Higher Derivatives
Higher Derivatives
𝝏 𝝏𝒇 𝝏𝟐 𝒇
(𝒇𝒙 )𝒙 = 𝒇𝒙𝒙 = ( ) = 𝝏𝒙𝟐
𝝏𝒙 𝝏𝒙
𝝏 𝝏𝒇 𝝏𝟐 𝒇
(𝒇𝒙 )𝒚 = 𝒇𝒙𝒚 = ( ) = 𝝏𝒚∗𝝏𝒙
𝝏𝒚 𝝏𝒙
𝝏 𝝏𝒇 𝝏𝟐 𝒇
(𝒇𝒚 ) = 𝒇𝒚𝒙 = ( ) = 𝝏𝒙∗𝝏𝒚
𝒙 𝝏𝒙 𝝏𝒚
𝝏 𝝏𝒇 𝝏𝟐 𝒇
(𝒇𝒚 ) = 𝒇𝒚𝒚 = ( ) = 𝝏𝒚𝟐
𝒚 𝝏𝒚 𝝏𝒚
𝝏 𝝏 𝝏𝒇
((𝒇𝒙 )𝒚 ) = 𝒇𝒙𝒚𝒚 = ( ( ))
𝒚 𝝏𝒚 𝝏𝒚 𝝏𝒙
Example 1:
Find the second partial derivative of 𝒇(𝒙, 𝒚) = 𝒙𝟑 + 𝒙𝟐 𝒚𝟑 − 𝟐𝒚𝟐
𝛛𝟐 𝐮 𝛛𝟐 𝐮
+ =𝟎 Laplace’s equation
𝛛𝐱 𝟐 𝛛𝐲 𝟐
𝛛𝟐 𝐮 𝛛 𝐮 𝟐
= 𝒂𝟐 𝟐 Wave equation
𝛛𝐭 𝟐 𝛛𝐱
Example 3:
Show that function 𝒖(𝒙, 𝒚) = ⅇ𝒙 𝐬𝐢𝐧 𝒚 is solution of Laplace’s
equation.
➔ 𝒖𝒙 = ⅇ𝒙 𝐬𝐢𝐧 𝒚 , 𝒖𝒚 = ⅇ𝒙 𝐜𝐨𝐬 𝒚
𝒖𝒙𝒙 = ⅇ𝒙 𝐬𝐢𝐧 𝒚 , 𝒖𝒚𝒚 = −ⅇ𝒙 𝐬𝐢𝐧 𝒚
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𝛛𝟐 𝐮 𝛛𝟐 𝐮
+ = 𝒖𝒙𝒙 + 𝒖𝒚𝒚 = ⅇ𝒙 𝐬𝐢𝐧 𝒚 + (−ⅇ𝒙 𝐬𝐢𝐧 𝒚) = 𝟎 #solved
𝛛𝐱 𝟐 𝛛𝐲 𝟐
Example 4:
Show that function 𝒖(𝒙, 𝒕) = 𝐬𝐢𝐧(𝒙 − 𝒂𝒕) is solution of Wave
equation.
#solved
Chain Rules
Case I:
𝒛 = 𝒇(𝒙, 𝒚) , 𝒙 = 𝒈(𝒕) , 𝒚 = 𝒉(𝒕)
ⅆ𝒛 𝝏𝒛 ⅆ𝒙 𝝏𝒛 ⅆ𝒚 𝒛
= ∗ + ∗
ⅆ𝒕 𝝏𝒙 ⅆ𝒕 𝝏𝒚 ⅆ𝒕
𝒙 𝒚
𝒕 𝒕
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Example 5:
𝒛 = 𝒙𝟐 𝒚 + 𝟑𝒙𝒚𝟒 , 𝒙 = 𝐬𝐢𝐧 𝟐𝒕 , 𝒚 = 𝐜𝐨𝐬 𝒕
ⅆ𝒛
Find when t = 0
ⅆ𝒕
𝝏𝒛 ⅆ𝒙
➔ = 𝟐𝒙𝒚 + 𝟑𝒚𝟒 , = 𝟐 𝐜𝐨𝐬 𝟐𝒕
𝝏𝒙 ⅆ𝒕
𝝏𝒛 ⅆ𝒚
= 𝒙𝟐 + 𝟏𝟐𝒙𝒚𝟑 , = − 𝐬𝐢𝐧 𝒕
𝝏𝒚 ⅆ𝒕
ⅆ𝒛 𝝏𝒛 ⅆ𝒙 𝝏𝒛 ⅆ𝒚
