Problem 1235 (difficulty: 3/10)

Show that \(\displaystyle (x-y^2)(2x-y^2)\) has no local minimum at \(\displaystyle (0,0)\) even though it has a local minimum along any lines through \(\displaystyle (0,0)\).

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