Thread: Find the directional derivative of f at the given angle

Find the directional derivative of f at the given point in the direction indicated by the angle θ.
f(x, y) = x sin(xy), (3, 0), θ = π/4

If you look in any textbook you'll find a proof (or atleast a justification) for this

the directional derivative of a function is given by



where n is a unit vector in the direction that your taking the derivative. And grad f is evaluated at the specified point.

in this case it would be