State the chain rule for the derivative of a composition t↦f(X(t)), where f:Rn→R and X:R→Rn are smooth .
Consider parametrized curves given by
x(t)=(x(t),y(t))=(acost,asint).
Calculate the tangent vector dtdx in terms of x(t) and y(t). Given that u(x,y) is a smooth function in the upper half-plane {(x,y)∈R2∣y>0} satisfying
x∂y∂u−y∂x∂u=u
deduce that
dtdu(x(t),y(t))=u(x(t),y(t))
If u(1,1)=10, find u(−1,1).