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Question 1: A
Derivative
A Derivative I
A Derivative II
A Derivative III
A Derivative—The
Issue
Question 2: Increasing
Functions
Question 3: Concavity
Question 1: A Derivative
Question 4: Local
Minima
Question 5: Polar
Arc-Length
Question 6: Implicit
Differentiation
Question 7: Implicit
Functions
Question 8: Improper
Integrals
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A Derivative I
Question 1: A
Derivative
A Derivative I
A Derivative II
A Derivative III Is it true that the function f given by
A Derivative—The
Issue (
Question 2: Increasing x2 sin(1/x), when x 6= 0
Functions f (x) = (1)
Question 3: Concavity 0, when x = 0
Question 4: Local
Minima
is differentiable at x = 0? The differentiation rules give
Question 5: Polar
Arc-Length
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A Derivative II
Question 1: A
Derivative
A Derivative I
A Derivative II
A Derivative III
A Derivative—The
Issue Here’s what the Product Rule actually says:
Question 2: Increasing
Functions
Question 3: Concavity
If F (x) = u(x) · v(x), and if u′ (x0 ) and v ′ (x0 ) both exist, then
Question 4: Local
Minima
Question 5: Polar
1. F ′ (x0 ) exists, and
Arc-Length 2. is given by
Question 6: Implicit
Differentiation
Question 7: Implicit F ′ (x0 ) = u′ (x0 ) · v(x0 ) + u(x0 ) · v ′ (x0 ). (3)
Functions
Question 8: Improper
Integrals
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A Derivative III
Question 1: A
Derivative
A Derivative I
A Derivative II
A Derivative III For the function
A Derivative—The
Issue (
Question 2: Increasing x2 sin(1/x), when x 6= 0
Functions f (x) = (4)
Question 3: Concavity
0, when x = 0,
Question 4: Local
Minima the difference quotient calculation gives us
Question 5: Polar
Arc-Length
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A Derivative—The Issue
Question 1: A
Derivative
A Derivative I
A Derivative II
A Derivative III
A Derivative—The
Issue
The Issue
Question 2: Increasing
Functions
Question 6: Implicit
Differentiation
Question 7: Implicit
Functions
Question 8: Improper
Integrals
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Question 1: A
Derivative
Question 2: Increasing
Functions
Increasing Functions I
Increasing Functions II
Increasing Functions
III
Increasing Functions
IV
Question 2: Increasing
Increasing Functions V
Increasing Functions Functions
VI
Increasing Functions
VII
Increasing
Functions—The Issue
Question 3: Concavity
Question 4: Local
Minima
Question 5: Polar
Arc-Length
Question 6: Implicit
Differentiation
Question 7: Implicit
Functions
Question 8: Improper
Integrals 7 / 56
Increasing Functions I
Question 1: A
Derivative
Question 2: Increasing
Functions
Increasing Functions I
Increasing Functions II
Increasing Functions
III
Increasing Functions How can we say that the function f (x) = x3 is increasing on the
IV
Increasing Functions V interval [−1, 1], when f ′ (0) = 0 so that f isn’t increasing at 0?
Increasing Functions
VI
Increasing Functions
VII
Increasing
Functions—The Issue
Question 3: Concavity
Question 4: Local
Minima
Question 5: Polar
Arc-Length
Question 6: Implicit
Differentiation
Question 7: Implicit
Functions
Question 8: Improper
Integrals 8 / 56
Increasing Functions II
Question 1: A
Derivative
Question 2: Increasing
Functions
Def: f is increasing on a set A whenever u ∈ A, v ∈ A, and u < v
Increasing Functions I
Increasing Functions II implies f (u) < f (v).
Increasing Functions
III
Increasing Functions For the cubing function, we note that if u, v ∈ [−1, 1] with u < v then
IV
Increasing Functions V u − v < 0, whence
Increasing Functions
VI
Increasing Functions
VII
u3 − v 3 = (u − v)(u2 + uv + v 2 ) (7)
Increasing
√
!2
Functions—The Issue v 2 v 3
Question 3: Concavity = (u − v) u +
+ < 0, (8)
Question 4: Local
2 2
Minima
Question 5: Polar
Arc-Length
so u3 < v 3 .•
Question 6: Implicit
Differentiation
Question 7: Implicit
Functions
Question 8: Improper
Integrals 9 / 56
Increasing Functions III
Question 1: A
Derivative Theorem: If f is continuous on [a, b] and increasing on a dense subset D
Question 2: Increasing of [a, b], then f is increasing on [a, b].
