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22 (Baker No. 305) Surface with unequal mixed second partial derivatives at a point

Attributed by Baker to Pierpont. The equation given by Baker is (x^2 + y^2)z = xy(x^2 - y). This model illustrates a surface whose mixed second partial derivatives at the origin are not equal.