More about differentiation

Lax, Peter D.; Terrell, Maria Shea

doi:10.1007/978-3-319-74073-7_4

Peter D. Lax⁵ &
Maria Shea Terrell⁶

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This chapter describes applications of the derivative to methods for finding extreme values of functions of several variables, and to methods for approximating functions of several variables by polynomials.

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Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences, New York University, New York, NY, USA
Peter D. Lax
Department of Mathematics, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, USA
Maria Shea Terrell

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Lax, P.D., Terrell, M.S. (2017). More about differentiation. In: Multivariable Calculus with Applications. Undergraduate Texts in Mathematics. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-74073-7_4

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-74073-7_4
Published: 13 March 2018
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