Chapter 4: Partial Differentiation
Section 4.3: Chain Rule
Example 4.3.14
If and , , obtain in terms of and .
Solution
Mathematical Solution
With written as , the following calculation applies the appropriate form(s) of the applicable chain rule.
Maple Solution - Interactive
Define , and
Context Panel: Assign Name
Compute and simplify the result
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.
Separately obtain and simplify the partial derivatives , and
Obtain and
Assemble the terms of the chain rule as per the Mathematical Solution above.
Maple Solution - Coded
Initialize
Define .
Apply the diff and simplify commands to evaluate the expression
Apply the diff command.
Obtain the derivatives and
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