Revised notation for partial derivatives

DOI10.1016/0898-1221(93)90111-8MaRDI QIDQ2367560zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors W. C. Hassenpflug

Publication date 17 February 1994

Published in Computers & Mathematics with Applications (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://doi.org/10.1016/0898-1221(93)90111-8

zbMATH Keywords

consistent algebra of differentialsdifferentiation questionsnotationpartial derivativespartial differentialtotal differential

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Continuity and differentiation questions (26B05)

Review text

It is proposed to use the notation \({\partial u\over dx}\), \({\partial u\over dy}\), \({\partial v\over dx}\), \({\partial v\over dy}\) instead of the old customary notation \({\partial u\over \partial x}\), \({\partial u\over \partial y}\), \({\partial v\over \partial x}\), \({\partial v\over \partial y}\) for partial derivatives of the functions \(u=f(x,y)\) and \(v=g(x,y)\). Three shortcomings of the old notation are pointed out, especially that \({1\over\partial u/\partial x}\neq {\partial x\over\partial u}\). By distinguishing between the symbols for total and partial differentials according to the principle of Leibniz's notation a consistent algebra of differentials is produced.

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