C2-solutions to a diff.equation.

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I have the following problem:
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Calculate all the C2-solutions z(x,y) to the differential equation:

Partial differential equation x^2 z_xx - 2xy z_xy + y^2 z_yy + 2yz_y = 6x^3, with x > 0 and y > 0.


with the following constraint:
Typeset equation z(1, y) = y^2 + 1, with the expression cut off at the right edge of the image.

by making the substitution u=xy, v=x


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Solution
I've begun slightly but this doesn't take me far..

Handwritten derivation applying the chain rule to z(x,y) under the substitution u = xy, v = x, showing z_x, z_y, and second derivatives z_xx, z_xy, z_yy in terms of z_u and z_v, ending with the note 'After that I don't know how to proceed.'
 
Start by working out what the differential operators [itex]\frac{\partial}{\partial x}[/itex] and [itex]\frac{\partial}{\partial y}[/itex] are in terms of [itex]u[/itex], [itex]v[/itex] and the differential operators [itex]\frac{\partial}{\partial u}[/itex] and [itex]\frac{\partial}{\partial v}[/itex]. From these you can find expressions for the second-order operators.

Now substitute these expressions into the original PDE, and tidy up the result. You should find that most of the terms cancel.