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Contour Plots and Critical Points

Lang Moore and David Smith, Duke University

with the assistance of
Jer-Chin Chuang, Furman University
John Michel, Marietta College

Purpose: To use contour plots and second-degree Taylor approximations to locate extreme points and saddle points of a function of two variables.

Prerequisites: Familiarity with

surface

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