Partial Differentiation Tutorial
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Alexander FarrugiaUNIVERSITY OF MALTA FACULTY OF SCIENCE Department of Mathematics MAT 1801 Mathematics for Engineers 1 Problem Sheet 4
(1) Find fx and fy for the function f (x, y) given by (a) f (x, y) = x2 y 2 y x (b) f (x, y) = xe2x+3y
(2) Find fxx , fyy , fxy , fyx for the function f (x, y) = x2 sin y+y 2 cos x and verify that fxy = fyx . (3) Let a function f = f (x, y), where x = 2u + v and y = u v. Show that 2f 2f 2f 2f 2f + 2 =5 2 +2 +2 2. u2 v x xy y (4) If f = f (x, y) satises the equation 2f 2f + 2 = 0, x2 y and the variables x and y can be expressed in terms of u and v by the equations u = ax + by and v = bx ay, where a and b are constants, show that 2f 2f + 2 = 0. u2 v (5) If f = f (ex ey , ey ez , ez ex ), show that ey ez f f f + ex ez + ex ey = 0. x y z
(6) If w =
x2 , nd the approximate percentage error in w resulting yz 4 from the following errors in x, y and z respectively: 0.3% too large, 0.6% too small, 0.7% too large. u u u + + = 0. x y z
(7) If u = u(x 2y + z, y 2z + x, z 2x + y), prove that
(8) The real variables x, y, t satisfy the equation y = eax cos(bt+c), where a, b, c are constants. Verify that 2y 2y b2 2 + a2 2 = 0. x t (9) If x = r cos and y = r sin , show that 2r 2 . Find also and . x yx yx (10) If z = (x + y) (x2 + y2) , nd x z z +y . x y r = cos and nd x
(11) If z = sin sin sin and z is calculated for the values = 30o , = 45o , = 60o , nd approximately the change in the value of z if each of the angles and is increased by the same small angle o and is decreased by 1 o . 2
