[R] Derivative of a function

[David Winsemius]

On Jun 29, 2011, at 10:48 AM, Lisa wrote:

> This is not a homework. I just want to see if there are some R  
> functions or
> some ideas I can borrow to solve my problem.

There is a deriv function that provides limited support for symbolic  
differentiation.

The Rhelp list is advertised ( http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html 
  ) as expecting you to have made some efforts at searching. This  
answer might not have floated to the surface among the thousand or so  
hits, but at least you should have tried.

RSiteSearch("derivative")

And there is, of course, CrossValidated: http://stats.stackexchange.com/

>
> --
> View this message in context: http://r.789695.n4.nabble.com/Derivative-of-a-function-tp3631814p3633071.html
> Sent from the R help mailing list archive at Nabble.com.
>
> ______________________________________________
> R-help at r-project.org mailing list
> https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help
> PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html
> and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code.

David Winsemius, MD
West Hartford, CT