What Does [image omitted] Really Mean?

Authors :: McCartin, Brian J.
Source :: Primus: Problems, Resources & Issues in Mathematics Undergraduate Studies. Sep/Oct2008, Vol. 18 Issue 5, p456-474. 19p. 5 Diagrams, 9 Graphs.
Publication Year :: 2008
Abstract: This note presents geometric and physical interpretations of the sufficient condition for a critical point to be a strict relative extremum: [image omitted]. The role of the double derivative fxy in this inequality will be highlighted in these interpretations. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Subjects :: *CRITICAL point (Thermodynamics)
*VARIATIONAL principles
*EXTREMAL problems (Mathematics)
*CONIC sections
*CRITICAL point theory
*CALCULUS of variations
*ANALYTIC geometry
*MATHEMATICAL analysis
*MATHEMATICS education

Language :: English
ISSN :: 10511970
Volume :: 18
Issue :: 5
Database :: Academic Search Index
Journal :: Primus: Problems, Resources & Issues in Mathematics Undergraduate Studies
Publication Type :: Academic Journal
Accession number :: 34212881
Full Text :: https://doi.org/10.1080/10511970701397650