Is there some kind of relation between weak derivative and partial derivative. I have been reading weak derivative as the weakening the partial derivative. But I found it rather difficult to conceptualise the weak derivative as a derivative . Any help would be great . Thanks
Relation between weak derivative and partial derivative.
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2Integration by parts is the link between weak derivatives and actual derivatives. The wikipedia article has a pretty nice exposition on it. – 2012-07-15