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: 51

Answer

$\dfrac{\partial^2 z}{\partial r\partial s}=2y\dfrac{\partial^2 z}{\partial x^2}+2x \dfrac{\partial^2 z}{\partial x \partial y}+2y \dfrac{\partial^2 z}{\partial y^2}+2 \dfrac{\partial z}{\partial y}$

Work Step by Step

$\dfrac{\partial }{\partial r}(\dfrac{\partial z}{\partial x})=\dfrac{\partial^2 z}{\partial x^2} \times (2r) +\dfrac{\partial^2 z}{\partial y \partial x} \times (2s)$ and $\dfrac{\partial }{\partial r}(\dfrac{\partial z}{\partial y})=\dfrac{\partial^2 z}{\partial x\partial y} \times (2r) +\dfrac{\partial^2 z}{\partial y^2} \times (2s) $ $2s \times [\dfrac{\partial^2 z}{\partial x^2}(2r) +\dfrac{\partial^2 z}{\partial y \partial x}(2s)]+[\dfrac{\partial^2 z}{\partial x\partial y}(2r) +\dfrac{\partial^2 z}{\partial y^2}(2s)] +2 \times \dfrac{\partial z}{\partial y}=\dfrac{\partial^2 z}{\partial r\partial s}$ This can be re-written as: $\dfrac{\partial^2 z}{\partial x^2} \times (4rs) +(4r^2+4s^2) \times \dfrac{\partial^2 z}{\partial y \partial x}+ \dfrac{\partial^2 z}{\partial y^2}(4rs) +(2) \dfrac{\partial z}{\partial y}=\dfrac{\partial^2 z}{\partial r\partial s}$ We need to plug in $r^2+s^2=x$ and $2rs=y$ into the above equation. Thus, we get $\dfrac{\partial^2 z}{\partial r\partial s}=2y\dfrac{\partial^2 z}{\partial x^2}+2x \dfrac{\partial^2 z}{\partial x \partial y}+2y \dfrac{\partial^2 z}{\partial y^2}+2 \dfrac{\partial z}{\partial y}$ (VERIFIED)
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