implicit differentiation
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implicit differentiation
[im′plis·it ‚dif·ə‚ren·chē′ā·shən] (mathematics)
The process of finding the derivative of one of two variables with respect to the other by differentiating all the terms of a given equation in the two variables and solving the resulting equation for this derivative.
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The most direct algebraic characterization of this point is in terms of the equations obtained above via
implicit differentiation, liberally writing y' = y'.
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