Question Bank (EM I) Module 3: Partial Differentiation

1) Find the second order partial derivatives of the given function

𝑢 = 𝑒 𝑥 log 𝑦 + sin 𝑦 𝑙𝑜𝑔𝑥.
2) Find the second order partial derivatives of the given function 𝑢 = tan−1(𝑙𝑜𝑔𝑥𝑦 )
−1 𝜕𝑢 𝜕𝑢
3) If 𝑢 = (1 − 2𝑥𝑦 + 𝑦 2 ) 2 then prove that 𝑥 −𝑦 = 𝑢3 𝑦 2 .
𝜕𝑥 𝜕𝑦
𝜕𝑧 𝜕𝑧 2 𝜕𝑧 𝜕𝑧
4) If 𝑍(𝑥 + 𝑦) = (𝑥 2 + 𝑦 2 ), prove that ( − ) = 4 (1 − − ).
𝜕𝑥 𝜕𝑦 𝜕𝑥 𝜕𝑦
𝜕𝑧 𝜕𝑧
5) If 𝑧 = 𝑒 𝑎𝑥+𝑏𝑦 𝑓(𝑎𝑥 − 𝑏𝑦); then prove that 𝑏 +𝑎 = 2𝑎𝑏𝑧.
𝜕𝑥 𝜕𝑦

6) If 𝑢 = 𝑙𝑜𝑔(𝑡𝑎𝑛 𝑥 + 𝑡𝑎𝑛 𝑦 + 𝑡𝑎𝑛 𝑧)then prove that

𝜕𝑢 𝜕𝑢 𝜕𝑢
𝑠𝑖𝑛2𝑥 + 𝑠𝑖𝑛2𝑦 + 𝑠𝑖𝑛2𝑧 = 2.
𝜕𝑥 𝜕𝑦 𝜕𝑧

𝑒 𝑥+𝑦+𝑧 𝜕𝑢 𝜕𝑢 𝜕𝑢
7) If 𝑢 = 𝑥+𝑦−𝑧
, Prove that + + = 2𝑢.
𝑒 𝜕𝑥 𝜕𝑦 𝜕𝑧

𝜕2 𝑧 𝜕2 𝑧
8) If 𝑧 = 𝑥 𝑦 + 𝑦 𝑥 , verify that = .
𝜕𝑥𝜕𝑦 𝜕𝑦𝜕𝑥

𝜕2 𝑢 𝜕2 𝑢
9) If 𝑢 = 𝑙𝑜𝑔 (𝑥 2 + 𝑦 2 ) prove that, = .
𝜕𝑥𝜕𝑦 𝜕𝑦𝜕𝑥
𝜕3 𝑢 𝜕3 𝑢
10) If 𝑢 = 𝑥 2 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑛 𝑠ℎ𝑜𝑤 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 =
𝜕𝑥 2 𝜕𝑦 𝜕𝑥 𝜕𝑦 𝜕𝑥

𝑒 𝑥+𝑦+𝑧 𝜕𝑢 𝜕𝑢 𝜕𝑢
11) If 𝑢 = , Prove that + + = 2𝑢.
𝑒 𝑥+𝑦−𝑧 𝜕𝑥 𝜕𝑦 𝜕𝑧

𝜕2 𝑧 𝜕2 𝑧
12) If 𝑧 = 𝑡𝑎𝑛(𝑦 = 𝑎𝑥 ) = (𝑦 − 𝑎𝑥)3/2 then show that = 𝑎2
𝜕𝑥 2 𝜕𝑦 2

13) If 𝑧 = 𝑥 log(𝑥 = 𝑟) − 𝑟 𝑤ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑒 𝑟 2 = 𝑥 2 + 𝑦 2 then prove that

