These 2 questions,I have attempted them for hours but still no outcome:confused:
For the first question:
part a) i take the ∇f(x) and set it to be zero;
then find out(x1,x2)=(0,-1) or((-2a-1)/3,(-2a-4)/3);
but then for part b), after using second-order necessary condition,
i have no idea...