Vishwakarma University
Faculty of Science &Technology Engineering
Department of Engineering Sciences
F.Y.B.Tech_Sem-I A.Y.2024-25
Tutorial -04
Course Name: Applied Mathematics Topic: Partial Differentiation
Attempt the following:
1) verify 𝑢𝑥𝑦 = 𝑢𝑦𝑥
𝑦
i) 𝑢 = tan−1 ( ) ii) 𝑢 = 𝑥 𝑦
𝑥
𝜕2 𝑢 𝜕2 𝑢
2) If 𝑢 = 𝑒 𝑥−𝑝𝑡 𝑐𝑜𝑠(𝑥 − 𝑝𝑡), prove that = 𝑝2 , where p is a constant.
𝜕𝑡 2 𝜕𝑥 2
3) Find the value of n so that 𝑢 = 𝑟 𝑛 (3 𝑐𝑜𝑠 2 𝜃 − 1) satisfies the partial
differential equation
2 u 1 u
r + sin =0
r r sin
𝜕𝑢 𝜕𝑣 𝜕𝑢 𝜕𝑣
4) If 𝑥 = 𝑢 𝑡𝑎𝑛𝑣, 𝑦 = 𝑢𝑠𝑒𝑐𝑣 prove that ( ) .( ) = ( )𝑥 . ( )𝑥 .
𝜕𝑥 𝑦 𝜕𝑥 𝑦 𝜕𝑦 𝜕𝑦
5) If 𝑥 2 = 𝑎𝑢 + 𝑏𝑣, 𝑦 2 = 𝑎𝑢 − 𝑏𝑣, then prove that
𝜕𝑢 𝜕𝑥 1 𝜕𝑣 𝜕𝑦
( )𝑦 . ( )𝑣 = = ( )𝑥 . ( )𝑢 .
𝜕𝑥 𝜕𝑢 2 𝜕𝑦 𝜕𝑣
6) Describe the application of partial differentiation in Computer engineering. (At
least 4 applications)