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Example Questions

Example Question #25 :The Hessian

Use the Hessian matrix, if applicable, to answer this question:

Does the graph ofhave a local maximum, a local minimum, or a saddle point at?

Possible Answers:

The graph ofhas a local maximum at.

The graph ofhas a critical point at, but the Hessian matrix test is inconclusive.

The graph ofdoes not have a critical point at.

The graph ofhas a saddle point at.

The graph ofhas a local minimum at.

Correct answer:

The graph ofhas a saddle point at.

Explanation:

First, it must be established that the graph ofhas a critical point at; this holds if, so the first partial derivatives ofmust be evaluated at:

The graph ofhas a critical point at, so the Hessian matrix test applies.

The Hessian matrixis the matrix of partial second derivatives

,

the determinant of which can be used to determine whether a critical point ofis a local maximum, a local minimum, or a saddle point. Find the partial second derivatives of:

All four partial second derivatives are constant; the Hessian matrix atis

Its determinant is the upper-left to lower-right product minus the upper-right to lower-left product:

The determinant of the Hessian is negative, so the graph ofhas a saddle point at.

Example Question #26 :The Hessian

Use the Hessian matrix, if applicable, to answer this question:

Does the graph ofhave a local maximum, a local minimum, or a saddle point at?

Possible Answers:

The graph ofhas a local minimum at.

The graph ofhas a critical point at, but the Hessian matrix test is inconclusive.

The graph ofhas a saddle point at.

The graph ofhas a local maximum at.

The graph ofdoes not have a critical point at.

Correct answer:

The graph ofhas a critical point at, but the Hessian matrix test is inconclusive.

Explanation:

First, it must be established that the graph ofhas a critical point at; this holds if, so the first partial derivatives ofmust be evaluated at:

The graph ofhas a critical point at, so the Hessian matrix test applies.

The Hessian matrixis the matrix of partial second derivatives

,

the determinant of which can be used to determine whether a critical point ofis a local maximum, a local minimum, or a saddle point. Find the partial second derivatives of:

The Hessian matrix atis

Its determinant is the upper-left to lower-right product minus the upper-right to lower-left product:

Since the determinant of the Hessian is 0, the Hessian matrix test is inconclusive.

Example Question #27 :The Hessian

Use the Hessian matrix, if applicable, to answer this question:

Does the graph ofhave a local maximum, a local minimum, or a saddle point at?

Possible Answers:

The graph ofhas a saddle point at.

The graph ofhas a critical point at, but the Hessian matrix test is inconclusive.

The graph ofhas a local minimum at.

The graph ofdoes not have a critical point at.

The graph ofhas a local maximum at.

Correct answer:

The graph ofhas a local maximum at.

Explanation:

First, it must be established that the graph ofhas a critical point at; this holds if, so the first partial derivatives ofmust be evaluated at:

The graph ofhas a critical point at, so the Hessian matrix test applies.

The Hessian matrixis the matrix of partial second derivatives

,

the determinant of which can be used to determine whether a critical point ofis a local maximum, a local minimum, or a saddle point. Find the partial second derivatives of:

The Hessian matrix atis

Its determinant is the upper-left to lower-right product minus the upper-right to lower-left product:

The determinant is positive, makinga local extremum. Sinceis negative,is a local maximum.

Example Question #28 :The Hessian

Use the Hessian matrix, if applicable, to answer this question:

Does the graph ofhave a local maximum, a local minimum, or a saddle point at?

Possible Answers:

The graph ofdoes not have a critical point at.

The graph ofhas a saddle point at.

The graph ofhas a local maximum at.

The graph ofhas a local minimum at.

The graph ofhas a critical point at, but the Hessian matrix test is inconclusive.

Correct answer:

The graph ofhas a critical point at, but the Hessian matrix test is inconclusive.

