Re: Partial derivation with regards to variables in a list
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- Subject: [mg51005] Re: Partial derivation with regards to variables in a list
- From: Jens-Peer Kuska <kuska at informatik.uni-leipzig.de>
- Date: Fri, 1 Oct 2004 04:48:44 -0400 (EDT)
- Organization: Universitaet Leipzig
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Hi, D[f[a, b, c, d, e], #] & /@ {a, b, c, d, e} ?? Regards Jens Christopher grinde wrote: > > Hello. > > I need to find the partial derivative with regards to variables in a list. > > The straight forward syntax would be > D[f[a,b,c,d,e,],a,b,c,d,e] > > My problem is that I don't know the variables up front of finding the > derivative. > > I've tried Apply[], but as I am quite new to Mathematica, I haven't been > able to use Apply[] with functions with more than one argument. > > Please advice. > > -- > Christopher Grinde