if i have $f:\mathbb{R}^2\rightarrow \mathbb{R}$ and $w:\mathbb{R}^3\rightarrow \mathbb{R}$ and for example if we have $f(x,y)=x^3+3xy^2$ $$ f(x,y)=x^3+3xy^2 $$ $$ x^3+3xy^2-f(x,y)=0 $$we can mark this as function of $w(x,y,f(x,y))$
$$ w(x,y,z)=x^3+3xy^2-f(x,y) $$ Is it true that:
$$ \nabla w(x,y,z)=\begin{bmatrix} \frac{\delta}{\delta x} \\ \frac{\delta}{\delta y} \\ \frac{\delta}{\delta z} \end{bmatrix} $$
in every situation $\nabla(x,y,z)$ is normal vector for tangent plane of $f(x,y)$ ??