Practice Examples:
Partial Differentiation and its
applications
By Dr. Keya Doshi
Module 5: Practice Examples
(Type 1) Find all possible Partial Derivatives
(1) f (x, y) = x2 + 5xy − 3y 2
3
(2) f (x, y, z) = (x2 + y 2 + z 2 )
xyy
(3) f (x, y, z) =
x+y+z
(Type 2,3,4)
y x
(1) If z = x2 .tan−1 ( ) − y 2 .tan−1 ( ), prove that
x y
∂ 2z ∂ 2z x2 − y 2
= = 2
∂x∂y ∂y∂x x + y 2
(2) If u = log(x2 + y 2 ), verify that
∂ 2u ∂ 2u
=
∂x∂y ∂y∂x
2 2x2 + y 2
(3) If z = log(x + y ) + − 2log(x + y), P.T.
x+y
∂z ∂z x2 + y 2
x +y =
∂x ∂y x+y
1
y
(4) If u = [Link]−1 ( ); Find the value of
x
∂ 2u ∂ 2u ∂ 2u
+ +
∂x2 ∂y 2 ∂z 2
(5) If u = log(tanx + tany + tanz); Prove that
∂u ∂u ∂u
(sin2x) + (sin2y) + (sin2z) =2
∂x ∂y ∂z
(6) If z(x + y) = (x2 + y 2 ); Prove that
2
∂z ∂z ∂z ∂z
− =4 1− −
∂x ∂y ∂x ∂y
(7) If z = xy + y x , verify that
∂ 2z ∂ 2z
=
∂x∂y ∂y∂x
(8) If u = log(x3 + y 3 + z 3 − 3xyz); Prove that
2
∂ ∂ ∂ −9
+ + u=
∂x ∂y ∂z (x + y + z)2
2
ex+y+z
(9) If u = x ; Prove that
e + ey + ez
∂u ∂u ∂u
+ + = 2u
∂x ∂y ∂z
(10) If v = [Link](x + r) − r; where r2 = x2 + y 2 ; Prove that
∂ 2v ∂ 2v 1
2
+ 2=
∂x ∂y x+r
(11) Find n so that v = rn .(3cos2 θ − 1) satisfy
∂ 2 ∂v 1 ∂ ∂v
(r )+ (sinθ. ) = 0
∂r ∂r sinθ ∂θ ∂θ
(12) If u = ex (xcosy − ysiny), verify that
∂ 2u ∂ 2u
=
∂x∂y ∂y∂x
p
(13) If u = f (r); wherer2 = x2 + y 2 + z 2 ; Prove that
∂ 2u ∂ 2u ∂ 2u 00 2 0
+ + = f (r) + .f (r)
∂x2 ∂y 2 ∂z 2 r
3
x y z
(14) If u = f ( , , ) then ,P.T.
y z x
∂u ∂u ∂u
x +y +z =0
∂x ∂y ∂z
p
(15) If u = f (r) and r = x2 + y 2 + z 2 then ,P.T.
00 2 0
uxx + uyy + uzz = f (r) + f (r)
r
(16) If z = f (x, y) ; x = eu + e−v ; y = e−u − ev then ,P.T.
∂z ∂z ∂z ∂z
− =x −y
∂u ∂v ∂x ∂y
y
(17) If u = tan−1 ( ) ; x = et + e−t ; y = et + e−t then ,Find du
dt
x
(18) If z = f (u, v) where u = x2 + y 2 ; v = 2xy; then ,show that
∂z ∂z p ∂z
x −y = 2( u2 − v 2 )
∂x ∂y ∂u
(19) If u = logr where r2 = (x − a)2 + (y − b)2 + (z − c)2 ; then ,show that
1
uxx + uyy + uz =
r2
4
(20) If z = f (u, v) where u = x2 − y 2 ; v = 2xy; then ,show that
2 2 " 2 #
2
∂z ∂z 1 ∂z ∂z
− = 4(u2 + v 2 ) 2 +
∂x ∂y ∂u ∂v
(21) If u = (x2 − y 2 )f (r) where r = xy; then ,show that
h 0 00
i
2 2
uxy = (x − y ) 3f (r) + rf (r)
(C) (Based on Euler’s theorem and its deductions)
(1) Find values of
∂u ∂u
x +y
∂x ∂y
and
2
2∂ u ∂ 2u 2
2∂ u
x + 2xy +y
∂x2 ∂x∂y ∂x2
if
(a) u = (6x2 + y 2 )(logx − logy)
xy
(b) u = x2 +y 2
x2 y 2
(c) u = e x+y
1
(d) u = sin−1 (x2 + y 2 ) 5
5
(2) Find value of
2
∂u ∂u 2∂ u ∂ 2u 2
2∂ u
x +y +x + 2xy +y
∂x ∂y ∂x2 ∂x∂y ∂x2
at x = 1 and y = 1 if
(a) u = x3 sin−1 xy + x4 tan−1 y
x
h i
y y − xy
(b) u = x tan−1 −3 −1 x x x
3
x + xe +y sin y + y log( y )
(3) If
u = log r
and
r2 = x2 + y 2
Prove that
2
2∂ u ∂ 2u 2
2∂ u
x + 2xy +y +1=0
∂x2 ∂x∂y ∂x2
(4) Find value of
2
2∂
u ∂ 2u 2
2∂ u
x + 2xy +y
∂x2 ∂x∂y ∂x2
if
(a) v"
u 1 #
u x 2 + y 12
u = cosec−1 t 1 1
x3 + y 3
6
(b) " #
x+y −1 x+y
u = log p + sin √ √
x2 + y 2 x+ y
(5)Verify Euler’s theorem for
(a)
−1 x −1 y
u = cos + cot
y x
(b) " #
1 1
x +y
3 3
u= 1 1
x4 − y 4