OCR Further Additional Pure 2024 June — Question 6

Exam BoardOCR
ModuleFurther Additional Pure (Further Additional Pure)
Year2024
SessionJune
TopicSequences and series, recurrence and convergence

6 The surface \(C\) is given by the equation \(z = x ^ { 2 } + y ^ { 3 } + a x y\) for all real \(x\) and \(y\), where \(a\) is a non-zero real number.
  1. Show that \(C\) has two stationary points, one of which is at the origin, and give the coordinates of the second in terms of \(a\).
  2. Determine the nature of these stationary points of \(C\).
  3. Explain what can be said about the location and nature of the stationary point(s) of the surface given by the equation \(z = x ^ { 2 } + y ^ { 3 }\) for all real \(x\) and \(y\).