Calculus, 10th Edition (Anton)

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Chapter 13 - Partial Derivatives - 13.5 The Chain Rule - Exercises Set 13.5 - Page 958: 56

Answer

\[ \begin{array}{l} 0=\frac{\partial w}{\partial z}+\frac{\partial w}{\partial y}+\frac{\partial w}{\partial x} \end{array} \]

Work Step by Step

We are given that \[ (x-y, y-z, z-x)f=w \] Let $-y+x=u, \quad -z+y=v \quad$ and $\quad -x+z=t$ \[ \begin{array}{l} \frac{\partial w}{\partial x}=\frac{\partial w}{\partial u} \frac{\partial u}{\partial x}+\frac{\partial u}{\partial v} \frac{\partial v}{\partial x}+\frac{\partial u}{\partial t} \frac{\partial t}{\partial x} \\ \frac{\partial w}{\partial y}=\frac{\partial w}{\partial u} \frac{\partial u}{\partial y}+\frac{\partial w}{\partial v} \frac{\partial v}{\partial y}+\frac{\partial w}{\partial t} \frac{\partial t}{\partial y} \\ \frac{\partial w}{\partial z}=\frac{\partial w}{\partial u} \frac{\partial u}{\partial z}+\frac{\partial w}{\partial v} \frac{\partial v}{\partial z}+\frac{\partial w}{\partial t} \frac{\partial t}{\partial z} \end{array} \] Let's consider \[ 1=\frac{\partial u}{\partial x}, \quad \frac{\partial u}{\partial y}=-1 \] \[ \begin{array}{l} \frac{\partial v}{\partial y}=1, \quad \frac{\partial v}{\partial z}=-1 \\ \frac{\partial t}{\partial z}=1, \quad \frac{\partial t}{\partial x}=-1 \end{array} \] Thus, here we can write \[ \begin{array}{l} \frac{\partial w}{\partial x}+\frac{\partial w}{\partial y}+\frac{\partial w}{\partial z}=\left[\frac{\partial w}{\partial u}(1)+0+\frac{\partial w}{\partial t}(-1)\right]+\left[\frac{\partial w}{\partial u}(-1)+\frac{\partial u}{\partial v}(1)+0\right]+\left[0+\frac{\partial w}{\partial v}(-1)+\frac{\partial w}{\partial t}(1)\right] \\ \frac{\partial w}{\partial x}+\frac{\partial w}{\partial y}+\frac{\partial w}{\partial z}=\frac{\partial w}{\partial u}-\frac{\partial w}{\partial u}+\frac{\partial w}{\partial v}-\frac{\partial w}{\partial v}+\frac{\partial w}{\partial t}-\frac{\partial w}{\partial t} \\ 0=\frac{\partial w}{\partial z}+\frac{\partial w}{\partial y}+\frac{\partial w}{\partial x} \end{array} \]
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