Consider 2 variables u=u(x,y)u=u(x,y) and v=v(x,y)v=v(x,y), and we want to change the variable of

Rf(x,y)dxdy\iint_R f(x,y) dxdy

into u,vu,v. We define the Jacobian of variable u,vu,v with respect to x,yx,y as

J=(u,v)(x,y)=uxvyuyvx=det(uxvxuyvy)J=\frac{\partial (u,v)}{\partial (x,y)}=\frac{\partial u}{\partial x}\frac{\partial v}{\partial y}-\frac{\partial u}{\partial y}\frac{\partial v}{\partial x}=\det\begin{pmatrix} u_x & v_x\\ u_y & v_y \end{pmatrix}

Then,

Rf(u,v)dudv=Rf(u(x,y),v(x,y))Jdxdy\iint_{R'} f(u,v)dudv=\iint_R f(u(x,y), v(x,y)) \textcolor{red}{|J|} dxdy

Inversely,

Sf(x,y)dxdy=Sf(u,v)1Jdudv\iint_{S} f(x,y) dxdy = \iint_{S'} f(u,v) \textcolor{red}{\Big|\frac{1}{J}\Big|} dudv