Chapter 4: Partial Differentiation
Section 4.3: Chain Rule
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Example 4.3.4
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The composition of with , , forms the function . Obtain by an appropriate form of the chain rule, and again by writing the rule for explicitly. Show that the results agree.
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Solution
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Mathematical Solution
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An application of the chain rule gives
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Writing explicitly gives , in agreement with a simplified form of the chain-rule result.
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Maple Solution - Interactive
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Formal statement of the relevant chain rule
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Context Panel: Differentiate≻With Respect To≻
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It is possible to obtain notational simplifications interactively, via the Typesetting Rules Assistant in the View menu. However, this is a tedious multistep process, so will not be pursued here.
Be sure to use Maple's exponential "e" when writing the function .
Implement the chain rule
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Context Panel: Assign Function
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Context Panel: Assign Name
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Context Panel: Assign Name
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Context Panel: Assign Name
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Calculus palette: Partial and ordinary differential operators
Press the Enter key.
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Context Panel: Evaluate at a Point≻
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Obtain from the explicit representation
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Calculus palette: Differentiation operator
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Context Panel: Evaluate and Display Inline
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Maple Solution - Coded
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Initialize
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Simplified Maple notation is available if the commands to the right are first executed.
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Formal statement of the relevant chain rule
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Although the chain rule for this problem could be written as , Maple uses the D-operator notation to express the partial derivatives , and , and cannot suppress the arguments of once suppression of arguments has been applied to , , and .
Be sure to use Maple's exponential "e" when writing the function .
Implement the chain rule
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Restore the variables , , and .
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Assign , , and to the names , , and , respectively.
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Apply the diff command.
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Obtain from an explicit representation of
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Using the diff
command, explicitly differentiate .
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