➔ = ∗ + ∗
ⅆ𝒕 𝝏𝒙 ⅆ𝒕 𝝏𝒚 ⅆ𝒕
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Case II:
𝒛 = 𝒇(𝒙, 𝒚) , 𝒙 = 𝒈(𝒔, 𝒕) , 𝒚 = 𝒉(𝒔, 𝒕)
𝝏𝒛 𝝏𝒛 𝝏𝒙 𝝏𝒛 𝝏𝒚 𝝏𝒛 𝝏𝒛 𝝏𝒙 𝝏𝒛 𝝏𝒚
= ∗ + ∗ , = ∗ + ∗ 𝒛
𝝏𝒔 𝝏𝒙 𝝏𝒔 𝝏𝒚 𝝏𝒔 𝝏𝒕 𝝏𝒙 𝝏𝒕 𝝏𝒚 𝝏𝒕
𝒙 𝒚
Example 6:
𝒔 𝒕
𝒔 𝒕
𝒛 = ⅇ𝒙 𝐬𝐢𝐧 𝒚 , 𝒙 = 𝒔𝒕𝟐 , 𝒚 = 𝒔𝟐 𝒕
𝝏𝒛 𝝏𝒛
Find ,
𝝏𝒔 𝝏𝒕
𝝏𝒛 𝝏𝒙 𝝏𝒛 𝝏𝒚
➔ = ⅇ𝒙 𝐬𝐢𝐧 𝒚 , = 𝒕𝟐 , = ⅇ𝒙 𝐜𝐨𝐬 𝒚 , = 𝟐𝒔𝒕
𝝏𝒙 𝝏𝒔 𝝏𝒚 𝝏𝒔
𝝏𝒙 𝝏𝒚
= 𝟐𝒔𝒕 , = 𝒔𝟐
𝝏𝒕 𝝏𝒕
𝝏𝒛 𝝏𝒛 𝝏𝒙 𝝏𝒛 𝝏𝒚
= ∗ + ∗ = (ⅇ𝒙 𝐬𝐢𝐧 𝒚 ) ∗ (𝒕𝟐 ) + (ⅇ𝒙 𝐜𝐨𝐬 𝒚) ∗ (𝟐𝒔𝒕)
𝝏𝒔 𝝏𝒙 𝝏𝒔 𝝏𝒚 𝝏𝒔
𝝏𝒛 𝝏𝒛 𝝏𝒙 𝝏𝒛 𝝏𝒚
= ∗ + ∗ = (ⅇ𝒙 𝐬𝐢𝐧 𝒚 ) ∗ (𝟐𝒔𝒕) + (ⅇ𝒙 𝐜𝐨𝐬 𝒚) ∗ (𝒔𝟐 )
𝝏𝒕 𝝏𝒙 𝝏𝒕 𝝏𝒚 𝝏𝒕
#solved
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Case III:
𝒖 = 𝒇(𝒙, 𝒚, 𝒛) , 𝒙 = 𝒈(𝒓, 𝒔, 𝒕) , 𝒚 = 𝒉(𝒓, 𝒔, 𝒕) , 𝒚 = 𝒘(𝒓, 𝒔, 𝒕)
𝝏𝒖 𝝏𝒖 𝝏𝒛 𝝏𝒖 𝝏𝒙 𝝏𝒖 𝝏𝒚
= ∗ + ∗ + ∗
𝝏𝒓 𝝏𝒛 𝝏𝒓 𝝏𝒙 𝝏𝒓 𝝏𝒚 𝝏𝒓
𝝏𝒖 𝝏𝒖 𝝏𝒛 𝝏𝒖 𝝏𝒙 𝝏𝒖 𝝏𝒚 𝒖
= ∗ + ∗ + ∗
𝝏𝒔 𝝏𝒛 𝝏𝒔 𝝏𝒙 𝝏𝒔 𝝏𝒚 𝝏𝒔
𝝏𝒖 𝝏𝒖 𝝏𝒛 𝝏𝒖 𝝏𝒙 𝝏𝒖 𝝏𝒚
= ∗ + ∗ + ∗ 𝒛
𝝏𝒕 𝝏𝒛 𝝏𝒕 𝝏𝒙 𝝏𝒕 𝝏𝒚 𝝏𝒕 𝒙
𝒓 𝒕
𝒓 𝒕
𝒚 𝒔
𝒔
𝒓 𝒕
Example 7: 𝒔
𝒖 = 𝒙𝟒 𝒚 + 𝒚𝟐 𝒛𝟑 , 𝒛 = 𝒔𝒓𝟐 𝐬𝐢𝐧 𝒕 , 𝒙 = 𝒓𝒔ⅇ𝒕 , 𝒚 = 𝒓𝒔𝟐 ⅇ−𝒕
𝝏𝒖 𝝏𝒖 𝝏𝒖
Find , , , when 𝒓 = 𝟐 , 𝒔 = 𝟏 , 𝒕 = 𝟎
𝝏𝒓 𝝏𝒔 𝝏𝒕
𝝏𝒖 𝝏𝒛 𝝏𝒖 𝝏𝒙
➔ = 𝟑𝒚𝟐 𝒛𝟐 , = 𝟐𝒔𝒓 𝐬𝐢𝐧 𝒕 , = 𝟒𝒙𝟑 𝒚 , = 𝒔ⅇ𝒕
𝝏𝒛 𝝏𝒓 𝝏𝒙 𝝏𝒓
𝝏𝒖 𝝏𝒚
= 𝒙𝟒 + 𝟐𝒚𝒛𝟑 , = 𝒔𝟐 ⅇ−𝒕
𝝏𝒚 𝝏𝒓
