3 Partial Differentiation

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Assignment 3

Topic: Partial Differentiation

𝑚
1. If 𝑣 = (𝑥 2 + 𝑦 2 + 𝑧 2 ) 2 , then find the value of 𝑚 (𝑚 ≠ 0) which will make
𝜕2𝑣 𝜕2𝑣 𝜕2𝑣
+ + = 0.
𝜕𝑥 2 𝜕𝑦 2 𝜕𝑧 2

𝜕3 𝑢 𝜕3 𝑢
2. If 𝑢 = 𝑥 𝑦 , show that = .
𝜕𝑥 2 𝜕𝑦 𝜕𝑥𝜕𝑦𝜕𝑥
𝜕𝑟 𝜕𝜃
3. If 𝑥 = 𝑟 𝑐𝑜𝑠𝜃, 𝑦 = 𝑟 𝑠𝑖𝑛𝜃, find 𝑎𝑛𝑑 .
𝜕𝑥 𝜕𝑦
𝑥+2𝑦+3𝑧
4. If 𝑢 = sin−1 [ ], show that
√𝑥 8 +𝑦 8 +𝑧 8
𝑥𝜕𝑢 𝑦𝜕𝑢 𝑧𝜕𝑢
+ + + 3 tan 𝑢 = 0.
𝜕𝑥 𝜕𝑦 𝜕𝑧
𝑥 3 +𝑦 3 𝑥𝜕𝑢 𝑦𝜕𝑢
5. If 𝑢 = tan−1 ( ), prove that + = sin 2𝑢.
𝑥−𝑦 𝜕𝑥 𝜕𝑦
𝑦−𝑥 𝑧−𝑥 𝑥 2 𝜕𝑢 𝑦 2 𝜕𝑢 𝑧 2 𝜕𝑢
6. If 𝑢 = 𝑢 ( , ), show that + + = 0.
𝑥𝑦 𝑥𝑧 𝜕𝑥 𝜕𝑦 𝜕𝑧
7. Find the possible percentage error in computing the parallel resistance𝑟, of three
1 1 1 1
resistances 𝑟1 , 𝑟2 , 𝑟3 from the formula = + + , if error in calculation of
𝑟 𝑟1 𝑟2 𝑟3
𝑟1 , 𝑟2 , 𝑟3 is 1.2% each.
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8. If 𝑓(𝑥, 𝑦, 𝑧) = 𝑥 2 𝑦 2 𝑧 10 ,
find the approximate value of 𝑓(1.99, 3.01, 0.98).
9. A diameter and altitude of a right circular cylinder are measured as 4cm and 6cm
respectively. The possible error in each measurement is 0.1cm. Find the maximum
possible error in the value computed for the volume and lateral surface area.
10. If 𝑢 = 𝑓(𝑟) and 𝑥 = 𝑟 cos 𝜃 , 𝑦 = 𝑟 sin 𝜃, prove that
𝜕2𝑢 𝜕2𝑢 ′′ (𝑟)
1 ′
+ = 𝑓 + 𝑓 (𝑟).
𝜕𝑥 2 𝜕𝑦 2 𝑟

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