Question

1. Let f(x, y) be a differentiable function in the variables x and y. Let r and θ the polar coordinates,and set g(r, θ) = f(r cos θ, r sin θ) in other words g is f in terms of polar coordinates. Suppose that it is known that fx(1, 1) = −2 and fy(1, 1) = 3 Use the chain rule in order to compute the partial derivative gr( √ 2, π/4).

Answer 1

Answer:

$g_{r}(\sqrt{2},\frac{\pi}{4})=\frac{\sqrt{2}}{2}$

Step-by-step explanation:

First, notice that:

$g(\sqrt{2},\frac{\pi}{4})=f(\sqrt{2}cos(\frac{\pi}{4}),\sqrt{2}sin(\frac{\pi}{4}))$

$g(\sqrt{2},\frac{\pi}{4})=f(\sqrt{2}(\frac{1}{\sqrt{2}}),\sqrt{2}(\frac{1}{\sqrt{2}}))$

$g(\sqrt{2},\frac{\pi}{4})=f(1,1)$

We proceed to use the chain rule to find $g_{r}(\sqrt{2},\frac{\pi}{4})$ using the fact that $X(r,\theta)=rcos(\theta)\ and\ Y(r,\theta)=rsin(\theta)$ to find their derivatives:

$g_{r}(r,\theta)=f_{r}(rcos(\theta),rsin(\theta))=f_{x}( rcos(\theta),rsin(\theta))\frac{\delta x}{\delta r}(r,\theta)+f_{y}(rcos(\theta),rsin(\theta))\frac{\delta y}{\delta r}(r,\theta)$

Because we know $X(r,\theta)=rcos(\theta)\ and\ Y(r,\theta)=rsin(\theta)$ then:

$\frac{\delta x}{\delta r}=cos(\theta)\ and\ \frac{\delta y}{\delta r}=sin(\theta)$

We substitute in what we had:

$g_{r}(r,\theta)=f_{x}( rcos(\theta),rsin(\theta))cos(\theta)+f_{y}(rcos(\theta),rsin(\theta))sin(\theta)$

Now we put in the values $r=\sqrt{2}\ and\ \theta=\frac{\pi}{4}$ in the formula:

$g_{r}(\sqrt{2},\frac{\pi}{4})=f_{r}(1,1)=f_{x}(1,1)cos(\frac{\pi}{4})+f_{y}(1,1)sin(\frac{\pi}{4})$

Because of what we supposed:

$g_{r}(\sqrt{2},\frac{\pi}{4})=f_{r}(1,1)=-2cos(\frac{\pi}{4})+3sin(\frac{\pi}{4})$

And we operate to discover that:

$g_{r}(\sqrt{2},\frac{\pi}{4})=-2\frac{\sqrt{2}}{2}+3\frac{\sqrt{2}}{2}$

$g_{r}(\sqrt{2},\frac{\pi}{4})=\frac{\sqrt{2}}{2}$

and this will be our answer