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Second derivative identity for a degree-one homogeneous function (x2hxx​=y2hyy​)

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For a twice continuously differentiable homogeneous function h(x,y) of degree one, Euler theorem for homogeneous functions gives xhx​+yhy​=h. Differentiation first with respect to x and then, separately, with respect to y gives
xhxx​+yhxy​=0,xhxy​+yhyy​=0.
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Multiplying by x and y, respectively, shows that x2hxx​=y2hyy​=−xyhxy​. This identity can verify a second-order partial differential equation without expanding a complicated homogeneous expression twice.

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