See this answer in Quora: What is the difference between derivative and differential?. In simple words, the rate of change of function is called as a derivative and differential is the actual …

The differential equations class I took as a youth was disappointing, because it seemed like little more than a bag of tricks that would work for a few equations, leaving the vast majority of …

In my AI textbook there is this paragraph, without any explanation. The sigmoid function is defined as follows $$\\sigma (x) = \\frac{1}{1+e^{-x}}.$$ This function is easy to differentiate

Understanding the definition of interior product of differential forms as $ (\iota_X\beta) (Y)=\beta (X,Y)$ Ask Question Asked 11 years, 8 months ago Modified 4 years, 7 months ago

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Jan 27, 2015 · Sometimes it arrives to me that I try to solve a linear differential equation for a long time and in the end it turn out that it is not homogeneous in the first place. Is there a way to …

10 I will assume that you know how to handle smooth differential forms on smooth real manifolds, this is a necessary prerequisite for understanding complex and holomorphic differential forms …

In particular, from a mathematical physics point of view, differential forms (covectors and tensors in general) are fundamental entities for the formulation of physical theories in geometric terms.

Nov 3, 2016 · What bothers me is this definition is completely circular. I mean we are defining differential by differential itself. Can we define differential more precisely and rigorously? P.S. …