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gradient (Definition)
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See Also: derivative, Riemannian manifold, gradient in curvilinear coordinates, nabla, differential form, first order operators in Riemannian geometry, vector field, Hessian matrix, derivative notation, Jacobian matrix, partial derivative, tilt curve

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lamellar field (Definition) by pahio
nabla acting on products (Topic) by pahio
gradient in curvilinear coordinates (Result) by stevecheng
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This is version 16 of gradient, born on 2001-11-16, modified 2009-02-07.
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AMS MSC26B10 (Real functions :: Functions of several variables :: Implicit function theorems, Jacobians, transformations with several variables)
 26B12 (Real functions :: Functions of several variables :: Calculus of vector functions)
 58A10 (Global analysis, analysis on manifolds :: General theory of differentiable manifolds :: Differential forms)

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