Multivariable Calculus, 7th Edition

Published by Brooks Cole
ISBN 10: 0-53849-787-4
ISBN 13: 978-0-53849-787-9

Chapter 14 - Partial Derivatives - 14.5 Exercises - Page 956: 48

Answer

$(\dfrac{\partial z }{\partial x})^2-(\dfrac{\partial z }{\partial y})^2 =\dfrac{\partial z }{\partial s}\dfrac{\partial z }{\partial t}$

Work Step by Step

Here, we have $\dfrac{\partial z }{\partial s} =\dfrac{\partial z }{\partial x} \times \dfrac{\partial x }{\partial s}+\dfrac{\partial z }{\partial y} \times \dfrac{\partial y }{\partial s}$ $\dfrac{\partial z }{\partial s} =\dfrac{\partial z }{\partial x} +\dfrac{\partial z }{\partial y} $ and $\dfrac{\partial z }{\partial t} =\dfrac{\partial z }{\partial x} -\dfrac{\partial z }{\partial y} $ $(\dfrac{\partial z }{\partial x})^2-(\dfrac{\partial z }{\partial y})^2 =\dfrac{1}{4}(\dfrac{\partial z }{\partial s})^2+\dfrac{1}{2}\dfrac{\partial z }{\partial s}\dfrac{\partial z }{\partial t}+\dfrac{1}{4} (\dfrac{\partial z }{\partial t})^2-[\dfrac{1}{4} (\dfrac{\partial z }{\partial s})^2-\dfrac{1}{2}\dfrac{\partial z }{\partial s}\dfrac{\partial z }{\partial t}+\dfrac{1}{4}(\dfrac{\partial z }{\partial t})^2]$ Therefore, we have $(\dfrac{\partial z }{\partial x})^2-(\dfrac{\partial z }{\partial y})^2 =\dfrac{\partial z }{\partial s}\dfrac{\partial z }{\partial t}$
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