Calculus 10th Edition

Published by Brooks Cole
ISBN 10: 1-28505-709-0
ISBN 13: 978-1-28505-709-5

Chapter 13 - Functions of Several Variables - 13.3 Exercises - Page 896: 58

Answer

$$\frac{\partial G(x,y,z)}{\partial x}=\frac{x}{(\sqrt{1-x^2-y^2-z^2})^3}$$ $$\frac{\partial G(x,y,z)}{\partial y}=\frac{y}{(\sqrt{1-x^2-y^2-z^2})^3}$$ $$\frac{\partial G(x,y,z)}{\partial z}=\frac{z}{(\sqrt{1-x^2-y^2-z^2})^3}$$

Work Step by Step

We will use chain rule to find these partial derivatives. The partial derivative with respect to $x$ is: $$\frac{\partial G(x,y,z)}{\partial x}=\frac{\partial }{\partial x}\left(\frac{1}{\sqrt{1-x^2-y^2-z^2}}\right)=-\frac{1}{2(\sqrt{1-x^2-y^2-z^2)}^3}\frac{\partial }{\partial x}(1-x^2-y^2-z^2)=-\frac{1}{2(\sqrt{1-x^2-y^2-z^2})^3}\cdot(-2x)=\frac{2}{(\sqrt{1-x^2-y^2-z^2})^3}$$ $y$ and $z$ are treated as a constant. The partial derivative with respect to $y$ is: $$\frac{\partial G(x,y,z)}{\partial y}=\frac{\partial }{\partial y}\left(\frac{1}{\sqrt{1-x^2-y^2-z^2}}\right)=-\frac{1}{2(\sqrt{1-x^2-y^2-z^2})^3}\frac{\partial }{\partial y}(1-x^2-y^2-z^2)=-\frac{1}{2(\sqrt{1-x^2-y^2-z^2})^3}\cdot(-2y)=\frac{y}{(\sqrt{1-x^2-y^2-z^2})^3}$$ $x$ and $z$ are treated as a constant. The partial derivative with respect to $z$ is: $$\frac{\partial G(x,y,z)}{\partial z}=\frac{\partial }{\partial z}\left(\frac{1}{\sqrt{1-x^2-y^2-z^2}}\right)=-\frac{1}{2(\sqrt{1-x^2-y^2-z^2})^3}\frac{\partial }{\partial z}(1-x^2-y^2-z^2)=-\frac{1}{2(\sqrt{1-x^2-y^2-z^2})^3}\cdot(-2z)=\frac{z}{(\sqrt{1-x^2-y^2-z^2})^3}$$ $x$ and $y$ are treated as a constant.
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