MATLAB: Operator matrix for matrix differentiation

derivativedifferentiateoperator matrix

Is there a way to define an operator matrix, such that:

Best Answer

symbolic
function dNdv = diffmtx(v,N)
% v -vector m x 1 - sym array
% N - matrix m x n - sym array
rz = arrayfun(@(ii)diff(N(ii,:),v(ii)),(1:numel(v)).','un',0);
dNdv = cat(1,rz{:});
end