𝝏𝒖 𝝏𝒖 𝝏𝒛 𝝏𝒖 𝝏𝒙 𝝏𝒖 𝝏𝒚
= ∗ + ∗ + ∗
𝝏𝒓 𝝏𝒛 𝝏𝒓 𝝏𝒙 𝝏𝒓 𝝏𝒚 𝝏𝒓
𝒛 = 𝒔𝒓𝟐 𝐬𝐢𝐧 𝒕 , At 𝒓 = 𝟐 , 𝒔 = 𝟏 , 𝒕 = 𝟎
Then: 𝒛 = 𝟎
𝒙 = 𝒓𝒔ⅇ𝒕 , At 𝒓 = 𝟐 , 𝒔 = 𝟏 , 𝒕 = 𝟎
Then: 𝒙 = 𝟐 ∗ 𝟏 ∗ ⅇ𝟎 = 𝟐
𝒚 = 𝒓𝒔𝟐 ⅇ−𝒕 , At 𝒓 = 𝟐 , 𝒔 = 𝟏 , 𝒕 = 𝟎
Then: 𝒚 = 𝟐 ∗ 𝟏 ∗ 𝟏 = 𝟐
By Substitution in the equation:
(𝟒𝒙𝟑 𝒚 ) + (𝒙𝟒 + 𝟐𝒚𝒛𝟑 ) = (𝟒 ∗ 𝟐𝟑 ∗ 𝟐) + (𝟐𝟒 + 𝟐 ∗ 𝟐 ∗ 𝟎𝟑 )
= 𝟔𝟒 + 𝟏𝟔 = 𝟖𝟎
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𝝏𝒖 𝝏𝒖 𝝏𝒛 𝝏𝒖 𝝏𝒙 𝝏𝒖 𝝏𝒚
= ∗ + ∗ + ∗
𝝏𝒔 𝝏𝒛 𝝏𝒔 𝝏𝒙 𝝏𝒔 𝝏𝒚 𝝏𝒔
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At 𝒓 = 𝟐 , 𝒔 = 𝟏 , 𝒕 = 𝟎
(𝟑𝒚𝟐 𝒛𝟐 ) ∗ (𝟏 ∗ 𝟐𝟐 ∗ 𝒄𝒐𝒔 𝟎) + (𝟒𝒙𝟑 𝒚) ∗ (𝟐 ∗ 𝟏 ∗ ⅇ𝟎 ) +
(𝒙𝟒 + 𝟐𝒚𝒛𝟑 ) ∗ (−𝟐 ∗ 𝟏𝟐 ∗ ⅇ−𝟎 )
= 𝟏𝟐𝒚𝟐 𝒛𝟐 + 𝟖𝒙𝟑 𝒚 − 𝟐𝒙𝟒 − 𝟒𝒚𝒛𝟑
At 𝒓 = 𝟐 , 𝒔 = 𝟏 , 𝒕 = 𝟎
➔𝒛=𝟎 , 𝒙=𝟐 , 𝒚=𝟐
𝟏𝟐 ∗ 𝟐𝟐 ∗ 𝟎𝟐 + 𝟖 ∗ 𝟐𝟑 ∗ 𝟐 − 𝟐 ∗ 𝟐𝟒 − 𝟒 ∗ 𝟐 ∗ 𝟎𝟑
= 𝟎 + 𝟏𝟐𝟖 − 𝟑𝟐 + 𝟎 = 𝟗𝟔 #solved
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Implicit differential
𝒇(𝒙, 𝒚) = 𝟎 , 𝒚 = 𝒇(𝒙)
➔ 𝒇(𝒙, 𝒇(𝒙)) = 𝟎
𝝏𝒇
ⅆ𝒚 𝒇𝒙
𝒚′ = =− 𝝏𝒙
𝝏𝒇 =−
ⅆ𝒙 𝒇𝒚
𝝏𝒚
Example 8:
Find 𝒚′ of , 𝒙𝟑 + 𝒚𝟑 = 𝟔𝒙𝒚
𝒙𝟑 + 𝒚𝟑 − 𝟔𝒙𝒚 = 𝟎
➔ 𝒇𝒙 = 𝟑𝒙𝟐 − 𝟔𝒚 , 𝒇𝒚 = 𝟑𝒚𝟐 − 𝟔𝒙
′ 𝒇𝒙 𝟑𝒙𝟐 −𝟔𝒚
𝒚 =− =− #solved
𝒇𝒚 𝟑𝒚𝟐 −𝟔𝒙
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