Re: differentiate a function of a function
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- Subject: [mg75080] Re: differentiate a function of a function
- From: "Norbert Marxer" <marxer at mec.li>
- Date: Mon, 16 Apr 2007 20:12:30 -0400 (EDT)
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On 16 Apr., 10:23, "kem" <keme... at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> 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:
>
> 1) to say that f is a function: f(x,y) = Tan[t(x,y)+a(x,y)]
>
> 2) take D[f,x] , such that also t(x,y) and a(x,y) will be also
> differentiated
>
> 3) be able to substitute these into some equation like: f_x f_xy = 8
>
> Thanks a lot
>
> kem
Hello
If you evaluate the following:
f[x_, y_] = Tan[a[x, y] + t[x, y]]
D[f[x, y], x]
D[f[x, y], x] + D[f[x, y], x, y] == 8
you will get:
Out[1]=
Tan[a[x, y] + t[x, y]]
Out[2]=
Sec[a[x, y] + t[x, y]]^2*(Derivative[1, 0][a][x, y] +
Derivative[1, 0][t][x, y])
Out[3]=
Sec[a[x, y] + t[x, y]]^2*(Derivative[1, 0][a][x, y] +
Derivative[1, 0][t][x, y]) +
2*Sec[a[x, y] + t[x, y]]^2*Tan[a[x, y] + t[x, y]]*
(Derivative[0, 1][a][x, y] + Derivative[0, 1][t][
x, y])*(Derivative[1, 0][a][x, y] +
Derivative[1, 0][t][x, y]) +
Sec[a[x, y] + t[x, y]]^2*
(Derivative[1, 1][a][x, y] + Derivative[1, 1][t][
x, y]) == 8
If you run the select the above cells (in Mathematica) and convert
them to TraditionalForm (e.g. click Ctrl+Shift+T or menu command
Cell / ConvertTo / TraditionalForm) then you will get a nice display
of the derivatives.
Best Regards
Norbert Marxer