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| From | jimp@specsol.spam.sux.com |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | sci.physics |
| Subject | Re: Review | Gradient |
| Date | 2015-11-01 20:08 +0000 |
| Organization | A noiseless patient Spider |
| Message-ID | <i38igc-3qm.ln1@mail.specsol.com> (permalink) |
| References | <8OadnZLPpr_M8avLnZ2dnUU7-X2dnZ2d@giganews.com> |
Sam Wormley <swormley1@gmail.com> wrote: > Review | Gradient >> http://mathworld.wolfram.com/Gradient.html > >> The term "gradient" has several meanings in mathematics. The simplest >> is as a synonym for slope. >> >> The more general gradient, called simply "the" gradient in vector >> analysis, is a vector operator denoted del and sometimes also called >> del or nabla. It is most often applied to a real function of three >> variables f(u_1,u_2,u_3), and may be denoted... > > >> The direction of del f is the orientation in which the directional >> derivative has the largest value and |del f| is the value of that >> directional derivative. Furthermore, if del f!=0, then the gradient >> is perpendicular to the level curve through (x_0,y_0) if z=f(x,y) and >> perpendicular to the level surface through (x_0,y_0,z_0) if >> F(x,y,z)=0. > > > More from Wikipedia >> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gradient Oh whoopdee fucking doo; mathmatics to a physics group. -- Jim Pennino
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Review | Gradient Sam Wormley <swormley1@gmail.com> - 2015-11-01 13:47 -0600
Re: Review | Gradient "Ross A. Finlayson" <ross.finlayson@gmail.com> - 2015-11-01 12:08 -0800
Re: Review | Gradient Sam Wormley <swormley1@gmail.com> - 2015-11-01 14:17 -0600
Re: Review | Gradient "Ross A. Finlayson" <ross.finlayson@gmail.com> - 2015-11-01 12:23 -0800
Re: Review | Gradient Fabian Russell <root@localhost.localdomain> - 2015-11-02 00:01 +0000
Re: Review | Gradient "Ross A. Finlayson" <ross.finlayson@gmail.com> - 2015-11-01 16:07 -0800
Re: Review | Gradient Fabian Russell <root@localhost.localdomain> - 2015-11-02 00:11 +0000
Re: Review | Gradient "Ross A. Finlayson" <ross.finlayson@gmail.com> - 2015-11-01 16:12 -0800
Re: Review | Gradient jimp@specsol.spam.sux.com - 2015-11-01 20:08 +0000
Re: Review | Gradient Fabian Russell <root@localhost.localdomain> - 2015-11-01 23:37 +0000
Re: Review | Gradient Double-A <double-a3@hush.com> - 2015-11-01 12:57 -0800
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