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Implicit differentiation with Scilab?

Can somebody tell me how to implicitly differentiate equations in Scilab?

Example:

x^2+y^2=25
(a circle equation)

The derivative is:

dy/dx=−x/y

How can we accomplish this implicit differentiation in Scilab? May be with diff or dassl or another function of Scilab?

Solution

  • Scilab is oriented to numerical computations. You can go to http://www.wolframalpha.com and type "differentiate x^2 + y^2 = 25 in x" into the input box.