How to compute the Jacobian matrix of a multivariate function in a nonstandard matrix?

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Given a function $f:R^2\rightarrow R^2$ such that $f(x,y)=(xy, \cos xy)$, I need to compute the Jacobian matrix Df with respect to the basis $\{(1,0), (1,1)\}$. Not confident in my answer though. Please help me verify it. If it is not correct, please give me a hint. Here is my try:

With respect to the standard basis $\{1,0), (0,1)\}$, we could derive a Jacobian matrix

$$Df= \begin{bmatrix} \frac{\partial f_1}{\partial x} & \frac{\partial f_1}{\partial y} \\ \frac{\partial f_2}{\partial x} & \frac{\partial f_2}{\partial x} \end{bmatrix} = \begin{bmatrix} y & x\\ -y\sin xy & -x\sin xy \end{bmatrix} .$$

To compute the Jacobian matrix with respect to the nonstandard basis $\{(1,0), (1,1)\}$, I multiply $Df(x,y)$ by this basis and get

$$\overline{Df}(x,y)= \begin{bmatrix} y & x\\ -y\sin xy & -x\sin xy \end{bmatrix} \times \begin{bmatrix} 1 & 1\\ 0 & 1 \end{bmatrix} = \begin{bmatrix} y & y+x\\ -y\sin xy & -y\sin xy-x\sin xy \end{bmatrix} .$$

I did it in this way, because my textbook [Hoffman] says, "the columns of the matrix relative tot he new basis will be the derivative $Df(x,y)$ applied to the new basis in $R^2$ with this image vector expressed in the new basis in $R^2$."

Anyone disagrees or agrees with my answer?

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You can check this by going back to the definitions and properties of linear transformations.

Suppose $A:\mathbb R^2\to \mathbb R^2$ is a linear transformation such that $A((1,0))=a(1,0)+b(0,1)$ and $A((0,1))=c(1,0)+d(0,1)$. This determines $A$ uniquely and the matrix with respect to the basis $(1,0),(0,1)$ is

\begin{bmatrix} a& c\\ b & d \end{bmatrix}

Now,

$A((1,0))=a(1,0)+b(0,1)=a(1,0)+b((1,1)-(1,0))=(a-b)(1,0)+b(1,1)$

and

$A((1,1))=A((1,0))+A((0,1))=(a+c)(1,0)+(b+d)(0,1)=(a+c)(1,0)+(b+d)((1,1)-(1,0))=((a+c)-(b+d))(1,0)+(b+d)(1,1)$

Then, the matrix with respect to the basis $(1,0), (1,1)$ is

\begin{bmatrix} a-b& (a+c)-(b+d)\\ b & b+d \end{bmatrix}