What is the sign of the result when applying the implicit function theorem?

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Suppose I have some function that $g$ that satisfies

$$g (..)=\frac{a}{f(x)(x+a)^2}=1$$

Using the implicit function theorem, I can see when an increase in $a$ results in an increase in $x$:

$$-\frac{\partial g/\partial a}{\partial g/\partial x}= - \frac{x-a}{a(a+x)f'(x)+2f(x)a}$$

Am I applying this correctly? And is the negative sign before $\frac{\partial g/\partial a}{\partial g/\partial x}$ necessary?


So when $a>x$, an increase in $a$ results in an increase in $x$, assuming that $a(a+x)f'(x)+2f(x)a$ is positve?

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Note that under presumed smoothness conditions, we have

$$dg(x,a)=\frac{\partial g(x,a)}{\partial a}\,da+\frac{\partial g(x,a)}{\partial x}\,dx$$

On the surface $g(x,a)\equiv 1$, $dg(x,a)=0$. Hence,

$$\frac{dx}{da}=- \frac{\frac{\partial g(x,a)}{\partial a}}{\frac{\partial g(x,a)}{\partial x}}$$