Functions
Increasing Functions I
Increasing Functions II Choose u, v ∈ [a, b], with u < v , and suppose that one or both of u, v do
Increasing Functions
III not lie in D . (Otherwise f (u) < f (v) and there is nothing to prove.)
Increasing Functions
IV
Increasing Functions V Select d0 ∈ (u, v) ∩ D . For each k ∈ N take αk−1 to be the midpoint of
Increasing Functions
VI (dk−1 , v)and choose dk ∈ (αk−1 , v) ∩ D.
Increasing Functions
VII
Increasing Then d0 < d1 < · · · < dk < dk+1 < · · ·, with limk→∞ dk = v ,so
Functions—The Issue
f (d0 ) < f (d1 ) < · · · < f (dk ) < f (dk+1 ) < · · ·, with
Question 3: Concavity
Question 4: Local
limk→∞ f (dk ) = f (v).
Minima
Question 5: Polar It follows now that f (d0 ) < f (v).
Arc-Length
Question 6: Implicit Similarly, f (u) < f (d0 ), and thus f (u) < f (v).•
Differentiation
Question 7: Implicit
Functions
Question 8: Improper
Integrals 10 / 56
Increasing Functions IV
Question 1: A
Derivative
It isn’t really clear what “increasing at 0” means. If g is given by
Question 2: Increasing (
Functions
x/2 + x2 sin(1/x) when x 6= 0,
Increasing Functions I
g(x) = (9)
Increasing Functions II
Increasing Functions
0 when x = 0,
III
Increasing Functions
IV then g ′ (0) = 1/2. But g isn’t increasing on any interval (−δ, δ).
Increasing Functions V
Increasing Functions
VI
Increasing Functions
VII
Increasing
Functions—The Issue
Question 3: Concavity
Question 4: Local
Minima
Question 5: Polar
Arc-Length
Question 6: Implicit
Differentiation
Question 7: Implicit
Functions
Question 8: Improper
Integrals 11 / 56
Increasing Functions V
Question 1: A
Derivative
Question 2: Increasing
Functions
Increasing Functions I
′ d x 2 1 1 1
Increasing Functions II
g (0) = + x sin = +0= , (10)
Increasing Functions
III
dx x=0 2 x 2 2
Increasing Functions
IV
Increasing Functions V while x 6= 0 gives
Increasing Functions
VI
Increasing Functions 1
VII g ′ (x) = + 2x sin(1/x) − cos(1/x). (11)
Increasing 2
Functions—The Issue
Question 6: Implicit
Differentiation
Question 7: Implicit
Functions
Question 8: Improper
Integrals 12 / 56
Increasing Functions VI
Question 1: A
Derivative
Question 2: Increasing
Functions
Increasing Functions I
Increasing Functions II 0.06
Increasing Functions
III
Increasing Functions
IV 0.04
Increasing Functions V
Increasing Functions
VI 0.02
Increasing Functions
VII
Increasing
Functions—The Issue
Question 1: A
Derivative
Question 2: Increasing
Functions
Increasing Functions I
Increasing Functions II 0.06
Increasing Functions y = x 2 + x2
III
Increasing Functions
IV 0.04
Increasing Functions V
Increasing Functions
VI 0.02
Increasing Functions
VII
Increasing
Functions—The Issue
Question 1: A
Derivative
Question 2: Increasing
Functions
Increasing Functions I
Increasing Functions II
Increasing Functions
III
The Issue
Increasing Functions
IV
Increasing Functions V
Increasing Functions
n The real problem here lies in failure to understand
VI
Increasing Functions
VII — the relationship between theorems and
Increasing
Functions—The Issue
definitions, and, ultimately,
Question 3: Concavity
Question 4: Local
— the rôle of definition in mathematics.
Minima
Question 5: Polar
Arc-Length
Question 6: Implicit
Differentiation
Question 7: Implicit
Functions
Question 8: Improper
Integrals 15 / 56
Question 1: A
Derivative
Question 2: Increasing
Functions
Question 3: Concavity
Concavity I
Concavity II
Concavity—The Moral
Question 6: Implicit
Differentiation
Question 7: Implicit
Functions
Question 8: Improper
Integrals
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Concavity I
Question 1: A
Derivative
Question 2: Increasing
Functions
Question 3: Concavity
Concavity I
Concavity II
Concavity—The Moral If y = 6x2 − x4 , then y ′′ = 12 − 12x2 , and this is positive exactly
Question 4: Local
Minima
when −1 < x < 1. Where is the curve concave upward?
