(Gases) How to get dU=(PdV+VdP)/(gamma-1) from U=PV/

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Hello I'm reading Feynman here: http://www.feynmanlectures.caltech.edu/I_39.html

I'm having problems understanding how he turns equation 39.11 into 39.12.

He does some U -> dU trick and he turns:
U=PV/(\gamma-1) into dU=(PdV+VdP)/(\gamma-1)

I don't understand this intuitively. Any help? Specificaly, how he expands PV into that (PdV+VdP) thing.

 

[zoki85]

Without reading the link, seems to me U is function in 2 variables: U=f(P,V)= P⋅V⋅const ⇒ dU=(PdV+VdP)⋅const.

 

[Chestermiller]

It looks like he is using the product rule for differentiation.

Chet

 

[InvalidState]

Ah yes of course! Thanks