http://betterexplained.com/articles/vector-calculus-understanding-the-gradient/ Learning shouldn't hurt. Let's share the insights that made difficult ideas click. Sat, 7 Nov 2009 23:27:48 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 http://betterexplained.com/articles/vector-calculus-understanding-the-gradient/#comment-261453 ab Wed, 04 Nov 2009 15:32:46 +0000 http://betterexplained.com/articles/vector-calculus-understanding-the-gradient/#comment-261453 Very good explanation by the way. So if you are on a landscape given by z=cosy-cosx and u want to get from (0,0,0) to (4pi,0,0) by moving in the direction of the gradient in the positive x-direction how would u explain that? What would that path look like? Very good explanation by the way. So if you are on a landscape given by z=cosy-cosx and u want to get from (0,0,0) to (4pi,0,0) by moving in the direction of the gradient in the positive x-direction how would u explain that? What would that path look like?

]]> http://betterexplained.com/articles/vector-calculus-understanding-the-gradient/#comment-260412 Kalid Fri, 23 Oct 2009 19:56:05 +0000 http://betterexplained.com/articles/vector-calculus-understanding-the-gradient/#comment-260412 @Florencia: Glad you liked it! Thanks for the suggestion. @Florencia: Glad you liked it! Thanks for the suggestion.

]]> http://betterexplained.com/articles/vector-calculus-understanding-the-gradient/#comment-260406 Florencia Fri, 23 Oct 2009 16:58:48 +0000 http://betterexplained.com/articles/vector-calculus-understanding-the-gradient/#comment-260406 Very nice article!! Hope to see how to find the maximum of a constrained function soon!! Thanks a lot!! Very nice article!!
Hope to see how to find the maximum of a constrained function soon!!
Thanks a lot!!

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