Solution

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The product rule gives the two partial derivatives
They both vanish at the origin. The exponential function is never zero, so any further stationary point must satisfy or , and or . Having both coordinates nonzero would require both opposite differences to be , which is impossible. If , the nonzero choices are ; if , they are . Hence the full list is

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