1. ## Jacobian determinant question

The equations,

$x^{3} + xy - uy = v + 4,$ $y^{2} - xy^{3} + uv = 1,$

define x and y as functions of u and v. Find, $\frac{\partial{x}}{\partial{v}}
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See figure attached for my attempt. It get's a little messy with the bottom determinant, so I'm not entirely convinced I've done this correctly.

Did I do anything wrong?

2. Originally Posted by jegues
The equations,

$x^{3} + xy - uy = v + 4,\;\;y^{2} - xy^{3} + uv = 1,$

define x and y as functions of u and v. Find $\frac{\partial{x}}{\partial{v}}
$

See figure attached for my attempt. It get's a little messy with the bottom determinant, so I'm not entirely convinced I've done this correctly.

Did I do anything wrong?
Doing it by a slightly different method, I got almost the same answer. In fact, if you use implicit differentiation to differentiate each of the given equations partially with respect to v then you get

$3x^2\frac{\partial{x}}{\partial{v}} + y\frac{\partial{x}}{\partial{v}} + x\frac{\partial{y}}{\partial{v}} -u\frac{\partial{y}}{\partial{v}} = 1,$
$2y\frac{\partial{y}}{\partial{v}} -y^3\frac{\partial{x}}{\partial{v}} - 3xy^2\frac{\partial{y}}{\partial{v}} + u = 0.$

Write these equations as

$(3x^2+y)\frac{\partial{x}}{\partial{v}} + (x-u)\frac{\partial{y}}{\partial{v}} = 1,$
$y^3\frac{\partial{x}}{\partial{v}} + (3xy^2-2y)\frac{\partial{y}}{\partial{v}} = u.$

Multiply the first equation by $3xy^2-2y$ and the second by $x-u$ and subtract, to get

$\bigl((3x^2+y)(3xy^2-2y) - y^3(x-u)\bigr)\frac{\partial{x}}{\partial{v}} = 3xy^2-2y - (x-u)u.$

That is the same as your answer except that one of us has missed a minus sign somewhere, so that my denominator is the negative of yours.