University Calculus: Early Transcendentals (3rd Edition)

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Chapter 13 - Section 13.3 - Partial Derivatives - Exercises - Page 703: 73

Answer

The Laplace's equation is satisfied.

Work Step by Step

We need to verify Laplace's equation $\nabla^2 f =\dfrac{\partial^2 f}{\partial x^2}+\dfrac{\partial^2 f}{\partial y^2}+\dfrac{\partial^2 f}{\partial z^2}$ We take the first partial derivative of the given function $f(x,y,z)$ with respect to $x$, by treating $y$ and $z$ as a constant, and vice versa: $f_x=2x \\ f_y=2y \\f_z=-4z$ Now, $\nabla^2 f =2+2+(-4)=0$ Thus, the Laplace's equation is satisfied.
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