In this problem, you are given two matrices A, B ∈ R²x2 and a vector x ∈ R² and asked to answer the following questions about them. Let f : ℝ² -> ℝ be the function given by f(z) = zTAz. What is the gradient of f with respect to z, i.e. ∇z f(z)?
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