Differentiation Rules
Differentiation Rules
Differentiation Rules
Differentiation rules
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This is a summary of differentiation rules, that is, rules for computing the derivative of a function in calculus.
Topics in Calculus Fundamental theorem Limits of functions Continuity Mean value theorem Differential calculus Derivative Change of variables Implicit differentiation Taylor's theorem Related rates Rules and identities: Power rule, Product rule, Quotient rule, Chain rule Integral calculus Integral Lists of integrals Improper integrals Integration by: parts, disks, cylindrical shells, substitution, trigonometric substitution, partial fractions, changing order Vector calculus
Contents
1 Elementary rules of differentiation 1.1 Differentiation is linear 1.2 The product or Leibniz rule 1.3 The chain rule 1.4 The polynomial or elementary power rule 1.5 The reciprocal rule 1.6 The inverse function rule 2 Further rules of differentiation 2.1 The quotient rule 2.2 Generalized power rule 2.3 Logarithmic derivatives 3 Derivatives of exponential and logarithmic functions 4 Derivatives of trigonometric functions 5 Derivatives of hyperbolic functions 6 Derivatives of special functions 7 Nth Derivatives 8 See also 9 References 10 External Links
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Differentiation is linear
Main article: Linearity of differentiation For any functions f and g and any real numbers a and b.
In other words, the derivative of the function h(x) = a f(x) + b g(x) with respect to x is
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Jacobian
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Jacobian
In other words, the derivative of the function h(x) = f(x) g(x) with respect to x is
In other words, the derivative of the function h(x) = f(g(x)) with respect to x is
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Special cases include: Constant rule: if f is the constant function f(x) = c, for any number c, then for all x
The derivative of a linear function is constant: if f(x) = ax (or more generally, in view of the constant rule, if f(x)=ax+b ), then
Combining this rule with the linearity of the derivative permits the computation of the derivative of any polynomial.
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This can be derived from reciprocal rule and the product rule. Conversely (using the constant rule) the reciprocal rule is the special case f(x) = 1.
Logarithmic derivatives
The logarithmic derivative is another way of stating the rule for differentiating the logarithm of a function (using the chain rule): wherever f is positive.
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note that the equation above is true for all c, but the derivative for c < 0 yields a complex number.
the equation above is also true for all c but yields a complex number.
The derivative of the natural logarithm with a generalised functional argument f(x) is
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Nth Derivatives
The following formulae can be obtained empirically by repeated differentiation and taking notice of patterns; either by hand or computed by a CAS (Computer Algebra System).[1] Below y is the dependent variable, x is the independent variable, real number constants are A, B, N, r, real integers are n and j, F(x) is a continuously differentiable function (the . nth derivative exists), and i is the imaginary unit
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Function
nth Derivative
where and the set equation See: Expansions for nearly Gaussian distributions by S. Blinnikov and R. Moessner
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For the case of (the exponential function), the above reduces to:
where
Expanding this by the sine addition formula yields a more clear form to use:
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See also
Derivative
References
1. ^ http://www.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=nth+derivative+of+%5Bf%28x%29%5D%5Er 2. ^ http://aas.aanda.org/index.php? option=com_article&access=standard&Itemid=129&url=/articles/aas/pdf/1998/10/h0596.pdf
External Links
Derivative calculator with formula simplification (http://www.planetcalc.com/675/) A Table of Derivatives (http://mathmajor.org/home/calculus-and-analysis/table-of-derivatives/) Retrieved from "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Differentiation_rules" Categories: Differential calculus | Differentiation rules | Mathematics-related lists | Mathematical tables | Mathematical identities This page was last modified on 4 August 2011 at 21:54. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License; additional terms may apply. See Terms of use for details. Wikipedia is a registered trademark of the Wikimedia Foundation, Inc., a non-profit organization.
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