Saturday, March 23, 2013

What is the partial derivative fx of the function f(x,y)=x^2*2^(x*y)?

We'll calculate the partial derivative fx, differentiating
the expression of f(x,y), with respect to x, assuming that y is a
constant.


fx = df/dx = d
(x^2*2^(x*y))/dx


Since it is a product, we'll apply the
product rule:


d (x^2*2^(x*y))/dx = (x^2)'*2^(xy) +
x^2*(2^(xy))'


d (x^2*2^(x*y))/dx= 2x*2^(xy) + x^2*2^(xy)*ln
2*(xy)'


We'll factorize by
2^(xy):


d (x^2*2^(x*y))/dx= 2x*2^(xy) + x^2*2^(xy)*ln
2*(y)


d (x^2*2^(x*y))/dx= 2^(xy)*(2x +
y*x^2*ln2)


The partial derivative is: fx =
2^(xy)*(2x + y*x^2*ln2)

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