Second derivative identity for a degree-one homogeneous function

ID: second-derivative-identity-for-a-degree-one-homogeneous-function

For a twice continuously differentiable homogeneous function of degree one, Euler theorem for homogeneous functions gives . Differentiation first with respect to and then, separately, with respect to gives
Multiplying by and , respectively, shows that . This identity can verify a second-order partial differential equation without expanding a complicated homogeneous expression twice.

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