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> it’s not obvious to me at all that the same direction as the (negative) gradient leads to the largest decrease in the value of the function f(x) What am I mi
by kenferry 7y ago
> it’s not obvious to me at all that the same direction as the (negative) gradient leads to the largest decrease in the value of the function f(x)
What am I missing here? This is straight up the definition of the gradient.
- chestervonwinch 7y agoThe gradient is defined as a limit. That it points to the direction of greatest increase is a consequence of the definition, not the definition itself.