Calculus: Early Transcendentals (2nd Edition)

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Chapter 12 - Functions of Several Veriables - Review Exercises - Page 960: 47

Answer

$${\text{Verified}}$$

Work Step by Step

$$\eqalign{ & u\left( {x,y} \right) = y\left( {3{x^2} - {y^2}} \right) \cr & u\left( {x,y} \right) = \left( {3{x^2}y - {y^3}} \right) \cr & {\text{Calculate the second partial derivatives }}\frac{{{\partial ^2}u}}{{\partial {x^2}}}{\text{ and }}\frac{{{\partial ^2}u}}{{\partial {y^2}}} \cr & \frac{{\partial u}}{{\partial x}} = \frac{\partial }{{\partial x}}\left[ {3{x^2}y - {y^3}} \right] \cr & \frac{{\partial u}}{{\partial x}} = 6xy \cr & \frac{{{\partial ^2}u}}{{\partial {x^2}}} = \frac{\partial }{{\partial x}}\left[ {6xy} \right] = 6y \cr & \cr & and \cr & \cr & \frac{{\partial u}}{{\partial y}} = \frac{\partial }{{\partial y}}\left[ {3{x^2}y - {y^3}} \right] \cr & \frac{{\partial u}}{{\partial y}} = 3{x^2} - 3{y^2} \cr & \frac{{{\partial ^2}u}}{{\partial y}} = \frac{\partial }{{\partial y}}\left[ {3{x^2} - 3{y^2}} \right] = - 6y \cr & \cr & {\text{Verify the Laplace's equation }}\frac{{{\partial ^2}u}}{{\partial {x^2}}} + \frac{{{\partial ^2}u}}{{\partial {y^2}}} = 0 \cr & 6y - 6y = 0 \cr & 0 = 0 \cr & {\text{Verified}} \cr} $$
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