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5 Aug 2024 20:19:11 EDT (-0400)
  Re: max_gradient  
From: Christoph Hormann
Date: 4 Aug 2002 14:40:05
Message: <3D4D7505.D3D107BD@gmx.de>
Rafal 'Raf256' Maj wrote:
> 
> Hellow,
> what exacly does max gradient mean, in mathemaical therms ?

The gradient is the vector of the partial derivatives. ;-)

or:

grad(f) = <df/dx, df/dy, df/dz>

> Maybe small example ?

For calculating derivatives?

> AFAIK this is not the min/max vaule of function ?
> how can I calculate max gradient ?

Hmm, i wonder if you actually looked into the manual:




Christoph

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