# Calculus parametric differentiation problem

There seems to be something off with one of my problem solutions. Could somebody find the mistake?

$$x=\sqrt{t^3-1} \ \text{,} \ y=\ln t$$ $$y'(t) = \frac{1}{t}$$ $$x'(t)=\frac{1}{2\sqrt{t^3-1}} \cdot 3t^2 = \frac{3t^2}{2\sqrt{t^3-1}}$$ $$y'_x= \frac{\frac{1}{t}}{\frac{1}{2\sqrt{t^3-1}} \cdot 3t^2} = \frac{2\sqrt{t^3-1}}{3t^3}$$ $$y''_{xx} =\frac{\left(\frac{2\sqrt{t^3-1}}{3t^3}\right)'}{\frac{3t^2}{2\sqrt{t^3-1}}} = \frac{\frac{\frac{1}{\sqrt{t^3-1}}\cdot 3t^2 *3t^3 - 2\sqrt{t^3-1} *9t^2}{9t^6}}{\frac{3t^2}{2\sqrt{t^3-1}}}=\frac{12t^5-36t^2(t^3-1)}{27t^8}=\frac{4t^3-12t^3+12}{9t^6}$$

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is $y'_x = \frac{dy}{dx}$? –  user88595 Oct 12 '13 at 14:08
yes, you are correct. –  vilbur Oct 12 '13 at 14:10
From what I see it seems correct. What makes you think it's wrong? You could check by letting $y = \ln{\big((x^2 + 1)^{1/3}\big)}$ and then substituting back $x = \sqrt{t^3 - 1}$ assuming my inversion is correct. –  user88595 Oct 12 '13 at 14:19