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This question is about the family of relations given by
$x^n+y^n=1$
(1) Explain the features of the graph of the relation
$|x|+|y|=1$.
(2) Prove that $${n\over n+1} \leq {1\over 2^{1/n}} < 1 $$
(3) Consider the family of relations $x^n+y^n=1$ in the first
quadrant.
Choose one particular value of $n$ and show that $y$ decreases as
$x$ increases.
Show that, for each value of $n$, the graph lies entirely outside
the square bounded by the lines $$x=0, \ x={n\over n+1},\ y=0,\
y={n\over n+1}$$ and inside the square bounded by the lines $$x=0,\
x=1,\ y=0,\ y=1.$$
(4) Sketch some graphs in all four quadrants of the family of
relations $|x|^n+|y|^n=1$ for even values of $n$ and explain why
the graphs get closer to a square shape as $n\to \infty$.
(5) Plot the graph of $x^3+y^3=1$ in all four quadrants. Why do the
graphs of the relations $x^n+y^n=1$ differ according to whether $n$
is odd or even?