JEE Main & Advanced Mathematics Differentiation Question Bank Partial Differentiation

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    If \[u=\log ({{x}^{2}}+{{y}^{2}}),\] then \[\frac{{{\partial }^{2}}u}{\partial {{x}^{2}}}+\frac{{{\partial }^{2}}u}{\partial {{y}^{2}}}=\]                                     [EAMCET 1994]

    A)            \[\frac{1}{{{x}^{2}}+{{y}^{2}}}\]

    B)            0

    C)            \[\frac{{{x}^{2}}-{{y}^{2}}}{{{({{x}^{2}}+{{y}^{2}})}^{2}}}\]

    D)            \[\frac{{{y}^{2}}-{{x}^{2}}}{{{({{x}^{2}}+{{y}^{2}})}^{2}}}\]

    Correct Answer: B

    Solution :

                       \[u=\log ({{x}^{2}}+{{y}^{2}})\,\therefore \frac{\partial u}{\partial x}=\frac{1}{{{x}^{2}}+{{y}^{2}}}.2x\]                    \[\frac{{{\partial }^{2}}u}{\partial {{x}^{2}}}=\frac{({{x}^{2}}+{{y}^{2}}).2-2x.2x}{{{({{x}^{2}}+{{y}^{2}})}^{2}}}\]\[=\frac{2({{y}^{2}}-{{x}^{2}})}{{{({{x}^{2}}+{{y}^{2}})}^{2}}}\]?                    \[\frac{\partial u}{\partial y}=\frac{1}{{{x}^{2}}+{{y}^{2}}}.2y\]                    \[\therefore \frac{{{\partial }^{2}}u}{\partial {{y}^{2}}}=\frac{({{x}^{2}}+{{y}^{2}})\,.\,2-2y.2y}{{{({{x}^{2}}+{{y}^{2}})}^{2}}}=\frac{2({{x}^{2}}-{{y}^{2}})}{{{({{x}^{2}}+{{y}^{2}})}^{2}}}\]                    \[\therefore \] \[\frac{{{\partial }^{2}}u}{\partial {{x}^{2}}}+\frac{{{\partial }^{2}}u}{\partial {{y}^{2}}}=0\].


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