Chapter 4: Partial Differentiation
Section 4.3: Chain Rule
Example 4.3.6
The composition of with forms the function . Obtain the partial derivatives and by appropriate forms of the chain rule, and again by writing the rule for explicitly. Show that the results agree.
Solution
Mathematical Solution
An application of the chain rule gives
and
Writing explicitly gives and , in agreement with the chain-rule results.
Maple Solution - Interactive
Formal statement of the relevant chain rules
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
Context Panel: Assign Name
Calculus palette: Partial and ordinary differential operators Press the Enter key.
Context Panel: Evaluate at a Point≻
Context Panel: Simplify≻Simplify
Obtain and from the explicit representation
Calculus palette: Partial differentiation operator
Context Panel: Evaluate and Display Inline
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Maple Solution - Coded
Initialize
Simplified Maple notation is available if the commands to the right are first executed.
Although the chain rules for this problem could be written as and , 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 .
Assign and to the names and , respectively.
Apply the simplify and diff commands.
Obtain and from an explicit representation of
Using the diff and simplify commands, explicitly differentiate .
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