Vector Calculus #5: Partial Derivatives and Gradient Vectors

This video introduces the meaning behind partial derivatives and their application to obtaining the gradient vector of a function. Numerous examples are shown as well as several plots using MATLAB. This is part of a tutorial series on Vector Calculus that I made while an undergrad student that were recently unearthed. They are a bit old, so forgive me for the audio quality. I did clean it up a bit using Davinci Resolve Fairflight. They were part of a website I had at the time that I always regretted taking down. I've since replaced it with a new one - markcwatson.dev - where I will put some of this old content. https://markcwatson.dev