Partial differentiation - Constants

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Homework Statement



Consider the following equality:

(\frac{∂S}{∂V})T = (\frac{∂P}{∂T})V

If I rearrange the equality so that I write:

(\frac{∂S}{∂P})? = (\frac{∂V}{∂T})?

What variables will be constant in each side?
I'm having some trouble in a few thermodynamics problems because of this...

Homework Equations





The Attempt at a Solution



I don't know how to do this. Normally I just ignore and assume that every variable except the variable of differentiation is a constant.
If anyone could confirm or correct me I'd be thankful.

Thanks.
 
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Jalo said:

Homework Statement



Consider the following equality:

(\frac{∂S}{∂V})T = (\frac{∂P}{∂T})V

If I rearrange the equality so that I write:

(\frac{∂S}{∂P})? = (\frac{∂V}{∂T})?

What variables will be constant in each side?
I'm having some trouble in a few thermodynamics problems because of this...

Homework Equations



The Attempt at a Solution



I don't know how to do this. Normally I just ignore and assume that every variable except the variable of differentiation is a constant.
If anyone could confirm or correct me I'd be thankful.

Thanks.
The following may help you.

For the case in which three variables can be related by a function of the form f(x, y, z) = 0, then the following relations hold.

\displaystyle \left(\frac{\partial x}{\partial y}\right)_z\left(\frac{\partial y}{\partial z}\right)_x\left(\frac{\partial z}{\partial x}\right)_y = -1

\displaystyle \left(\frac{\partial x}{\partial y}\right)_z = \frac{1}{\left(\frac{\partial y}{\partial x}\right)_y}

See the following two Wikipedia entries:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Triple_product_rule

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exact_differential#Cyclic_relation
 
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