Question 5: Polar
Arc-Length
Question 6: Implicit
Differentiation
Question 7: Implicit Is the answer “(−1, 1)”, or is it “[−1, 1]”?
Functions
Question 8: Improper
Integrals
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Concavity II
Question 1: A
Derivative
This is trickier than the last question. f is concave upward on an interval I
Question 2: Increasing provided:
Functions
Question 3: Concavity
n f ′′ (x) > 0 when x ∈ I . (G. L. Bradley & K. J. Smith, 1999; S. K. Stein, 1977)
Concavity I
Concavity II n f ′ is an increasing function on I . (R. Larson, R. Hostetler & B. H. Edwards,
Concavity—The Moral 2007; J. Stewart, 2005)
Question 4: Local
Minima
n The tangent line at each point of the curve lies (locally) below the curve in I .
Question 5: Polar
Arc-Length (C. H. Edwards & D. E. Penney, 2008; M. P. Fobes & R. B. Smyth, 1963)
Question 6: Implicit
Differentiation n f [(1 − λ)x1 ] + f (λx2 ) ≤ (1 − λ)f (x1 ) + λf (x2 ) when x1 , x2 ∈ I and
Question 7: Implicit
Functions
0 < λ < 1. (G. B. Thomas, Jr., 1972)
Question 8: Improper
Integrals n {(x, y) : x ∈ I ⇒ y ≥ f (x)} is a convex set. (R. P. Agnew, 1962)
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Concavity—The Moral
Question 1: A
Derivative
Question 2: Increasing
Functions
Question 3: Concavity
Concavity I
Concavity II The Moral?
Concavity—The Moral
Question 4: Local
Minima
Question 5: Polar
Arc-Length
Read your author’s definitions.
Question 6: Implicit
Differentiation
Question 7: Implicit
Functions
Question 8: Improper
Integrals
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Question 1: A
Derivative
Question 2: Increasing
Functions
Question 3: Concavity
Question 4: Local
Minima
Local Minima I
Local Minima II Question 4: Local Minima
Local Minima III
Local Minima IV
Local Minima—The
Issue
Question 5: Polar
Arc-Length
Question 6: Implicit
Differentiation
Question 7: Implicit
Functions
Question 8: Improper
Integrals
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Local Minima I
Question 1: A
Derivative
Question 2: Increasing
Functions
Question 3: Concavity
Question 4: Local
Minima
Local Minima I
Local Minima II
If a smooth function f has a local minimum at x = x0 , must there be
Local Minima III δ > 0 so that f ′ (x) ≤ 0 on (x0 − δ, x0 ) but f ′ (x) ≥ 0 on
Local Minima IV
Local Minima—The (x0 , x0 + δ)?
Issue
Question 5: Polar
Arc-Length
Question 6: Implicit
Differentiation
Question 7: Implicit
Functions
Question 8: Improper
Integrals
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Local Minima II
Question 1: A
Derivative
Question 2: Increasing
Functions
The First Derivative Test, of course, says:
Question 3: Concavity
Question 4: Local If there is a δ > 0 such that f ′ is negative on (x0 − δ, x0 ) and positive on
Minima
Local Minima I (x0 , x0 + δ), then f has a local minimum at x = x0 .
Local Minima II
Local Minima III
Local Minima IV
Local Minima—The And here’s a counter example to the converse:
Issue
Question 5: Polar
(
Arc-Length 4x4 − 3x4 cos(1/x), when x 6= 0;
Question 6: Implicit
f (x) = (12)
Differentiation 0, when x = 0.
Question 7: Implicit
Functions
Question 8: Improper
Integrals
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Local Minima III
Question 1: A
Derivative
Question 2: Increasing
Functions
Question 3: Concavity
0.0015
Question 4: Local
Minima
Local Minima I
Local Minima II
Local Minima III
Local Minima IV
Local Minima—The 0.0010
Issue
Question 5: Polar
Arc-Length
Question 6: Implicit
Differentiation
Question 7: Implicit
Functions
0.0005
Question 8: Improper
Integrals
Question 1: A
Derivative
Question 2: Increasing
Functions
Question 3: Concavity
0.0015
Question 4: Local
Minima y = 7x4
Local Minima I
Local Minima II
Local Minima III
Local Minima IV
Local Minima—The 0.0010
Issue
Question 5: Polar
Arc-Length
Question 6: Implicit
Differentiation
Question 7: Implicit
Functions
0.0005
Question 8: Improper
Integrals
y = x4
Question 1: A
Derivative
Question 2: Increasing
Functions
Question 3: Concavity
The issue?
