About the Book
Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 87. Chapters: Adjoint equation, Automatic differentiation, Benjamin-Bona-Mahony equation, Binomial differential equation, Checkpointing scheme, Darboux derivative, Deal.II, Derivative of a constant, Difference quotient, Differentiable function, Differential (mathematics), Differential algebraic equation, Differential calculus over commutative algebras, Differential coefficient, Differential of a function, Differentiation in Frechet spaces, Differentiation of trigonometric functions, Differentiation rules, Differentiation under the integral sign, Directional derivative, Domain-straightening theorem, Euler-Poisson-Darboux equation, Faa di Bruno's formula, Fermat's theorem (stationary points), Flat function, Functional derivative, Fundamental increment lemma, Generalizations of the derivative, Gradient, Hyperbolic angle, Implicit function, Infinitely near point, Inflection point, Institutiones calculi differentialis, Jacobian matrix and determinant, Laplace transform applied to differential equations, Left and right derivative, Leibniz's notation, Limit (mathematics), Linearity of differentiation, Linearization, Linear approximation, Lin-Tsien equation, Logarithmic derivative, Logarithmic differentiation, Method of Fluxions, Metric derivative, Newton's notation, Notation for differentiation, Numerical differentiation, Ordinary differential equation, Parametric derivative, Q-derivative, Quantum calculus, Reduced derivative, Second derivative, Second derivative test, Semi-differentiability, Skew gradient, Symmetrically continuous function, Symmetric derivative, Time derivative, Time evolution of integrals, Total derivative. Excerpt: In calculus, a branch of mathematics, the derivative is a measure of how a function changes as its input changes. Loosely speaking, a derivative can be thought of as how much one quantity is...