Explanation:

First, it must be established that the graph ofhas a critical point at; this holds if, so the first partial derivatives ofmust be evaluated at:

The graph ofhas a critical point at, so the Hessian matrix test applies.

The Hessian matrixis the matrix of partial second derivatives

,

the determinant of which can be used to determine whether a critical point ofis a local maximum, a local minimum, or a saddle point. Find the partial second derivatives of:

All four partial second derivatives are constants. The Hessian matrix at any point, including, is

;

Its determinant is the upper-left to lower-right product minus the upper-right to lower-left product:

Since the determinant of the Hessian is 0, the Hessian matrix test is inconclusive.

Example Question #29 :The Hessian

Consider the function.

Determine whether the graph of the function has a critical point at; if so, use the Hessian matrixto identifyas a local maximum, a local minimum, or a saddle point.

Possible Answers:

The graph ofhas a local maximum at.

The graph ofhas a local minimum at.

The graph ofhas a saddle point at.

The graph ofdoes not have a critical point at.

The graph ofhas a critical point at, but the Hessian matrix test is inconclusive.

Correct answer:

The graph ofhas a local maximum at.

Explanation:

First, it must be established thatis a critical point of the graph of; this holds if and only if both first partial derivatives are equal to 0 at this point. Find the partial derivatives and evaluate them at:

Thus, the graph ofhas a critical point at.

The Hessian matrix is the matrix of partial second derivatives

;

Find these derivatives and evaluate them at:

At, the Hessian matrix is

The determinant of this matrix is

Since the determinant of the Hessian matrix is positive, the graph ofhas a local extremum at; since, a negative value, it is a local maximum.

Example Question #30 :The Hessian

Consider the function.

Determine whether the graph of the function has a critical point at; if so, use the Hessian matrixto identifyas a local maximum, a local minimum, or a saddle point.

Possible Answers:

The graph ofhas a critical point at, but the Hessian matrix test is inconclusive.

The graph ofhas a saddle point at.

The graph ofhas a local maximum at.

The graph ofhas a local minimum at.

The graph ofdoes not have a critical point at.

Correct answer:

The graph ofhas a critical point at, but the Hessian matrix test is inconclusive.

Explanation:

First, it must be established thatis a critical point of the graph of; this holds if and only if both first partial derivatives are equal to 0 at this point. Find the partial derivatives and evaluate them at:

Thus, the graph ofhas a critical point at.

The Hessian matrix is the matrix of partial second derivatives

;

Find these derivatives and evaluate them at:

The Hessian matrix, evaluated at, ends up being the matrix. The determinant of the matrix is 0, which means that the Hessian matrix test is inconclusive.

Example Question #31 :The Hessian

Let

Which of the following doesnotappear in the Hessian matrix of?

Possible Answers:

Correct answer:

Explanation:

The Hessian matrix ofis the matrix of partial second derivatives

To identify which choice does not give an entry of the matrix, we need to find all nine partial derivatives; however, since,, and, we need only find six such derivatives. They are as follows:

Of the five given choices, onlyis not one of the partial second derivatives. This is the correct choice.

Example Question #32 :The Hessian

Let.

Find the Hessian matrix.

Possible Answers:

Correct answer:

Explanation:

The Hessian matrix is the matrix of partial second derivatives

.

can be rewritten as

, then

This makes the partial second derivatives easier to find.

The Hessian matrix foris

Example Question #33 :The Hessian

Consider the function.

Which of the following expressions does not appeartwicein the Hessian matrix of?

Possible Answers:

Correct answer:

Explanation:

The Hessian matrix is the matrix of partial second derivatives

.

Since, we only need to find six partial second derivatives and compare them to the five choices.

As stated before,

,

so all three expressions will appear twice in the Hessian matrix.

Also note that

,

so this expression appears twice as well.

,

however, only appears once. This is the correct choice.

Example Question #1 :Gradients And Hessians Of Quadratic And Linear Functions

Possible Answers:

Correct answer:

Explanation:

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