Question 4: Local
Minima
Local Minima I
Local Minima II
Local Minima III
Local Minima IV
Local Minima—The
Issue
Confusion of a theorem with its converse,
Question 5: Polar
Arc-Length among other things.
Question 6: Implicit
Differentiation
Question 7: Implicit
Functions
Question 8: Improper
Integrals
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Question 1: A
Derivative
Question 2: Increasing
Functions
Question 3: Concavity
Question 4: Local
Minima
Question 5: Polar
Arc-Length Question 5: Polar Arc-Length
Polar Arc-Length I
Polar Arc-Length II
Polar Arc-length III
Polar Arc-length IV
Question 6: Implicit
Differentiation
Question 7: Implicit
Functions
Question 8: Improper
Integrals
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Polar Arc-Length I
Question 1: A
Derivative
Question 2: Increasing
Functions
Why don’t we approach arc-length in polar coordinates the way we
Question 3: Concavity
do in cartesian coordinates?
Question 4: Local
Minima
Question 5: Polar
Arc-Length
Polar Arc-Length I In cartesian coordinates:
Polar Arc-Length II
Polar Arc-length III
Xp
Polar Arc-length IV s = lim (xk − xk−1 )2 + [f (xk ) − f (xk−1 )]2 (13)
Question 6: Implicit Xp
Differentiation = lim (xk − xk−1 )2 + [f ′ (ξk )]2 (xk − xk−1 )2 (by MVT) (14)
Question 7: Implicit
Functions
Xp
Question 8: Improper
= lim 1 + [f ′ (ξk )]2 (xk − xk−1 ) (15)
Integrals Z bp
= 1 + [f ′ (x)]2 dx (16)
a
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Polar Arc-Length II
Question 1: A
Derivative
When r = f (θ) in polar coordinates (so that f (θk ) = rk ), the Law of Cosines
Question 2: Increasing gives:
Functions
Question 3: Concavity
Xq
s = lim 2
rk2 + rk−1 − 2rk rk−1 cos(θk − θk−1 ) (17)
Question 4: Local
Minima
Xp
Question 5: Polar
= lim (rk − rk−1 )2 + 2(1 − cos ∆θk )rk rk−1 (18)
Arc-Length s
Polar Arc-Length I X 1 − cos ∆θk
Polar Arc-Length II = lim [f ′ (ξk )]2 + 2f (θk )f (θk−1 ) 2
∆θk . (19)
Polar Arc-length III (∆θk )
Polar Arc-length IV
Question 6: Implicit This is not a Riemann sum. . . and I see no way to fudge it into one.
Differentiation
Question 7: Implicit
The fact that
Functions
1 − cos t 1
Question 8: Improper
lim = (20)
Integrals
t→0+ t2 2
is very suggestive—though not particularly helpful.
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Polar Arc-length III
Question 1: A
Derivative Duhamel’s Theorem (Standard Model)
Question 2: Increasing
Functions
1
Adapted from Advanced Calculus, David V. Widder, Second Edition, Prentice-Hall, 1961,
and reprinted by Dover, 1989; p 174.
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Polar Arc-length IV
Question 1: A
Derivative Duhamel’s Theorem (Deluxe Model)
Question 2: Increasing
Functions
Question 3: Concavity
Theorem: Let η > 0, and suppose that F is a continuous function from
Question 4: Local [a, b] × [a, b] × [a, b] × [0, η] to R. To each partition
Minima
Question 5: Polar
P = {x0 , x1 , . . . , xn }, where a = x0 < x1 < · · · < xn = b, and to
Arc-Length each choice of triples of numbers ξk , ηk , ζk ∈ [xk−1 , xk ], k = 1, . . . , n,
Polar Arc-Length I
Polar Arc-Length II we associate the sum
Polar Arc-length III
Polar Arc-length IV n
X
Question 6: Implicit S(F, [a, b], P, {(ξk , ηk , ζk )}nk=1 ) = F (ξk , ηk , ζk , ∆xk ) ∆xk .
