http://www.mapleprimes.com/questions/35786-Gradient-Of-A-Vector-Not-Gradient-Of en-us 2026 Maplesoft, A Division of Waterloo Maple Inc. Maplesoft Document System Tue, 09 Jun 2026 07:15:17 GMT Tue, 09 Jun 2026 07:15:17 GMT The latest answers and comments added to the Question, Gradient of a vector not gradient of a scalar function http://www.mapleprimes.com/images/mapleprimeswhite.jpg http://www.mapleprimes.com/questions/35786-Gradient-Of-A-Vector-Not-Gradient-Of http://www.mapleprimes.com/questions/35786-Gradient-Of-A-Vector-Not-Gradient-Of?ref=Feed:MaplePrimes:Gradient of a vector not gradient of a scalar function:Comments#answer45124 <p>I think you want to be using the Jacobian command from the VectorCalculus package ( ?VectorCalculus,Jacobian ).</p> <p>Doug</p> <p>P.S. I duplicated my post just so this thread would be more complete.</p> <p>Doug</p> <pre> --------------------------------------------------------------------- Douglas B. Meade &lt;&gt;&lt; Math, USC, Columbia, SC 29208 E-mail: mailto:meade@math.sc.edu Phone: (803) 777-6183 URL: http://www.math.sc.edu </pre> <p>I think you want to be using the Jacobian command from the VectorCalculus package ( ?VectorCalculus,Jacobian ).</p> <p>Doug</p> <p>P.S. I duplicated my post just so this thread would be more complete.</p> <p>Doug</p> <pre> --------------------------------------------------------------------- Douglas B. Meade &lt;&gt;&lt; Math, USC, Columbia, SC 29208 E-mail: mailto:meade@math.sc.edu Phone: (803) 777-6183 URL: http://www.math.sc.edu </pre> 45124 Sun, 07 Feb 2010 03:50:28 Z Doug Meade Doug Meade http://www.mapleprimes.com/questions/35786-Gradient-Of-A-Vector-Not-Gradient-Of?ref=Feed:MaplePrimes:Gradient of a vector not gradient of a scalar function:Comments#answer45125 <p>Your help did point me in the correct direction.&nbsp; However, should MAPLE help for the GRADIENT command at least have a hyperlink to the JACOBIAN if not direct language in the HELP dialog specifying this issue?&nbsp; Maybe this is intuitive for mathematicians but as a pragmatist the GRADIENT command should be capable of handling both with maybe some notational distinction so you know you are dealing with a vector instead of a scalar function.</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>just a thought</p> <p>Your help did point me in the correct direction.&nbsp; However, should MAPLE help for the GRADIENT command at least have a hyperlink to the JACOBIAN if not direct language in the HELP dialog specifying this issue?&nbsp; Maybe this is intuitive for mathematicians but as a pragmatist the GRADIENT command should be capable of handling both with maybe some notational distinction so you know you are dealing with a vector instead of a scalar function.</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>just a thought</p> 45125 Tue, 09 Feb 2010 04:01:24 Z tsunamiBTP tsunamiBTP http://www.mapleprimes.com/questions/35786-Gradient-Of-A-Vector-Not-Gradient-Of?ref=Feed:MaplePrimes:Gradient of a vector not gradient of a scalar function:Comments#answer45126 <p>And a good one at that. Hopefully, the Documentation group will make note of this and address it in a (near) future release.</p> <p>Doug</p> <pre> --------------------------------------------------------------------- Douglas B. Meade &lt;&gt;&lt; Math, USC, Columbia, SC 29208 E-mail: mailto:meade@math.sc.edu Phone: (803) 777-6183 URL: http://www.math.sc.edu </pre> <p>And a good one at that. Hopefully, the Documentation group will make note of this and address it in a (near) future release.</p> <p>Doug</p> <pre> --------------------------------------------------------------------- Douglas B. Meade &lt;&gt;&lt; Math, USC, Columbia, SC 29208 E-mail: mailto:meade@math.sc.edu Phone: (803) 777-6183 URL: http://www.math.sc.edu </pre> 45126 Tue, 09 Feb 2010 04:05:25 Z Doug Meade Doug Meade