Calculus 3 Lecture 13.6: Finding Directional Derivatives and Gradients

Calculus 3 Lecture 13.6: Finding Directional Derivatives and Gradients: How to find a Directional Derivative along the path of any given vector. Also, an introduction to the Gradient and some basics on how it is used.

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0:00 Proof of Directional Derivatives
37:47 Example 1
56:43 Gradient Vectors
1:09:09 Properties of Gradient Vectors
1:19:57 Inspirational speech
1:34:10 Example 2
1:40:46 Example 3
1:45:12 Example 4
2:00:49 Example 5
2:09:00 Example 6
2:19:31 Example 7 "realistic example"

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