Re: Question: ABS and \[Prime]
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- Subject: [mg47482] Re: Question: ABS and \[Prime]
- From: "Jens-Peer Kuska" <kuska at informatik.uni-leipzig-de>
- Date: Wed, 14 Apr 2004 07:16:30 -0400 (EDT)
- Organization: Uni Leipzig
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Hi, it is the fist derivative of Abs[z] with respect to z. Regards Jens "Ed Wells" <wellsed at wam.umd.edu> schrieb im Newsbeitrag news:c5gfrm$apq$1 at smc.vnet.net... > Hello, > > I'm not a regular duty Mathematica user and I've come across a problem > in some of my work to which I cannot find an answer in Mathematica > help or by googling. > > In my notebook output, a copy of which can be seen at : > > www.glue.umd.edu/~wellsed/derivatives.html > > I'm finding the derivatives of a complex function involving distances > (R[] is a distance function) in an energy function (W[] is an energy > function). Each of my derivatives looks okay except for the presence > of the Abs[] function with a \[Prime] following it. It does not > appear in every instance, but I cannot find any documentation for what > this may mean. An example is in the first line of Out[36]. > > Any help is appreciated. > > --Ed Wells >