how to find total derivative?

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Kanav Vij
Kanav Vij on 16 Oct 2015
Answered: zeeshan shafiq on 2 Feb 2020
i want to find total derivative in MATLAB eq== cos(x) = sin(y)*x the solution should be like this -sin(x) = x*cos(y)*dy/dx + sin(y)

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Adam Barber
Adam Barber on 16 Oct 2015
Hey Kanav,
Check out "diff" in the Symbolic Math Toolbox. One thing to note is that for the form you want, you need to explicitly define y as a function of x.
syms x y(x)
diff(cos(x) - sin(y)*x,x)
returns
- sin(y(x)) - sin(x) - x*cos(y(x))*diff(y(x), x)
-Adam

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zeeshan shafiq
zeeshan shafiq on 2 Feb 2020
>> syms x y
>> f=inline('sin(x)+2*cos(y)','x',' y')
f =
Inline function:
f(x, y) = sin(x)+2*cos(y)
>> derivative=inline(diff(f(x,y),x,y),'x','y')
derivative =
Inline function:
derivative(x,y) = 0.0
>> derivative(2,5)
ans =
0
>>

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