Given the system of equations defining $u = u(x, y)$ and $v = v(x, y)$:

xu^3 + v = y^2 \tag{1} 3uv - x = 7 \tag{2}

We are tasked with finding the differentials $du$ and $dv$ in terms of the differentials $dx$ and $dy$.

Step 1: Implicit Differentiation of Equation (1)

We begin by differentiating Equation (1) with respect to $x$ and $y$, treating $u = u(x, y)$ and $v = v(x, y)$ as functions of $x$ and $y$:

$\frac{d}{d x}(xu^3 + v) = \frac{d}{d x}(y^2)$

Differentiating:

u^3 dx + 3xu^2 du + dv = 2y dy \tag{3}

Step 2: Implicit Differentiation of Equation (2)

Next, differentiate Equation (2) implicitly with respect to $x$ and $y$:

$\frac{d}{d x}(3uv - x) = \frac{d}{d x}(7)$

This yields:

3v du + 3u dv - dx = 0 \tag{4}

Step 3: Solving for $du$ and $dv$

Now, we solve the system of two equations (3) and (4) to express $du$ and $dv$ in terms of $dx$ and $dy$.

We have:

1. $u^3 dx + 3xu^2 du + dv = 2y dy$
2. $3v du + 3u dv = dx$

We can solve these equations by substitution or elimination to express $du$ and $dv$.

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