2009年考研数学一第15题
📝 题目
求二元函数 $f(x, y)=x^{2}\left(2+y^{2}\right)+y \ln y$ 的极值.
💡 答案解析
$f_{x}^{\prime}(x, y)=2 x\left(2+y^{2}\right), f_{y}^{\prime}(x, y)=2 x^{2} y+\ln y+1$ . 令 $\left\{\begin{array}{l}f_{x}^{\prime}(x, y)=2 x\left(2+y^{2}\right)=0, \\ f_{y}^{\prime}(x, y)=2 x^{2} y+\ln y+1=0,\end{array}\right.$ 解得唯一驻点 $\left(0, \displaystyle\frac{1}{\mathrm{e}}\right)$ . 因为 $A=f_{x x}^{\prime \prime}\left(0, \displaystyle\frac{1}{\mathrm{e}}\right)=\left.2\left(2+y^{2}\right)\right|_{\left(0, \displaystyle\frac{1}{\mathrm{e}}\right)}=2\left(2+\displaystyle\frac{1}{\mathrm{e}^{2}}\right)$ ,
$$ B=f_{x y}^{\prime \prime}\left(0, \frac{1}{\mathrm{e}}\right)=\left.4 x y\right|_{\left(0, \frac{1}{\mathrm{e}}\right)}=0, \quad C=f_{y y}^{\prime \prime}\left(0, \frac{1}{\mathrm{e}}\right)=\left.\left(2 x^{2}+\frac{1}{y}\right)\right|_{\left(0, \frac{1}{\mathrm{e}}\right)}=\mathrm{e}, $$
所以 $B^{2}-A C=-2 \mathrm{e}\left(2+\displaystyle\frac{1}{\mathrm{e}^{2}}\right)<0$ ,又 $A>0$ ,于是 $\left(0, \displaystyle\frac{1}{\mathrm{e}}\right)$ 是 $f(x, y)$ 的极小值点,极小值为 $f\left(0, \displaystyle\frac{1}{\mathrm{e}}\right)=-\displaystyle\frac{1}{\mathrm{e}}$ .
方法点评:本题需要熟练掌握二元函数无条件极值步骤: (1)确定二元函数 $f(x, y)$ 的定义域 $D$(开区域); (2)由 $\left\{\begin{array}{l}\displaystyle\frac{\partial f}{\partial x}=0, \\ \displaystyle\frac{\partial f}{\partial y}=0,\end{array}\right.$ 求出函数 $f(x, y)$ 的驻点; (3)若 $\left(x_{0}, y_{0}\right)$ 为一个驻点,求出 $A=f_{x x}^{\prime \prime}\left(x_{0}, y_{0}\right), B=f_{x y}^{\prime \prime}\left(x_{0}, y_{0}\right), C=f_{y y}^{\prime \prime}\left(x_{0}, y_{0}\right)$ ,当 $A C-B^{2}>0$ 时,$\left(x_{0}, y_{0}\right)$ 为 $f(x, y)$ 的极值点,其中当 $A>0$ 时,$\left(x_{0}, y_{0}\right)$ 为极小值点;当 $A<0$ 时,$\left(x_{0}, y_{0}\right)$ 为极大值点.
当 $A C-B^{2}<0$ 时,$\left(x_{0}, y_{0}\right)$ 不是极值点.