Chapter 4: Partial Differentiation
Section 4.3: Chain Rule
Example 4.3.17
If is a function of , show that .
Solution
Mathematical Solution
It is most convenient to define and . The following calculation then results from an application of the chain rule.
Maple Solution - Interactive
Define and
Context Panel: Assign Name
Compute
Calculus palette: Partial-derivative operator
Context Panel: Evaluate and Display Inline
Context Panel: Simplify≻Simplify
=
To work from first principles, obtain and simplify the following derivatives.
Obtain and square the partial derivatives , and
The sum of the squares of the partial derivatives is then
where the name reverts back to .
Maple Solution - Coded
Initialize
Define .
Apply the diff and simplify commands to evaluate the expression
(Note the use of for , etc.)
Separately obtain , and and their squares
Apply the diff and command.
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