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What do the different type of derivatives mean?
I m not really sure what the difference between dy/dx, the partial derivative and the derivative with the symbol 𝛿 is.
Thanks in advcance for any help.
1 Answer
- D gLv 75 years ago
dy/dx is a regular derivative
The original equation has y and x only x is the only independant variable
It calculates the chane in y for a change in x
A partial derivative is for multi variable equations
z = 2x + 3y
Is a multi variate equation.
If we calculate the partial derivative we have to assume the other variable doesnt change.
Partial dz/partial dx = 2
Im not sure what your third symbol was .
