I previously made the following post:
The problem is: Z = X COS Y - Y COS X
I am to find all of the first and second partial derivatives of this problem.
Will you please solve this problem in detail so that I may use the method you show to solve similar problems?
I received the following response:
The problem is: Z = X COS Y - Y COS X
Solution. As Z = X COS Y - Y COS X,
Zx=cosY+YsinX and Zy=-XsinY-cosX
So,
Zxx=YcosX,
Zyy=-XcosY
and
Zxy=-sinY+sinX
Note: Zx and Zy denote the first partial derivatives with respect to X and Y, respectively. Similarly, Zxx, Zyy and Zxy denote the second partial derivatives.
I guess that I forgot to add to my post that I already had the answers and was really looking for how the answers were arrived at.
Will someone please give me a detailed, step by step, description of how these answers were found?
Thank you