http://calc3.askbot.com/questions/Open source question and answer forum written in Python and DjangoenCopyright Askbot, 2010-2011.Thu, 31 Jul 2014 11:05:02 -0500http://calc3.askbot.com/question/211/partial-derivatives/When showing that $\vec F$ is conservative, we take the partial derivatives, just wondering if that is the same as $\nabla f $? I know from there we find the function $f$ to make them equal? But I thought that the gradient was the partial derivatives?TiffanyThu, 31 Jul 2014 11:05:02 -0500http://calc3.askbot.com/question/211/