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Re: Numerical Evaluation

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  • Subject: [mg85631] Re: Numerical Evaluation
  • From: Szabolcs <szhorvat at gmail.com>
  • Date: Sat, 16 Feb 2008 03:29:30 -0500 (EST)
  • References: <fp2k81$pef$1@smc.vnet.net>

On Feb 15, 12:52 am, David Moran <dmora... at cox.net> wrote:
> Hi, I need to know what the best way to do this is. I have a function
> and I want to evaluate a derivative (not necessarily the first
> derivative) of the function. What is the best way to do this?

There is no "best way".  It depends on what you are doing.  Some
function to look up in the docs:
D, Dt, Derivative, ND


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