Symbols:D/Partial Derivative

Partial Derivative

$\partial$

Symbol used to indicate the partial derivative of a function, used for example as follows:

$\dfrac \partial {\partial x} \map f {x, y}$

The $\LaTeX$ code for \(\dfrac \partial {\partial x} \map f {x, y}\) is \dfrac \partial {\partial x} \map f {x, y} .

Sources

• 1989: Ephraim J. Borowski and Jonathan M. Borwein: Dictionary of Mathematics ... (previous) ... (next): d: 1.
• 2014: Christopher Clapham and James Nicholson: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Mathematics (5th ed.) ... (previous) ... (next): Appendix $14$: Symbols