How Do You Partially Differentiate XY?
How Do You Partially Differentiate XY? Using the chain rule with u = xy for the partial derivatives of cos(xy) ∂ ∂x cos(xy) = ∂ cos(u) ∂u ∂u ∂x = − sin(u)y = −y sin(xy) , ∂ ∂y cos(xy) = ∂ cos(u) ∂u ∂u ∂y = − sin(u)x = −x sin(xy) . Thus the partial