Friday, November 21, 2014

`f(x,y) = tan(y/x)` Determine whether the function is homogenous and if it is, determine its degree

A function `f(x, y)` is called homogeneous if for some integer `n`


`f(tx, ty) = t^n f(x, y).`


The given function satisfies this condition with `n = 0:`


`f(tx, ty) = tan((tx)/(ty)) = tan(x/y) = f(x, y),`


and therefore it is homogeneous with the degree 0.


(although we have to note that for some x and y  `f(x, y)` is undefined)

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