How to get the exact differential in three variables. Hello friends, today I’ll show how to determine the exact differential in three variables. Have a look!!
How to get the exact differential in three variables
If any function is dependent on three real variables
and
, then I’ll write the function as
.
Now the differential of the function
is
where
.
If interested, you can read more on how to get the differential dz of a function.
Therefore the differential will be an exact differential if
If interested, you can also read more about the exact differential in two variables.
Now I’ll give an example of how to determine the exact differential in three variables.
An example of how to determine exact differential in three variables
Note: This example is not mine. I have chosen it from some book. I have also given the due reference at the end of the post.
So here is my example.
Example
According to Stroud and Booth (2011)* “Verify that is an exact differential…”
Solution
So here the given differential is
Now I compare it with the standard form of the differential So I can say that
First of all, I’ll differentiate partially with respect to
. So this gives
(1)
Next, I’ll differentiate partially with respect to
. So this gives
(2)
Then I’ll differentiate partially with respect to
. And this gives
(3)
Now I’ll differentiate partially with respect to
. And this gives
(4)
Next, I’ll differentiate partially with respect to
. And this gives
(5)
Finally, I’ll differentiate partially with respect to
. So this means
(6)
As I can see from both equations (1) and (3) that
Also I can compare both equations (2) and (5) to see that
Again I can see from both equations (4) and (6) that
Hence I can conclude that the differential is an exact differential. And this is the answer to this example.
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