Re: differentiate a function of a function
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- Subject: [mg75109] Re: [mg75071] differentiate a function of a function
- From: kem <kemelmi at gmail.com>
- Date: Mon, 16 Apr 2007 20:27:20 -0400 (EDT)
Thanks a lot! As a followup, if my function is g[x_,y_]:=Cos[t[x,y]+a[x,y]] Tan[b[x,y]] and I take in the same way derivative TrigExpand[D[g[x,y],x]] I get complicated expression that starts with -Cos[t[x,y]] Sin[a[x,y]] Tan[b[x,y]] Derivative[1,0][a][x,y]-Cos[a[x,y]] Sin[t[x,y]] Tan[b[x,y]] Derivative[1,0][a][x,y]+... lets say that i know that k = Cos[t[x,y]] Tan[b[x,y]] how can i use this to simplify my result by substituting 'k' inside like instead of every Cos[t[x,y]] Tan[b[x,y]] i put k ? Thanks kem On 4/16/07, Bob Hanlon <hanlonr at cox.net> wrote: > > f[x_,y_]:=Tan[t[x,y]+a[x,y]]; > > D[f[x,y],x] > > Sec[a[x, y] + t[x, y]]^2* > (Derivative[1, 0][a][x, y] + > Derivative[1, 0][t][x, y]) > > > Bob Hanlon > > ---- kem <kemelmi 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 > > > > > >