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Solving for a variable in the partial derivative of a summation

 
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Mar14-11, 03:51 PM   #1
 

Solving for a variable in the partial derivative of a summation


I'm trying to find the partial derivative of Q with respect to w0 and then set it equal to 0 and solve for w0. Finding the partial derivative was easy, but once I've got it, I'm having a hard time getting w0 by itself. Here's the original equation:

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Q(w_{0},w_{1},w_{2},w_{3})=\sum\left(y_{i} - w_{2}\frac{1}{1+e^{x_{i}w_{0}+w_{1}}} - w_{3}\right)^{2}
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Mar14-11, 04:00 PM   #2
 
Here's the partial derivative:
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I can't get the LaTeX right...
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