Find that this partial differentiation is equal to 0

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Homework Statement
find a partial differentiation is equal to 0
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Partial Differentiation
$$\sum_i (\frac{\partial}{\partial q_i}(\frac{\partial T}{\partial q_j}\dot{q}_i)+\frac{\partial}{\partial q_i}(\frac{\partial T}{\partial q_j})\ddot{q}_i)+\frac{\partial}{\partial t}(\frac{\partial T}{\partial \dot{q}_j})$$

They wrote that above equation is equal to $$\frac{d}{dt}(\frac{\partial T}{\partial \dot{q}_j})$$ hiwhc means differentiation of other functions are ##0##. But, I was thinking if my explanation was correct. I thought that while differentiating respect to ##q_i## in the function ##\sum_i \frac{\partial}{\partial q_i}(\frac{\partial T}{\partial q_j}\dot{q}_i)## there's no variable ##q## so, while differentiating respect to that it will become ##0##. I was thinking the same thing had happened to second one also.

But, actually ##T=T(q_i,\dot{q}_i,t)##. So, T has q variable but although why it will be ##0##? Is there something else I am missing?
 
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Istiakshovon said:
$$\sum_i (\frac{\partial}{\partial q_i}(\frac{\partial T}{\partial q_j}\dot{q}_i)+\frac{\partial}{\partial q_i}(\frac{\partial T}{\partial q_j})\ddot{q}_i)+\frac{\partial}{\partial t}(\frac{\partial T}{\partial \dot{q}_j})$$They wrote that above equation is equal to ##\dfrac{d}{dt}(\dfrac{\partial T}{\partial \dot{q}_j})##.
Did you make a typo? Ought to be ##\dfrac{d}{dt} \dfrac{\partial T}{\partial \dot{q}_j} = \dfrac{\partial^2 T}{\partial q_i \partial \dot{q}_j} \dot{q}_i + \dfrac{\partial^2 T}{\partial \dot{q}_i \partial \dot{q}_j} \ddot{q}_i + \dfrac{\partial^2 T}{ \partial t\partial \dot{q}_j}##.
 
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that's what author wrote. I don't think I made typo.
 
You did make a few typos, but the picture in #3 is right. It's the chain rule for ##\dfrac{\partial T}{\partial \dot q_j}(q,\dot{q}, t)##.
 
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Since, my another thread was deleted mod was saying it's dup of that so adding info here.
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In the last second line they wrote that,

$$\frac{d}{dt}(\frac{\partial T}{\partial \dot{q}_j})-\frac{\partial T}{\partial q_j}=\frac{\partial \dot{T}}{\partial \dot{q}_j}-\frac{\partial T}{\partial q_j}-\frac{\partial T}{\partial q_j}$$

which isn't looking correct to me. Cause, we know that ##\frac{d}{dt}(\frac{\partial T}{\partial \dot{q}_j})=\frac{\partial \dot{T}}{\partial \dot{q}_j}##
 
ergospherical said:
It's the chain rule for ##\dfrac{\partial T}{\partial \dot q_j}(q,\dot{q}, t)##.
$$\frac{\partial T}{\partial \dot{q}_j}=\frac{\partial T}{\partial q_j}\frac{\partial q_j}{\partial \dot{q}_j}+\frac{\partial T}{\partial \dot{q}_j}+\frac{\partial T}{\partial t}\frac{\partial t}{\partial \dot{q}_j}$$ I found it. I think something is wrong. Cause, I still can't make them ##0## (after putting that in the main equation).
 
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