Calculus (3rd Edition)

Published by W. H. Freeman
ISBN 10: 1464125260
ISBN 13: 978-1-46412-526-3

Chapter 15 - Differentiation in Several Variables - 15.3 Partial Derivatives - Exercises - Page 782: 58

Answer

$$\frac{\partial^2 f}{\partial x\partial y}=(x-y)^{-1}+y(x-y)^{-2}-x(x-y)^{-2}-2xy(x-y)^{-3}.$$

Work Step by Step

Since $ g(x,y)=\frac{xy}{x-y}=xy(x-y)^{-1}$, then by using the product rule, we have $$\frac{\partial f}{\partial x}= y(x-y)^{-1}-xy(x-y)^{-2}.$$ Hence, again by using the product rule, we get: $$\frac{\partial^2 f}{\partial x\partial y}=(x-y)^{-1}+y(x-y)^{-2}-x(x-y)^{-2}-2xy(x-y)^{-3}.$$
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