# Homework Help: Function continuous or not at (0,0)

1. Jan 24, 2012

### kottur

1. The problem statement, all variables and given/known data

$f\rightarrowℝ$, $f(x,y)=\frac{x^{2}y}{x^{6}+y^{2}}$ where $(x,y)\neq(0,0)$ and $f(0,0)=0$.

Is the function continuous at $(0,0)$?

3. The attempt at a solution

I tried to find the limit at $(0,0)$ so I put $y=x$ into the function $f$ and got the limit 0 when $x\rightarrow0$. Tthen I put $y=x^{2}$ into $f$ and got the limit 1 when $x\rightarrow0$. That means that the limit does not exist right?
But the part that says $f(0,0)=0$ confuses me. Does that change the limit?

There is a second part for this problem where I'm supposed to find the first partial derivatives in $(0,0)$ or explain why they do not exist but I'd like to understand this first and then try to see if I can do the second part by myself. I think that if the limit does not exist in $(0,0)$ then the partial derivatives can not either by definition... But I'm not sure...

2. Jan 24, 2012

### SammyS

Staff Emeritus
"But the part that says $f(0,0)=0$ confuses me. Does that change the limit?"​