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  1. Ask whether the allowed region can extend arbitrarily far out.
  2. A square root constraint can pin the domain inside a finite disk.
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Bounded domain: f(x,y)=4x2y2f(x,y) = \sqrt{4 - x^{2} - y^{2}}, f(x,y)=ln(1x2y2)f(x,y) = \ln(1 - x^{2} - y^{2}), f(x,y)=9x24y2f(x,y) = \sqrt{9 - x^{2} - 4y^{2}}

Unbounded domain: f(x,y)=x2+y2f(x,y) = x^{2} + y^{2}, f(x,y)=1/(x+y)f(x,y) = 1/(x+y), f(x,y)=sin(x)cos(y)f(x,y) = \sin(x)\cos(y)

Why

Square roots and logs restrict the domain to regions where the argument is non-negative/positive.

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