SRM University, Delhi-NCR, Sonepat

Department of Mathematics
Partial Differentiation
1. Verify Euler’s theorem for the functions:
 y  y
(i) u  x n sin   , (ii) u    , (iii) u  x 3  y 3  z 3 , (iv) V  ( x  y  z ) , (v) u  xyf  
x y z 2 2 2 1/2

 
x y z x  x
 x y u u  y 1  x  u u
2. If u  sin 1   , show that x y  0. 3. If u  tan 1    sin   , prove that x y  0.
 x y x y  x  y x y
 
4. If u  ln(tan x  tan y  tan z ) , prove that sin 2 x u  sin 2 y u  sin 2 z u  2 .
x y z
1 2z 1 2z
5. If  , when a 2 x 2  b2 y 2  c 2 z 2  0.
a 2 x 2 b 2 y 2
2 2 2
1  u   u   u 
6. If u  , show that          4u .
x2  y2  z2  x   y   z 
 2u  2u
7. If u  2(ax  by )2  ( x 2  y 2 ) , a 2  b2  1 . Find the value of  .
x 2 x 2
 x4  y 4  u u  x3  y 3  u u
8. If u  ln   , show x  y  3. 9. If u  sec 1   , show x  y  2 cot u .
 x y  x y  x y  x y
1/ 2
 x1/3  y1/3 
1 2  u
2
 2u 2  u
2
10. If u  sin  1/ 2  , then show x  2 xy  y  0.
x y  x 2 xy y 2
1/ 2

 x3  y 3  u u
 sin 2u .Hence evaluate x 2  u2  2 xy  u  y 2  u2 .
2 2 2
11. If u  tan 1   , show x  y
 x y  x y x xy y

12. If u  ze ( ax  by ) where z is a homogeneous function in x and y of degree n . Prove x u  y u  n(ax  by  c) .

 y x xy y
 y  x
14. If u  3 x 4 cot 1    16 y 4 cos 1   , show x 2  u2  2 xy  u  y 2  u2  12u .
2 2 2

 x  y x xy y

 
15. If x1/3  y1/3 cos ec 2 v  x1/2  y1/2 , show that x 2  u2  2 xy  u  y 2  u2  1 tan u (12  sec 2 u ) .
2 2 2

x xy y 144
x y z 3 3
u3
u u
16. If u  sin 1   show x  y  z  2 tan u .
 ax  by  cz  x y z
 x  2 y  3z  u u u
17. If u  sin 1   show x  y  z  3tan u .
 x8  y 8  z 8  x y z
 
 x  u u x
18. If u  x y 2 sin 1    ln x  ln y , show that x y  6 x 4 y 2 sin 1   .
4

 y x y  y
 2u  2u 1
19. If u  f ( ) and x  r sin  , y  r cos , show that   f ( )  f ( ) .
x 2 y 2 r
 x5  2 y 5  6 z 5  u u u 7
20. If u  cos 1   show x  y  z   cot u .
 ax3  by 3  cz 3  x y z 2
 
 2u  2u
21. If u  f ( x, y) and x  r cos  , y  r sin  , then transform the equation   0 into polar coordinates.
x 2 y 2
 2V  2V  2V  2V 2 V 1  2V cot  V 1  2V
22. If V  f ( x, y, z) , then show      2   where
x 2 y 2 z 2 r 2 r x r  2 r 2  r 2 sin 2   2
x  r sin cos  , y  r sin sin , z  r cos .
 SRM University, Delhi-NCR, Sonepat
Department of Mathematics
Partial Differentiation
x y z
23. If u  f (r , s, t ) and r  , s  , z  , then show that x u  y u  z u  0.
y z x x y z
u u u
24. If u  f ( x  y, y  z, z  x) , prove that    0.
x y z
 yx zx 2 u u u
25. If u  u  ,  , show that x  y2  z2 0.
 xy xz  x y z