Solving algebraic equation system with partial derivatives

I have a list of equations. Some of them are algebraic equations like 2x == y / (y+1), others contains derivatives in them(e.x. df/dx == 0). Note they are not differential equations. As they can be simplified from other algebraic equations before taking the (partial) derivative. After taking the partial derivative, they will all be algebraic equations themselves. For example, I have the following three equations:

x^2 + y = 8
z = 9x + 4y
dz/dx = 0


After replacing y with 8 - x^2. dz/dx is 9-8x. Letting 9-8x equals to 0 we get x = 9/8, hence the solution.

My question is how to do this in Mathematica? In reality, I have dozens of equations like that, it's possible to solve manually, but I need to learn this skill to solve using software, if it's possible.

One possibility is to use Dt on your equations:

eq1 = x^2 + y == 0;
eq2 = z == 9 x + 4 y;

Solve[
{
eq1, Dt[eq1, x],
eq2, Dt[eq2, x],
Dt[z,x]==0
},
{x,y,z,Dt[y,x],Dt[z,x]}
]


{{x -> 9/8, y -> -(81/64), z -> 81/16, Dt[y, x] -> -(9/4), Dt[z, x] -> 0}}

• Thanks! Can you elaborate a little bit? What are eq1 and eq2? Where are the other equations(z = 9x + 4y, etc)? – luanjunyi Feb 14 '18 at 20:42
• @luanjunyi eq1 = x^2 + y == 8; eq2 = z == 9 x + 4 y;. That's just saving the equations to be solved for to variables so that they can be referenced more easily. – eyorble Feb 14 '18 at 20:53
• @luanjunyi Sorry, I forgot to copy some of the code. Should be clearer now. – Carl Woll Feb 14 '18 at 20:58