Unforeseen Differentiation Problem in Chemical Concentration Equation

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The forum discussion centers on a differentiation problem involving the equation \(\frac{d}{d\theta}\left\{ \nabla\left(\underset{k}{\sum}\left[n_{k}+\theta n_{j}^{\star}\right]z_{k}^{2}\right)^{\frac{1}{2}}\right\}\). The variables \(n_{k}\) and \(n_{j}^{\star}\) are independent of \(\theta\) and depend on spatial coordinates \(x, y, z\), while \(z_{k}^{2}\) is a constant representing the valence of the kth chemical species. The discussion includes attempts to confirm the differentiation result, which involves complex operations on sums and gradients. The final expression presented for confirmation is \(-\frac{1}{2}\left(\underset{k}{\sum}\left[n_{k}+\theta n_{j}^{\star}\right]z_{k}^{2}\right)^{-\frac{3}{2}}n_{j}^{\star}\nabla\underset{k}{\sum}\left[n_{k}+\theta n_{j}^{\star}\right]z_{k}^{2} + \frac{1}{2}\underset{k}{\sum}\left[n_{k}+\theta n_{j}^{\star}\right]z_{k}^{2}\nabla n_{j}^{\star}\).

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I was working on some of my own equations and today i ended up with this differentiation thinghy, I never expected this in my equation but it just turned up :( so if there's anybody out there who loves to solve math please give this a try :)

maybe its too simple :) ... i am just having doubts about the order of the operations and their influences...

me too will try solving it in the mean time...

[tex]\frac{d}{d\theta}\left\{ \nabla\left(\underset{k}{\sum}\left[n_{k}+\theta n_{j}^{\star}\right]z_{k}^{2}\right)^{\frac{1}{2}}\right\} =?[/tex]

[tex]\[<br /> n_{k},n_{j}^{\star}\][/tex] are independent of [tex]\theta[/tex]
[tex]\[<br /> n_{k},n_{j}^{\star}\][/tex] depend on x,y,z (grad) (Actually these variables are concentrations defined at each point in our domain)
[tex]\[<br /> z_{k}^{2}\][/tex] is a constant (actually the valence of the kth chemical species)

[tex]\theta[/tex] is also independent of the geometry (x,y,z)... i call it the ALIEN variable :) because afterwards i have to kill it by setting it to zero, that is after differentiation...

Thanks a lot,

Tim
 
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[tex]\[<br /> =-\frac{1}{2}\left(\underset{k}{\sum}\left[n_{k}+\theta n_{j}^{\star}\right]z_{k}^{2}\right)^{-\frac{3}{2}}n_{j}^{\star}\nabla\underset{k}{\sum}\left[n_{k}+\theta n_{j}^{\star}\right]z_{k}^{2}\]<br /> <br /> <br /> \[<br /> +\frac{1}{2}\underset{k}{\sum}\left[n_{k}+\theta n_{j}^{\star}\right]z_{k}^{2}\nabla n_{j}^{\star}\][/tex]

can someone confirm :)

Thanks a lot ...
 

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