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Apply the product rule to $x\sin (1/x)$ and the chain rule to the sine. Since $d(1/x)/dx=-1/x^2$, the derivative is

For $f(x)=x{e}^{-2x^2}$, the product rule and chain rule giveThe positive exponential factor makes $f$ increasing for $0<x<1/2$ and decreasing for $1/2<x<1$. Its only interior stationary point is therefore a maximum at $x=1/2$. Checking it together with both endpoints,ConsequentlyChecking the endpoints is necessary for extrema on a closed interval.

Where $\sin x\ne 0$, divide by it to obtain $y^{\prime }+2\cot xy=\csc x$. The integrating factor is ${\sin }^{2}x$, and the product rule givesThe initial condition gives $C=1$. HenceThe simplified expression has a differentiable extension through $x=0$, with $y(0)=1/2$. Direct substitution verifies the original undivided differential equation there as well: its left side is $2y(0)=1$. Thus the maximal interval containing $\pi /2$ on which this solution is finite is $\boxed{-\pi <x<\pi }$; the apparent exclusion of $0$ arose only from division by $\sin x$. This is continuation through a zero of the leading ODE coefficient.

Apply the product rule and the chain rule once more to each expression in part (i). The second derivative chain rule givesandFor example, the coefficient of $f_{uv}$ in the mixed partial derivative is $u_x{v}_y+v_x{u}_y=4x^{3}y+4x{y}^3$, while the final term is $v_{xy}{f}_v=4xy{f}_v$. The symmetry $f_{uv}=f_{vu}$ is used in combining the mixed terms under the usual twice-continuously-differentiable interpretation.

The product rule givesFor $x>0$, the derivative is positive before $3$ and negative after $3$. Also $y(0)=0$ and $x^3{e}^{-x}\to 0$ as $x\to \infty$. Thus the global maximum on the requested range is

For this first-order linear differential equation, an integrating factor on an interval avoiding zeros of $\cos x$ is $\cos x$. The product rule then givesThe initial condition gives $3/\sqrt{2}=1/\sqrt{2}+C$, hence $C=\sqrt{2}$. ThusThe displayed interval is the maximal one containing the specified initial point, since the coefficient $\tan x$ is undefined at its endpoints.

Let $t=y/x$. The product rule and the chain rule give the partial derivativesHence the terms containing ${\varphi }^{\prime }$ cancel:This also follows from the Euler theorem for homogeneous functions, because $u(\lambda x,\lambda y)=\lambda u(x,y)$ for $\lambda >0$.

The Pythagorean theorem gives $c^2=a^2+b^2$. Taking a total differential gives $2cdc=2ada+2bdb$, soThe area of the right triangle is $A=ab/2$, so the product rule gives $dA=(bda+adb)/2$ andThe prescribed small changes therefore give $dA/A\approx 0.01-0.02=-0.01$: the area decreases by approximately $1\%$. For comparison, retaining the product of the two finite percentage changes gives $(1.01)(0.98)-1=-0.0102$, an exact decrease of $1.02\%$; the total differential retains only the first-order terms.

Holding $x$ fixed when taking the antiderivative with respect to $t$ givesUse the product rule and the chain rule to differentiate this explicit expression:This agrees term by term with part (i).

For $\mathbf{G}$, the product rule for the curl givesSince $\mathbf{a}\ne 0$, this is not identically zero on ${\mathbb{R}}^3$. A gradient field has zero curl, so no scalar potential exists for $\mathbf{G}$ on the whole space.

For the radial vector field $\mathbf{K}$, observe thatThus all vector-field potentials areThese are smooth everywhere, including the origin. Any two differ by a constant because their gradient difference vanishes on the connected whole space.

Put $q=x^{2}yz$. The chain rule and product rule giveSumming these partial derivatives gives the Laplacian

Use the product rule and the fundamental theorem of calculus:Since the integral is $1-\cos x$, this simplifies to

Where $\cos x\ne 0$, the separable differential equation is $y^{\prime }=y\tan x$. Separating and taking antiderivatives gives $\ln |y|=-\ln |\cos x|+C$, for nonzero $y$. Including the zero solution, the explicit general solution ison any interval with $\cos x\ne 0$. It can also be obtained without dividing by $y$: the product rule gives $(y\cos x{)}^{\prime }=0$.

