Re: Best syntax for derivative
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- Subject: [mg96416] Re: [mg96386] Best syntax for derivative
- From: Aaron Fude <aaronfude at gmail.com>
- Date: Fri, 13 Feb 2009 03:42:39 -0500 (EST)
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Thanks. That's cool. May I ask a follow up question? What if I want to have g=f^2? Is there a similar alternative to g[x_, y_, z_] := f[x, y, z]^2? Thanks again! On Thu, Feb 12, 2009 at 10:23 AM, Carl Woll <carlw at wolfram.com> wrote: > Aaron Fude wrote: > > Hi, >> >> Suppose I have a function of three variables >> >> f[x_, y_, z_]:=Sin[x y z] >> >> And I want to construct g[x, y, z] which is the partial derivative of f >> [] with respect to y. I do >> >> f[x_, y_, z_] := Sin[x y z] >> g[x_, y_, z_] := D[f[x, temp, z], temp] /. temp -> y >> >> but I'm sure there is something better. Something along the lines of >> >> g = Partial[f, 2] >> >> Many thanks in advance. >> >> Aaron >> >> >> > It's: > > g = Derivative[0, 1, 0][f] > > Carl Woll > Wolfram Research >
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- Best syntax for derivative