Multivariate calculus from first principles
One idea carries most of multivariable calculus: to differentiate a function of many variables, change only one variable at a time and freeze all the others. Hold y still, wiggle x, and ask how f responds. That rate of change is the partial derivative ∂f/∂x.
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▶ Partial Derivatives