Exercise · ZW-CHANGE-OF-VARIABLES-IN-MULTIPLE-INTEGRALS-006 · ★★☆ Intermediate

If \(u=x+y,\ v=x-y\), then \(dx\,dy=\)

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  • A. \(\tfrac12\,du\,dv\)

Explanation

Here \(\frac{\partial(u,v)}{\partial(x,y)}=-2\), and the Jacobian of the inverse transformation is its reciprocal: \(\frac{\partial(x,y)}{\partial(u,v)}=-\tfrac12\). With the absolute value, \(dx\,dy=\tfrac12\,du\,dv\).

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Review the concept: Change of variables in multiple integrals

A change of variables turns the integral of a function \(f\) over a region \(R\) of the \(xy\)-plane into one over a region \(S\) of the \(uv\)-plane, correcting the area with the Jacobian \(J\) of the transformation.

\[\begin{aligned}\iint_R f\,dx\,dy&=\iint_S f(x(u,v),y(u,v))\,|J|\,du\,dv\\J&=\frac{\partial(x,y)}{\partial(u,v)}=\begin{vmatrix}x_u&x_v\\y_u&y_v\end{vmatrix}\end{aligned}\]

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