Chapter 4: Partial Differentiation
Section 4.3: Chain Rule
Example 4.3.16
If , show that .
Solution
Mathematical Solution
It is most convenient to define so that .
The following calculation then results from an application of the chain rule.
Maple Solution - Interactive
Define and
Context Panel: Assign Name
Compute and simplify the result to
Calculus palette: Partial-derivative operator
Context Panel: Evaluate and Display Inline
Context Panel: Expand≻Expand
=
But . Because must appear in the final result, during computation assignment is made to , not , to avoid conflicts when making the final substitution.
Maple Solution - Coded
Initialize
Define .
Apply the diff and simplify commands to evaluate the expression
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