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HessianDeterminant

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Compute the Hessian determinant of a function with respect to a list of variables

Contributed by: Wolfram|Alpha Math Team

ResourceFunction["HessianDeterminant"][expr,{var1, var2, }]

computes the determinant of the Hessian matrix of the expression expr with respect to the given variables.

Examples

Basic Examples (2) 

Compute a Hessian determinant:

In[1]:=
ResourceFunction["HessianDeterminant"][Sin[x] Cos[y], {x, y}]
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Compute another Hessian determinant:

In[2]:=
ResourceFunction["HessianDeterminant"][x^3 - 2 x y - y^6, {x, y}]
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Publisher

Wolfram|Alpha Math Team

Version History

  • 3.0.0 – 06 September 2019
  • 2.0.0 – 05 August 2019
  • 1.0.0 – 12 April 2019

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