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Find a parametrization of the surface \[\ x^3 +3xy + z^2 =2; z>0\] and use it to find tangent plane at the point \[\ x = 1, y=\frac{1}{3}, z = 0 \]. Now, I used \[\ u = x; v = y\] so \[\ z=\sqrt{2-u^3-3uv} \] and i got the normal to the surface: \[\ ( \frac{3(u^2 +v)}{2 \sqrt{2-u^3 - 3uv}} ,\frac{3u}{2\sqrt{2-u^3 -3uv}} , 1) \] So, at the point u = 1and v = 1/3 my normal vector goes to \[(\infty,\infty,1)\]. So how to deal with that?

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