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Past exam of the mathematics course of the year 1 of the natural sciences course of the University of Cambridge 2020 Paper 1 14 a Solution by
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Put . The gradient components areA stationary point requires both components to vanish. If , then ; the second component subsequently forces , giving . If , either or, writing ,Only is nonnegative. Thus there are five stationary points, with valuesThe cases and exhaust the first partial derivative equation, so no other stationary points have been lost by division.
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