The Gradient Vector
What is it, and how do we compute it?
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4 min readJun 5, 2020
Vector Calculus
In vector calculus one of the major topics is the introduction of vectors and the 3-dimensional space as an extension of the 2-dimensional space often studied in the cartesian coordinate system. Vectors have two main properties: direction and magnitude. In 2-dimensions we can visualize a vector extending from the…