A nonzero solution cannot extend through a zero of $\cos x$. If a differentiable solution is required on an interval containing such a zero, the original equation there requires $y=0$, and the only such solution across that zero is $y\equiv 0$.

The differential operator on the left is $(D-3{)}^2$, where $D=d/dt$. Its repeated characteristic root suggests writing $y=e^{3t}v$. By the product rule,so the ordinary differential equation reduces to $v^{\prime \prime }=3(t+1)$. Two antiderivatives giveThe boundary conditions imply $v(0)=1$ and $v(1)=0$, hence $B=1$ and $A=-3$. ThereforeThe calculation of $v^{\prime \prime }$ verifies the ordinary differential equation, and the bracket takes the values one and zero at the two endpoints. These boundary conditions determine both constants uniquely.

Differentiate $u_y=y^{-1/2}(U_{\xi }-U_{\eta })$, retaining the derivative of the prefactor. The product rule and multivariable chain rule giveUsing $y=(\xi -\eta {)}^2/16$, this becomesThe last term is essential because the coordinate change is nonlinear.

Put $\mathbf{W}=\nabla \times \mathbf{F}$ and $\mathbf{v}=\dot{\mathbf{r}}$. All vector fields and their spatial partial derivatives below are evaluated at $\mathbf{r}(t)$. The product rule for a dot product givesBecause the vector field has no explicit time dependence, the multivariable chain rule gives $d\mathbf{W}/dt=J_{\mathbf{W}}\dot{\mathbf{r}}$, where the Jacobian matrix has entries $(J_{\mathbf{W}}{)}_{ij}={\partial }_j{W}_i$. ConsequentlyThe first term measures the change of the curl sampled as the point moves; the second measures the change in the velocity vector used in the dot product.

To give the result explicitly in $P,Q,R$, define the directional derivative operator $L=\dot{x}{\partial }_x+\dot{y}{\partial }_y+\dot{z}{\partial }_z$. Sincethe same expression isFor example $L(R_y-Q_z)=\dot{x}(R_{yx}-Q_{zx})+\dot{y}(R_{yy}-Q_{zy})+\dot{z}(R_{yz}-Q_{zz})$; the other two terms expand in the same way. Thus only the first and second spatial partial derivatives of $P,Q,R$, together with the velocity and acceleration of the parametric curve, occur.

Green identity. With $n$ the outward unit normal, the product rule gives $\nabla \cdot (u\nabla v)=u{\nabla }^{2}v+\nabla u\cdot \nabla v$. Integrating over $V$ and applying the divergence theorem yields Green's first identity:

Uniqueness for nonzero mass. Suppose two real solutions have the same prescribed boundary data, and let $w$ be their difference. The spatial equation called the Klein-Gordon equation in the question is the modified Helmholtz equation, so ${\nabla }^{2}w=m^{2}w$. With $u=v=w$, Green's first identity becomesFor identical Dirichlet boundary conditions, $w=0$ on $S$; for identical Neumann boundary conditions, ${\partial }_{n}w=0$ there. Either makes the right-hand side zero. When $m$ is real and nonzero, both integrands on the left are nonnegative, forcing $w=0$. ThusThis is the required uniqueness assertion; existence is understood for admissible smooth data on a suitable bounded region. Complex-valued solutions obey the same result by treating their real and imaginary parts separately.

Zero mass. For $m=0$, the argument gives $\nabla w=0$, hence $w=C$ on the connected region. Dirichlet boundary conditions still force $C=0$, but Neumann boundary conditions leave an arbitrary additive constant:The prescribed normal data in the zero-mass case must also satisfy ${\int }_S{\partial }_n\Phi dS=0$, by the divergence theorem. For nonzero $m$, that flux can instead equal $m^2{\int }_V\Phi dV$.

Energy minimization. Let $\eta =w-v$ for the two functions in the last part. They share their boundary values, so $\eta =0$ on $S$. Since $v$ is a harmonic function, Green's first identity givesExpand the square in the Dirichlet energy of $w=v+\eta$:The cross term vanishes, soEquality requires $w-v$ to be constant, and the shared boundary values then make it zero. This is the Dirichlet principle: among functions with fixed boundary values, the harmonic function minimizes Dirichlet energy.

