partial differentiation


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partial differentiation

n.
Differentiation with respect to a single variable in a function of several variables, regarding other variables as constants.
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where the subscript [[chi],.sub.x], [[chi],.sub.xx] denotes the partial differentiation with respect to x.
"This includes a partial differentiation of the source of state revenue by reducing capital and labour taxation, accompanied by a proportionally increased taxing of natural resources consuming or polluting activities".
[As.sub.2][O.sub.3] has been reported to induce partial differentiation in acute promyelocytic leukemia cells at low concentrations (0.1-0.5 [micro]M; about 0.02-0.1 ppm) but induce apoptosis at relatively high concentrations (0.5-2 [micro]M; about 0.1-0.4 ppm) (Chen et al.
The symbol [sub.,v] denotes the partial differentiation with respect to [x.sup.v].
where a subscript denotes partial differentiation. We look for Lie point symmetries of the form
where primes denote partial differentiation with respect to the variable n and the dimensionless parameters are defined as:
Assuming that the government agency maximizes it's output, the optimal quantities K , L , R , l of K, L, R, l that necessarily satisfy the first-order conditions, which we obtained by partial differentiation of the Lagrangian function (3) with respect to four variables l, K, L, and R and setting them equal to zero: