다변수함수의 극한과 연속

(a) In polar coordinates $x=r\cos\theta$, $y=r\sin\theta$

$$\begin{aligned} \frac{2x^2 + x^2y - y^2x + 2y^2}{x^2 + y^2} &=\frac{2r^2\cos^2\theta + r^3\cos^2\theta\sin\theta - r^3\cos\theta\sin^2\theta + 2r^2\sin^2\theta}{r^2} \\ &=2+ r\big[\cos^2\theta\sin\theta - \sin^2\theta\cos\theta \big] \end{aligned}$$

As

$$r\big|\cos^2\theta\sin\theta - \sin^2\theta\cos\theta \big| \le 2r \rightarrow 0\text{ as }r\rightarrow 0$$

we have

$$\lim_{(x,y)\rightarrow(0,0)} \frac{2x^2 + x^2y - y^2x + 2y^2}{x^2 + y^2}=2$$

(b) Since

$$\begin{aligned} \frac{x^2y^2 -2 x^2y + x^2} {(x^2 + y^2-2y+1)^2} =\frac{x^2(y-1)^2} {\big[x^2 + (y-1)^2\big]^2} \end{aligned}$$

and, in polar coordinates centred on $(0,1)$, $x=r\cos\theta$, $y=1+r\sin\theta$,

$$\frac{x^2(y-1)^2} {\big[x^2 + (y-1)^2\big]^2} =\frac{r^4\cos^2\theta\sin^2\theta}{r^4} =\cos^2\theta\sin^2\theta$$

we have that the limit does not exist. For example, if we send $(x,y)$ to $(0,1)$ along the line $y=1$, so that $\theta=0$, we get the limit $0$, while if we send $(x,y)$ to $(0,1)$ along the line $y=x+1$, so that $\theta=\frac{\pi}{4}$, we get the limit $\frac{1}{4}$.