Chain Rule

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Summary

The chain rule for partial derivatives gives a way of computing the partial derivatives of compositions of functions in terms of the partial derivatives of the individual functions.

Context

This concept has the prerequisites:

Goals

  • Know the statement of the chain rule (in matrix form)
  • Be able to use it to compute partial derivatives
  • Understand the justification in terms of linear approximations of functions

Core resources (read/watch one of the following)

-Free-

MIT Open Courseware: Multivariable Caclulus (2010)

-Paid-

See also

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