Definition:Partial Derivative

Also denoted as
Other notations are:


 * $\dfrac {\partial z}{\partial x_i}$
 * $\dfrac {\partial}{\partial x_i} f$


 * $f_{x_i} \left({x_1, x_2, \cdots, x_n}\right)$
 * $f_{x_i}$
 * $z_{x_i}$
 * $\partial_{x_i}f$
 * $\partial_i f$

where $z = f \left({x_1, x_2, \cdots, x_n}\right)$.

Also see

 * Definition:Jacobian
 * Definition:Gradient