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How to find (numerical) value of a derivative at point?
I have the following function:
f[0, 0] = 0
f[x_, y_] := Exp[-(x^2 + y^2)^(-1)]
How do I find its partial derivatives at any given point, including $(0,0)$? This ...
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ComplexInfinity/Indeterminate error when evaluating derivative
Motivation: I want to find the coefficients for the polynomial that is obtained when one adds together the first $n$ natural numbers to the power of $a$; that is, when you consider $1^{a} + 2^{a} + ...
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Using D to find a symbolic derivative
I need to do the following:
Define a function
Take the derivative of this function and have a look at the symoblic representation
Substitute in some values
With the bonus that I want to use the ...