2yx4+y2f(x,y) = \dfrac{x^{2}y}{x^{4}+y^{2}} for (x,y)≠(0,0)(x,y)\ne(0,0). Along every straight line through the origin, f→0f\to0. Find the value that ff approaches instead along the parabola y=x2y=x^{2} as x→0x\to0 (showing the overall limit at the origin does not exist).