Q1) truncating to precision 4 or 5 happens after each operation.

Q2) Done quite well. Should hand in a copy of your code though.

Q3) Some limits should be justified, that is, some aren't obvious.
Also p need not be integer.

Q4) Done very well.

Q5) Also done well.

Q6) Most showed that (1,1) is a strict local min, but we wanted a
global min. This is just noticing f(1,1) = 0 and f(x) >=0.

Q7) The iterates are

(0, 0)

(0, 1/2)

(1/2, 1/2)

(1/2, 3/4)

(3/4, 3/4)


The optimal solution is (1,1) which can be shown through optimality
conditions.