Calculus 8th Edition

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Chapter 14 - Partial Derivatives - 14.5 The Chain Rule - 14.5 Exercises - Page 985: 50

Answer

$\dfrac{\partial^2 u}{\partial x^2}+\dfrac{\partial^2 u}{\partial y^2}=e^{-2s}[ \dfrac{\partial^2 u}{\partial s^2}+\dfrac{\partial^2 u}{\partial t^2}]$

Work Step by Step

Here, we have $\dfrac{\partial^2 u}{\partial s^2}=(u_{xx}x^2_s+u_x x_{ss})+(u_{xx}x^2_s+u_x x_{ss})+(u_{yy}y^2_s+u_y y_{ss})+(u_{xx}x^2_s+u_x x_{ss})$ and $\dfrac{\partial^2 u}{\partial t^2}=(u_{xx}x^2_t+u_x x_{tt})+(u_{xx}x^2_t+u_x x_{tt})+(u_{yy}y^2_t+u_y y_{tt})+(u_{xx}x^2_s+u_x x_{tt})$ Now, $\dfrac{\partial^2 u}{\partial s^2}+\dfrac{\partial^2 u}{\partial t^2}=\dfrac{\partial^2 u}{\partial x^2} e^{2s} (\cos^2 t+\sin^2 t)+ e^{2s} \dfrac{\partial^2 u}{\partial y^2}(\sin^2 t+\cos^2 t) $ Since, $\sin^2 t+\cos^2 t=1$ Therefore, it has been verified that $\dfrac{\partial^2 u}{\partial x^2}+\dfrac{\partial^2 u}{\partial y^2}=e^{-2s}[ \dfrac{\partial^2 u}{\partial s^2}+\dfrac{\partial^2 u}{\partial t^2}]$
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