Integral identity and representation. Define $L={\nabla }^2+k^2$ and take $n$ to be the outward unit normal. The product rule givesThe $k^2\varphi \psi$ terms cancel. Integrating and applying the divergence theorem proves the Helmholtz equation version of Green's second identity:

Choose the Dirichlet Green function with the sign conventionwhere $\delta$ is the three-dimensional Dirac delta. Substitute $\psi =G$, use $L\varphi =f$, and evaluate the Dirac delta integral. The boundary term containing $G$ vanishes and $\varphi =g$ on $S$, leavingHenceThe choice of sign in the Green function equation matters: it fixes both the source normalization and these signs. For a bounded region this construction presumes that the chosen $k^2$ is not a Dirichlet eigenvalue of $-{\nabla }^2$; at such an eigenvalue a Green inverse for arbitrary data does not exist.

Infinite space. Put $r=|x-x^{\prime }|$. Away from the source, spherical symmetry reduces the Helmholtz equation toFor $k\ne 0$ its general radial solution isIntegrate $LG=\delta$ over a ball of radius $\epsilon$ about the source. The divergence theorem yieldsSince $G=A/r+Bk+O(r)$, the volume term is $O({\epsilon }^2)$ and the flux tends to $-4\pi A$. Therefore $A=-1/(4\pi )$, while $B$ remains free:The $B$ term extends regularly through the source and solves the homogeneous Helmholtz equation, so it cannot change the unit Dirac delta normalization. A condition at infinity is needed to select it. For example, with time dependence $e^{-i\omega t}$, the outgoing Green function for the three-dimensional Helmholtz equation is $-e^{ikr}/(4\pi r)$, corresponding to $B=-i/(4\pi )$.

Zero wavenumber. For fixed finite $B$, $\sin (kr)/r\to 0$ as $k\to 0$, andThis is the decaying Green function of the Laplacian. Directly at $k=0$, the general radial solution is $A/r+C$; source normalization fixes $A=-1/(4\pi )$, and decay at infinity removes $C$. If the free parameter depends on $k$ as $B(k)\sim C/k$, the limit instead includes that arbitrary homogeneous constant. Thus the usual Laplace limit holds for a fixed parameter, or after a suitable condition at infinity has been selected.

For the curl of a cross product, the Cartesian contraction isThe product rule then givesFor the fluid equation, replace the advective term by $\mathbf{w}\times \mathbf{u}+\nabla (|\mathbf{u}{|}^2/2)$ using the preceding identity. Take its curl. Both gradient terms have zero curl, while $\nabla \cdot \mathbf{w}=\nabla \cdot (\nabla \times \mathbf{u})=0$ and incompressibility gives $\nabla \cdot \mathbf{u}=0$. The vorticity equation is consequentlyThe left side is the material derivative of vorticity; the right is vortex stretching. It follows here because the given force per mass is a gradient, in addition to the flow being inviscid and incompressible.

The product rule gives ${\psi }^{\prime }=e^{-x^2/2}(y^{\prime }-xy)$ and ${\psi }^{\prime \prime }=e^{-x^2/2}[y^{\prime \prime }-2x{y}^{\prime }+(x^2-1)y]$. Substituting in the Schrödinger equation cancels the $x^2$ and constant terms, leaving the Hermite differential equationFor $y={\sum }_{n\ge 0}{a}_n{x}^n$, matching coefficients givesThe power series solutions of the Hermite differential equation split into independent even and odd series. With initial data $(y(0),y^{\prime }(0))=(1,0)$ and $(0,1)$, respectively, their first three terms areEach nonterminating parity series has infinite radius of convergence: the ratio of successive terms of that parity has magnitude asymptotic to $2|x{|}^2/n$. Their initial data prove linear independence. If a coefficient shown vanishes at a special parameter, the recurrence supplies the terminating series instead.

A nonzero polynomial solution of degree $N$ requires $\lambda =N$, by its highest-degree term, and the recurrence then terminates the matching parity. Thus all possible values are $\lambda =0,1,2,\dots$. Up to nonzero scalar multiples, the degree-at-most-three solutions are the Hermite polynomials