Differentiation
Question 7: Implicit
k=1
Functions
Question 8: Improper If ǫ > 0, there is a δ > 0 such that kPk < δ implies
Integrals
Z b
S(F, [a, b], P, {(ξk , ηk , ζk )}n ) −
k=1 F (t, t, t, 0) dt < ǫ.
a
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Question 1: A
Derivative
Question 2: Increasing
Functions
Question 3: Concavity
Question 4: Local
Minima
Question 5: Polar Question 6: Implicit
Arc-Length
Question 1: A
y 2 (2 − x)
Derivative
Given the problem “Find y ′ when 2 2
= 1,”
Question 2: Increasing
Functions
x +y +1
Question 3: Concavity n Æthelbert differentiated both sides (correctly), solved (correctly),
y(x 2 − y 2 − 4x − 1)
Question 4: Local
Minima
′ =
and got yÆ .
3 2
2(x − 2x + x − 2)
Question 5: Polar
Arc-Length
Question 6: Implicit
Differentiation n Brünhilde multiplied through by x2 + y 2 + 1 (correctly) before
Implicit Differentiation I
Implicit Differentiation
she differentiated (correctly), and when she solved (correctly),
II 2x + y 2
Implicit Differentiation
she got yB′ = .
III
Implicit Differentiation
2y(1 − x)
IV
Implicit Differentiation
V
Implicit Differentiation
VI
Implicit Differentiation
Who was wrong?
VII
Implicit
Differentiation—The
Issue
Question 7: Implicit
Functions 32 / 56
Question 8: Improper
Integrals
Implicit Differentiation II
Question 4: Local
Minima 1 1
Question 5: Polar
Arc-Length
Question 6: Implicit
Differentiation -2 -1 1 2 -2 -1 1 2
Implicit Differentiation I
Implicit Differentiation
II -1 -1
Implicit Differentiation
III
Implicit Differentiation
IV -2 -2
Implicit Differentiation
V
Implicit Differentiation ′
VI yÆ yB′
Implicit Differentiation
VII
Implicit
Differentiation—The
2
Issue My thanks to Prof. Diane Davis for the ideas that underlie the Mathematica code I used
Question 7: Implicit to generate these slope fields.
Functions 33 / 56
Question 8: Improper
Integrals
Implicit Differentiation III
Question 1: A
Derivative Pick a point on the curve—say (−1, 1):
Question 2: Increasing
Functions
y 2 (2 12 (3)
Question 3: Concavity − x)
n = = 1, so (−1, 1) is on the curve.
Question 4: Local
Minima
x2 + y 2 + 1 (−1,1) 3
Question 5: Polar
Arc-Length
y(x2 y2
Question 6: Implicit
′ − − 4x − 1) 1 · (3) 1
Differentiation n yÆ = 3 2
= =− .
Implicit Differentiation I (−1,1) 2(x − 2x + x − 2) (−1,1) 2 · (−6)
4
Implicit Differentiation
II
Implicit Differentiation
y2
III
′
2x + −2 + 1 1
Implicit Differentiation n yB = = =− .
IV
Implicit Differentiation (−1,1) 2y(1 − x) (−1,1) 2·1·2 4
V
Implicit Differentiation
VI
Implicit Differentiation
VII
The issue goes away.
Implicit
Differentiation—The
Issue
Question 7: Implicit
Functions 34 / 56
Question 8: Improper
Integrals
Implicit Differentiation IV
Question 1: A
Derivative
Question 2: Increasing
Functions
Question 1: A
Derivative
Exercise: Assume that
Question 2: Increasing
Functions y 2 (2 − x)
2 2
= 1, (25)
Question 3: Concavity
x +y +1
Question 4: Local
Minima
and show—without using the analysis just given—how to reduce
Question 5: Polar
Arc-Length
Question 6: Implicit
′y(x2 − y 2 − 4x − 1)
Differentiation yÆ = (26)
Implicit Differentiation I 2(x3 − 2x2 + x − 2)
Implicit Differentiation
II
Implicit Differentiation
III
to
Implicit Differentiation
IV
Implicit Differentiation
′ 2x + y 2
V yB = . (27)
Implicit Differentiation
VI
2y(1 − x)
Implicit Differentiation
VII
Implicit
Differentiation—The
Issue
Question 7: Implicit
Functions 36 / 56
Question 8: Improper
Integrals
Implicit Differentiation VI
Question 1: A
Derivative 2
Question 2: Increasing
Functions
Question 3: Concavity
Question 4: Local
Minima
1
Question 5: Polar
Arc-Length
Question 6: Implicit
Differentiation
Implicit Differentiation I
Implicit Differentiation
II -2 -1 1 2
Implicit Differentiation
III
Implicit Differentiation
IV
Implicit Differentiation
V
Implicit Differentiation -1
VI
Implicit Differentiation
VII
Implicit
