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 897: 94

Answer

$$\frac{{2xy}}{{{{\left( {{x^2} + {y^2}} \right)}^2}}} - \frac{{2xy}}{{{{\left( {{x^2} + {y^2}} \right)}^2}}} = 0$$

Work Step by Step

$$\eqalign{ & z = \arctan \frac{y}{x} \cr & {\text{Find }}\frac{{{\partial ^2}z}}{{\partial {x^2}}}{\text{ and }}\frac{{{\partial ^2}z}}{{\partial {y^2}}} \cr & \frac{{\partial z}}{{\partial x}} = \frac{\partial }{{\partial x}}\left[ {\arctan \frac{y}{x}} \right] = \frac{{ - \frac{y}{{{x^2}}}}}{{1 + {{\left( {\frac{y}{x}} \right)}^2}}} = \frac{{ - \frac{y}{{{x^2}}}}}{{\frac{{{x^2} + {y^2}}}{{{x^2}}}}} = - \frac{y}{{{x^2} + {y^2}}} \cr & \frac{{{\partial ^2}z}}{{\partial {x^2}}} = \frac{\partial }{{\partial x}}\left[ { - \frac{y}{{{x^2} + {y^2}}}} \right] = - \left( { - \frac{{y\left( {2x} \right)}}{{{{\left( {{x^2} + {y^2}} \right)}^2}}}} \right) = \frac{{2xy}}{{{{\left( {{x^2} + {y^2}} \right)}^2}}} \cr & and \cr & \frac{{\partial z}}{{\partial y}} = \frac{\partial }{{\partial y}}\left[ {\arctan \frac{y}{x}} \right] = \frac{{\frac{1}{x}}}{{1 + {{\left( {\frac{y}{x}} \right)}^2}}} = \frac{{\frac{1}{x}}}{{\frac{{{x^2} + {y^2}}}{{{x^2}}}}} = \frac{x}{{{x^2} + {y^2}}} \cr & \frac{{{\partial ^2}z}}{{\partial {y^2}}} = \frac{\partial }{{\partial y}}\left[ {\frac{x}{{{x^2} + {y^2}}}} \right] = - \frac{{x\left( {2y} \right)}}{{{{\left( {{x^2} + {y^2}} \right)}^2}}} = - \frac{{2xy}}{{{{\left( {{x^2} + {y^2}} \right)}^2}}} \cr & {\text{Substitute into Laplace's equation }}\frac{{{\partial ^2}z}}{{\partial {x^2}}} + \frac{{{\partial ^2}z}}{{\partial {y^2}}} = 0 \cr & \underbrace {\frac{{{\partial ^2}z}}{{\partial {x^2}}} + \frac{{{\partial ^2}z}}{{\partial {y^2}}} = 0}_ \downarrow \cr & \frac{{2xy}}{{{{\left( {{x^2} + {y^2}} \right)}^2}}} - \frac{{2xy}}{{{{\left( {{x^2} + {y^2}} \right)}^2}}} = 0 \cr & 0 = 0 \cr} $$
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