𝜕2 𝑧 𝜕2 𝑧 1 𝜕3 𝑧 𝑥
(i) 2
+ 2
= (ii) 3
=−
𝜕𝑥 𝜕𝑦 𝑥+𝑟 𝜕𝑥 𝑟3
𝜕𝑢 𝜕𝑢 𝜕𝑢
14) If 𝑢 = 𝑓(𝑒 𝑦−𝑧 , 𝑒 𝑧−𝑥 , 𝑒 𝑥−𝑦 )then prove that + + =0
𝜕𝑥 𝜕𝑦 𝜕𝑧
1 𝜕𝑢 1 𝜕𝑢 1 𝜕𝑢
15) If 𝑢 = 𝑓(2𝑥 − 3𝑦; 3𝑦 − 4𝑧; 4𝑧 − 2𝑥 then prove that + + = 0.
2 𝜕𝑥 3 𝜕𝑦 4 𝜕𝑧
𝑦−𝑧 𝑧−𝑥 𝜕𝑢 𝜕𝑢 𝜕𝑢
16) If 𝑢 = 𝑓 ( , ), then show that 𝑥 2 + 𝑦2 + 𝑧2 = 0.
𝑥𝑦 𝑥𝑧 𝜕𝑥 𝜕𝑦 𝜕𝑧
𝜕 𝜕 𝜕 2 9
17) If 𝑢 = 𝑙𝑜𝑔 (𝑥 3 + 𝑦 3 + 𝑧 3 − 3𝑥𝑦𝑧) prove that ( + + ) 𝑢 = − (𝑥+𝑦+𝑧)2
𝜕𝑥 𝜕𝑦 𝜕𝑧
𝑥𝑦 𝜕𝑢 𝜕𝑢
18) If 𝑢 = 𝑒 𝑥𝑦𝑧 𝑓 ( ) prove that (i) 𝑥 +𝑧 = 2𝑥𝑦𝑧. 𝑢
𝑧 𝜕𝑥 𝜕𝑧
𝜕𝑢 𝜕𝑢 𝜕2 𝑢 𝜕2 𝑢
(ii) 𝑦 +𝑧 = 2𝑥𝑦𝑧. 𝑢 Hence show that 𝑥 =𝑦 .
𝜕𝑦 𝜕𝑧 𝜕𝑧𝜕𝑥 𝜕𝑧𝜕𝑦

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2 +𝑦 2 +𝑧 2 𝜕3 𝑢
19) If 𝑢 = 𝑒 𝑥 , prove that = 8𝑥𝑦𝑧.
𝜕𝑥𝜕𝑦𝜕𝑧

𝜕𝑢 𝜕𝑢 𝜕𝑢
20) If = 𝑓(𝑥 − 𝑦, 𝑦 − 𝑧, 𝑧 − 𝑥) , Prove that + + = 0.
𝜕𝑥 𝜕𝑦 𝜕𝑧

𝑦 𝜕2 𝑢 𝜕2 𝑢 𝜕2 𝑢
21) If 𝑢 = 𝑧𝑡𝑎𝑛 −1 , find the value of 2
+ 2
+ .
𝑥 𝜕𝑥 𝜕𝑦 𝜕𝑧 2

𝑦 𝑥 𝜕2 𝑧 𝑥 2 −𝑦 2
22) If 𝑧 = 𝑥 2 . tan−1 ( ) − 𝑦 2 tan−1 ( ) Prove that = .
𝑥 𝑦 𝜕𝑦𝜕𝑥 𝑥 2 +𝑦 2

23) If 𝑥 = 𝑢 + 𝑣 + 𝑤, 𝑦 = 𝑢𝑣 + 𝑣𝑤 + 𝑢𝑤, 𝑧 = 𝑢𝑣𝑤 𝑎𝑛𝑑 ∅ is a function of

𝜕∅ 𝜕∅ 𝜕∅ 𝜕∅ 𝜕∅ 𝜕∅
𝑥, 𝑦 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑧 Prove that, 𝑥 + 2𝑦 + 3𝑧 =𝑢 +𝑣 +𝑤 .
𝜕𝑥 𝜕𝑦 𝜕𝑧 𝜕𝑢 𝜕𝑣 𝜕𝑧

24) If 𝑧 = 𝑓 (𝑥, 𝑦), 𝑤ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑒 𝑥 = 𝑒 𝑢 𝑐𝑜𝑠𝑣 , 𝑦 = 𝑒 𝑢 𝑠𝑖𝑛𝑣 prove that

