what is the purpose of differentiation?
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what is the use of derivatives
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Why do we consider potential energy function $U(x)$ differentiable?
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Difference between differentiation and derivatives
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Differential of a smooth function
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What is the purpose of a function being surjective?
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How to understand the notion of a differential of a function
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Intuition behind directional derivative (geometrically)?
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Simple way to understand what derivative is
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Derivative at Endpoint
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why normalize and the definition of directional derivative
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Differentiation under integral sign (Gamma function)
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What exactly is the difference between a derivative and a total derivative?
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Motivation behind standard deviation?
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Continuous versus differentiable
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Why use the derivative and not the symmetric derivative?
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Is differentiating on both sides of an equation allowed?
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What is the meaning of $1/(D+a)$, where $D$ is the derivative operator?