APPENDIX BAdditional Topics in Differential Calculus

B.1 Implicit Differentiation

Most of the functions we use in this book can be written in the simple form y equals f left-parenthesis x right-parenthesis, but this is not always the case. Sometimes we have two variables related by an equation of the form f left-parenthesis x comma y right-parenthesis equals 0. The function f left-parenthesis x comma y right-parenthesis means that the value of f depends on both and . Here is an example: ...

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