Let f(x, y) = x4 +y² – y – 4.x². Find and classify all the critical points (whether they are points of aximum, local minimum, saddle points or neither of those).

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a) Let f(x, y) = x4 +y? – y – 4x². Find and classify all the critical points (whether they are points of local
maximum, local minimum, saddle points or neither of those).
Transcribed Image Text:a) Let f(x, y) = x4 +y? – y – 4x². Find and classify all the critical points (whether they are points of local maximum, local minimum, saddle points or neither of those).
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