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Problem: Concave function of two variables

Problem

Show that $f\left( x,y \right)=-x^2-y^2$ is strictly concave.

Solution

$H=\left( \right)$

$\left| H \right|=4>0$ and $f_{xx}^{''}=-2<0$ for all $x$ : $f$ is strictly concave.