[R] Differentiation

[Paul Smith]

On 8/20/07, nalluri pratap <pratap_stat at yahoo.co.in> wrote:
> try
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>   library(numDeriv)
> ?genD
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>   Pratap
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> Shubha Vishwanath Karanth <shubhak at ambaresearch.com> wrote:
>   Hi,
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> Could anyone tell me what is the command used in R to do
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> 1. Differentiation
> 2. Newton Raphson method (Numerical Analysis in general...)
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> Are there any packages separately for this?

In addition, you can use Ryacas:

«Ryacas (google code name ryacas) is an R package that allows R users
to access the yacas computer algebra system from within R. It can be
used for computer algebra, exact arithmetic, ASCII pretty printing and
R to TeX output.»

Paul