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<p>In <a href="page.php?w=vector_calculus">vector calculus</a>, the <b>gradient</b> of a <a href="page.php?w=scalar-valued_function">scalar-valued</a> <a href="page.php?w=differentiable_function">differentiable function</a>  of several variables is the <a href="page.php?w=vector_field">vector field</a> (or <a href="page.php?w=vector-valued_function">vector-valued function</a>)  whose value at a point  gives the direction and the rate of fastest increase. The gradient transforms like a vector under change of basis of the space of variables of . If</p><p>
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