Chapter 4: Partial Differentiation
Section 4.3: Chain Rule
Example 4.3.26
If the equation implicitly defines and the equation implicitly defines , obtain and .
Solution
Mathematical Solution
Differentiate each equation with respect to , keeping in mind the implicitly defined functions in each.
and
from which it follows that .
Maple Solution - Interactive
Obtain from first principles
Write the first equation with the appropriate dependencies made explicit.
Context Panel: Differentiate≻With Respect To≻
Write the second equation with the appropriate dependencies made explicit.
Using equation labels, make a sequence of the two equations resulting from differentiation, and press the Enter key.
Context Panel: Solve≻Solve for Variables≻ Enter as per Figure 4.3.26(a).
Figure 4.3.26(a) Variables dialog
Thus, .
Context Panel: Solve≻Solve for Variables≻ Enter as per Figure 4.3.26(b).
Figure 4.3.26(b) Variables dialog
Maple Solution - Coded
Apply the implicitdiff command
From the first calculation, obtain ; and from the second, .
The following computation of and from first principles makes use of some notational simplifications. Unfortunately, Maple can either suppress the arguments on or , but not both because would be a suppressed argument of . The choice here is to suppress the arguments for .
Notational simplifications
These commands cause and to be equivalent, and for its derivatives to be written with subscripts.
Obtain
Write the two defining equations with the appropriate dependencies explicitly stated. Press the Enter key.
Differentiate both equations with respect to and solve for the two derivatives and .
Extract the solution for and replace with .
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