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/http://calc3.askbot.com/question/122/partial-derivatives/So I'm working on the exam review, and I'm looking at question 3 part a. I run into issues on my partial derivatives when they include e. I ended up with $\frac {\delta f}{\delta x} = e^{xy} + xye^{xy}$ and $\frac {\delta f}{\delta y} = x^2e^{xy}$ I don't feel like thats right though, and I can't get mathematica or wolfram alpha to give me answers. Any help would be greatly appreciated! TiffanyThu, 17 Jul 2014 11:15:53 -0500http://calc3.askbot.com/question/122/