Chapter 4: Partial Differentiation
Section 4.3: Chain Rule
Example 4.3.1
The composition of with forms the function . Obtain by an appropriate form of the chain rule, and again by writing the rule for explicitly. Give a graphical interpretation of .
Solution
Mathematical Solution
An application of the chain rule gives
Writing explicitly gives , in agreement with the chain-rule result.
Maple Solution - Interactive
Formal statement of the relevant chain rule
Context Panel: Differentiate≻With Respect To≻
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.
Implement the chain rule
Context Panel: Assign Function
Calculus palette: Partial and ordinary differential operators
Context Panel: Evaluate at a Point≻
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Obtain from an explicit representation of
Write the explicit form of . Press the Enter key.
Maple Solution - Coded
Initialize
Simplified Maple notation is available if the commands to the right are first executed.
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 .
Restore the variables and .
Define the function .
Obtain the derivative by applying the chain rule.
Define the expression for .
Differentiate explicitly.
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