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#1 2010-01-24 01:48:21
- zetafunc.
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∇....the del operator?
can someone please explain what the del operator is and why we use it? thanks. its apparently denoted ∇, but i dont know what this means and all the websites that try to explain (like wikipedia) are so confusing. thanks in advance.
#2 2010-01-24 04:55:39
- Ricky
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Re: ∇....the del operator?
Do you know any multivariable calculus?
"In the real world, this would be a problem. But in mathematics, we can just define a place where this problem doesn't exist. So we'll go ahead and do that now..."
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#3 2010-01-24 05:08:57
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Re: ∇....the del operator?
Hello, I am not sure.......multivariable calculus is calculus (integration+differentiation) with more than one variable, right? other than that, im not sure what a multivariable calculus problem consists of....because if i were asked to integrate xydx, then the integration of x and y would be different to each other?
thanks for your help
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