implicit

(adjective)

implied indirectly, without being directly expressed

Examples of implicit in the following topics:

  • Implicit Differentiation

    • Implicit differentiation makes use of the chain rule to differentiate implicitly defined functions.
    • For most implicit functions, there is no formula which defines them explicitly.
    • Implicit differentiation makes use of the chain rule to differentiate implicitly defined functions.
    • An implicit function doesn't tell you exactly what $y$ is but still relates $y$ to $x$.
    • The path of a point on a circle can only be expressed as an implicit function.
  • Differentials

    • Use implicit differentiation to find the derivatives of functions that are not explicitly functions of $x$
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