𝜕𝑧 𝜕𝑧 𝜕𝑧 𝜕𝑧 𝜕𝑧 𝜕𝑧 𝜕𝑧
(i) 𝑥 +𝑦 = 𝑒 2𝑢 (ii) ( )2 + ( )2 = 𝑒 2𝑢 [( )2 + ( )2]
𝜕𝑣 𝜕𝑢 𝜕𝑦 𝜕𝑥 𝜕𝑣 𝜕𝑢 𝜕𝑣
𝑢 𝑢
25) If 𝑧 = 𝑓 (𝑥, 𝑦), 𝑤ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑒 𝑥 = 𝑒 𝑐𝑜𝑠𝑣 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑦 = 𝑒 𝑠𝑖𝑛𝑣, prove that
𝜕𝑧 𝜕𝑧 𝜕𝑧
𝑥 +𝑦 = 𝑒 2𝑢
𝜕𝑣 𝜕𝑢 𝜕𝑦
26) If 𝑥 = √𝑣𝑤, 𝑦 = √𝑢𝑤 , 𝑧 = √𝑢𝑣 and ∅ is a function of 𝑥, 𝑦, 𝑧 then Prove that
𝜕∅ 𝜕∅ 𝜕∅ 𝜕∅ 𝜕∅ 𝜕∅
𝑥 +𝑦 +𝑧 =𝑢 +𝑣 +𝑤 .
𝜕𝑥 𝜕𝑦 𝜕𝑧 𝜕𝑢 𝜕𝑣 𝜕𝑤
27) State Euler’s theorem on Homogeneous function of two variable and if
𝑥+𝑦 𝜕𝑢 𝜕𝑢
𝑢= then evaluate 𝑥 +𝑦 .
𝑥 2 +𝑦 2 𝜕𝑥 𝜕𝑦
𝑥 3 +𝑦 3 𝜕𝑢 𝜕𝑢
28) 𝐼𝑓 𝑢 = tan−1 ( ) , 𝑝𝑟𝑜𝑣𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑥 +𝑦 = 𝑠𝑖𝑛2𝑢.
𝑥−𝑦 𝜕𝑥 𝜕𝑦

𝑥+𝑦 𝑠𝑖𝑛𝑢 𝑐𝑜𝑠2𝑢

29) If 𝑢 = 𝑠𝑖𝑛 −1 ( ), prove that 𝑥 2 𝑢𝑥𝑥 + 2𝑥𝑦 𝑢𝑥𝑦 + 𝑦 2 𝑢𝑦𝑦 = − .
√𝑥+√𝑦 4𝑐𝑜𝑠 3 𝑢

𝑥 2 𝑦2 𝑧2 𝑥+𝑦+𝑧
30) If 𝑢 = + 𝑐𝑜𝑠 −1 ( ), find the value of 𝑥𝑢𝑥 + 𝑦𝑢𝑦 + 𝑧𝑢𝑧 .
𝑥 2 +𝑦 2 +𝑧 2 √𝑥+√𝑦+√𝑧

𝑥 3 +𝑦 3 𝜕𝑢 𝜕𝑢
31) 𝐼𝑓 𝑢 = tan−1 ( ) , 𝑝𝑟𝑜𝑣𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑥 +𝑦 = 𝑠𝑖𝑛2𝑢, find the value of
𝑥−𝑦 𝜕𝑥 𝜕𝑦

𝜕2 𝑢 𝜕2 𝑢 𝜕2 𝑢
𝑥2 2
+ 2𝑥𝑦 + 𝑦2 .
𝜕𝑥 𝜕𝑥𝜕𝑦 𝜕𝑦 2

𝑥2 𝑦2 𝑧2
32) If (𝑎2 + (𝑏2 + (𝑐 2 = 1 then prove that
+𝑢) +𝑢) +𝑢)

(𝑢𝑥 )2 + (𝑢𝑦 )2 + (𝑢𝑧 )2 = 2(𝑥𝑢𝑥 + 𝑦𝑢𝑦 + 𝑧𝑢𝑧 ).

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