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The above example shows how to compute higher derivatives of an expression. For example, here is the fifth derivative of w with respect to x: diff(w,x,5) ans = cos(pi*x)*pi^5 . To compute a mixed partial derivative, we have to iterate the diff command. Here is the mixed partial derivative of w(x,y)=x2+xy2 with respect to x and then y: syms x y ................
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