Re: differentiate a function of a function
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- Subject: [mg75075] Re: [mg75071] differentiate a function of a function
- From: leigh pascoe <leigh at cephb.fr>
- Date: Mon, 16 Apr 2007 20:09:56 -0400 (EDT)
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kem wrote:
> Hi,
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> I was wondering how do I define a function in mathematica to be able
> to differentiate it etc, where some of the parameters of this function
> should be also a function. For example I want to be able to do the
> following operations:
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> 1) to say that f is a function: f(x,y) = Tan[t(x,y)+a(x,y)]
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> 2) take D[f,x] , such that also t(x,y) and a(x,y) will be also
> differentiated
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> 3) be able to substitute these into some equation like: f_x f_xy = 8
>
> Thanks a lot
>
> kem
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Hi,
Taking some arbitrary functions for a and t (since you didn't specify),
you could try:
a[x_,y_]:=3 x^2+y;
t[x_,y_]:=Exp[x-y];
eq1=D[Tan[t[x,y]+a[x,y]],x]==8
which gives
\!\(\((\[ExponentialE]\^\(x - y\) +
6\ x)\)\ Sec[\[ExponentialE]\^\(x - y\) + 3\ x\^2 + y]\^2
\[Equal]
8\)
Is that what you are looking for? You can get the same result with the
intermediate step
f[x_,y_]:=Tan[t[x,y]+a[x,y]];
D[f[x,y],x]==8
Leigh
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