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Differentiation Executive Summary

The document provides an overview of differentiation, including the definition of the derivative and its significance in determining the slope of a function's graph. It outlines various differentiation rules such as the linearity, product, quotient, and chain rules, along with specific derivatives of common functions. Additionally, it highlights the conditions under which certain derivatives are valid.

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Differentiation Executive Summary

The document provides an overview of differentiation, including the definition of the derivative and its significance in determining the slope of a function's graph. It outlines various differentiation rules such as the linearity, product, quotient, and chain rules, along with specific derivatives of common functions. Additionally, it highlights the conditions under which certain derivatives are valid.

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Executive Summary on Differentiation

Differentiation can be applied to most functions, producing another function or formula,


dy
the derivative, symbolised by or f 0 (x). It tells us the gradient or slope of the graph
dx
of f (x) (and therefore of the tangent to that graph) at any point. Stationary points
(especially local maxima and minima) can be sought by solving f 0 (x) = 0.

dy
Function: y = f (x) Derivative: = f 0 (x) Comments
dx
xn nxn−1 n must be constant
sin(x) cos(x) angles always in radians!
cos(x) − sin(x)
tan(x) sec2 (x) [= 1/ cos2 (x)]
cot(x) − csc2 (x) [= −1/ sin2 (x)] csc also written as cosec
ex ex
1
ln x needs x > 0
x
1
arcsin(x) √ needs −1 < x < 1
1 − x2
−1
arccos(x) √ needs −1 < x < 1
1 − x2
1
arctan(x)
1 + x2

THE LINEARITY RULES


d du dv
(u + v) = +
dx dx dx
d du
(Ku) = K when K is a constant.
dx dx
THE PRODUCT RULE

d dv du
(uv) = u +v
dx dx dx
THE QUOTIENT RULE

d  u  v du − u dv
= dx 2 dx
dx v v
THE CHAIN RULE

dy du dy
=
du dx dx
In the “dashed” notation, these can be written as
• (u + v)0 = u0 + v 0 and (Ku)0 = Ku0

• (uv)0 = uv 0 + u0 v
0 0 0
• uv = vu v−uv2

• {f (g(x))}0 = f 0 (g(x))g 0 (x)

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