<>= coef <- sample(c(2:9, -(2:9)), 3, replace = TRUE) x <- sample(c(-5:5), 2, replace = TRUE) H <- matrix(c(2 * coef[1], coef[2], coef[2], 2 * coef[3]), nrow = 2, ncol = 2) ix <- sample(1:4, 1, prob=c(0.35, 0.15, 0.15, 0.35)) ixt <- c("upper left", "upper right", "lower left", "lower right")[ix] ixn <- c("11", "12", "21", "22")[ix] sol <- H[ix] err <- unique(H[-ix]) err <- err[err != sol] sc <- num_to_schoice(sol, wrong = err, range = -25:25, method = "delta", delta = 1, digits = 0) plus <- ifelse(coef < 0, "", "+") @ \begin{question} Compute the Hessian of the function \begin{eqnarray*} f(x_1, x_2) = \Sexpr{coef[1]} x_1^{2} \Sexpr{plus[2]} \Sexpr{coef[2]} x_1 x_2 \Sexpr{plus[3]} \Sexpr{coef[3]} x_2^{2} \end{eqnarray*} at $(x_1, x_2) = (\Sexpr{x[1]}, \Sexpr{x[2]})$. What is the value of the \Sexpr{ixt} element? <>= answerlist(sc$questions) @ \end{question} \begin{solution} The first-order partial derivatives are \begin{eqnarray*} f'_1(x_1, x_2) &=& \Sexpr{H[1,1]} x_1 \Sexpr{plus[2]} \Sexpr{H[1,2]} x_2 \\ f'_2(x_1, x_2) &=& \Sexpr{H[2,1]} x_1 \Sexpr{plus[3]} \Sexpr{H[2,2]} x_2 \end{eqnarray*} and the second-order partial derivatives are \begin{eqnarray*} f''_{11}(x_1, x_2) &=& \Sexpr{H[1,1]}\\ f''_{12}(x_1, x_2) &=& \Sexpr{H[1,2]}\\ f''_{21}(x_1, x_2) &=& \Sexpr{H[2,1]}\\ f''_{22}(x_1, x_2) &=& \Sexpr{H[2,2]} \end{eqnarray*} Therefore the Hessian is \begin{eqnarray*} f''(x_1, x_2) = \Sexpr{toLatex(H)} \end{eqnarray*} independent of $x_1$ and $x_2$. Thus, the \Sexpr{ixt} element is: $f''_{\Sexpr{ixn}}(\Sexpr{x[1]}, \Sexpr{x[2]}) = \Sexpr{sol}$. <>= answerlist(ifelse(sc$solutions, "True", "False")) @ \end{solution} %% \extype{schoice} %% \exsolution{\Sexpr{mchoice2string(sc$solutions)}} %% \exname{Hessian}