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Type Description Contributor Date
Modified link of Web site: Geosciences LibreTexts - Gradients - How to Find Them. Nov 06, 2026
Add new Web site: University of Washington Libraries - Physics Across Oceanography: Fluid Mechanics and Waves - The Gradient. Mar 20, 2026
Add new Web site: University of Minnesota Libraries - Functional MRI: Basic principles - Gradients. Sep 05, 2025
Add new Web site: OpenStax - Calculus Volume 3 - Directional derivatives and the gradient. Jul 25, 2025
Add new Web site: MIT OpenCourseWare - Gradient: definition and properties (PDF). Jun 14, 2025
Add new Web site: Academia - The gradient of a graph (PDF). Feb 07, 2025
Add new Web site: Clark University - Department of Mathematics - Gradients. Dec 13, 2024
Add new Web site: CORE - Connection Between Gradient and Slope (PDF). Sep 20, 2024
Add new Web site: Underground Mathematics - Why are gradients important in the real world? Mar 07, 2024
Add new Web site: East Tennessee State University - Properties of the Gradient. Jan 25, 2024
Add new Web site: Math is Fun - Gradient (Slope) of a Straight Line. Nov 17, 2023
Add new Web site: Khan Academy - Why the gradient is the direction of steepest ascent. Aug 29, 2023
Add new Web site: Geosciences LibreTexts - Gradients - How to Find Them. Jun 23, 2023
Corrected display issue. Jun 13, 2017
New article added. Mar 17, 2009
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