Differentiation—The
Issue
Question 7: Implicit -2
Functions 37 / 56
Question 8: Improper
Integrals
Implicit Differentiation VII
Question 1: A
Derivative
The implicit differentiation technique is justified by the
Question 2: Increasing
Functions
Implicit Function Theorem: Let f be a smooth real-valued function
Question 3: Concavity
Question 4: Local
defined on an open subset D of R, and let (x0 , y0 ) be a solution of the
Minima
equation f (x, y) = 0. If fy (x0 , y0 ) 6= 0, there are positive numbers, ǫ
Question 5: Polar
Arc-Length and δ , and a smooth function ϕ : (x0 − δ, x0 + δ) → (y0 − ǫ, y0 + ǫ)
Question 6: Implicit
Differentiation
such that for each x ∈ (x0 − δ, x0 + δ), y = ϕ(x) is the only solution of
Implicit Differentiation I f (x, y) = 0 lying in (y0 − ǫ, y0 + ǫ). Moreover, for each
Implicit Differentiation
II x ∈ (x0 − δ, x0 + δ),
Implicit Differentiation
III
Implicit Differentiation
′ fx [x, ϕ(x)]
IV
Implicit Differentiation
ϕ (x) = − . (28)
V fy [x, ϕ(x)]
Implicit Differentiation
VI
Implicit Differentiation
VII
Implicit
Differentiation—The
Issue
Question 7: Implicit
Functions 38 / 56
Question 8: Improper
Integrals
Implicit Differentiation—The Issue
Question 1: A
Derivative
Question 2: Increasing
Functions
The Issue
Question 3: Concavity
Question 4: Local
Minima
Question 5: Polar
Our textbook problems encourage students (and
Arc-Length
Question 6: Implicit
teachers) to think about these problems
Differentiation
Implicit Differentiation I
Implicit Differentiation
II
n globally instead of locally, and
Implicit Differentiation
III
Implicit Differentiation
IV
Implicit Differentiation
n without considering the hypotheses needed to justify
V
Implicit Differentiation what they are doing.
VI
Implicit Differentiation
VII
Implicit
Differentiation—The
Issue
Question 7: Implicit
Functions 39 / 56
Question 8: Improper
Integrals
Question 1: A
Derivative
Question 2: Increasing
Functions
Question 3: Concavity
Question 4: Local
Minima
Question 5: Polar
Arc-Length Question 7: Implicit Functions
Question 6: Implicit
Differentiation
Question 7: Implicit
Functions
Implicit Functions I
Implicit Functions II
Implicit Functions III
Implicit Functions IV
Implicit Functions V
Implicit Functions VI
Implicit
Functions—The
Issues
Question 8: Improper
Integrals
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Implicit Functions I
Question 1: A
Derivative
Question 2: Increasing
Functions
Question 3: Concavity
Question 4: Local
Minima When I apply implicit differentiation to the equation
Question 5: Polar
Arc-Length
(x2 + y 2 )2 = x2 − y 2 to find y ′ , I get
Question 6: Implicit
Differentiation
′ x(2y 2 + 2x2 − 1)
Question 7: Implicit y =− 2 2
, (29)
Functions y(2y + 2x + 1)
Implicit Functions I
Implicit Functions II
Implicit Functions III
which gives the indeterminate form 0/0 at the origin. Can I use limits
Implicit Functions IV to find the slope of the line tangent to this curve at the origin? How?
Implicit Functions V
Implicit Functions VI
Implicit
Functions—The
Issues
Question 8: Improper
Integrals
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Implicit Functions II
Question 1: A y
Derivative
Question 2: Increasing
Functions 1.0
Question 3: Concavity
Question 4: Local
Minima
Question 5: Polar 0.5
Arc-Length
Question 6: Implicit
Differentiation
Question 7: Implicit
Functions 0.0 x
Implicit Functions I
Implicit Functions II
Implicit Functions III
Implicit Functions IV
Implicit Functions V -0.5
Implicit Functions VI
Implicit
Functions—The
Issues
Question 8: Improper -1.0
Integrals
Question 1: A
Derivative
Question 2: Increasing
Functions
Question 3: Concavity
Question 4: Local
Minima
Question 5: Polar The surplus of tangent lines at (0, 0) results from the fact that there is no
Arc-Length
open rectangle, centered at (0, 0), whose intersection with the curve is the
Question 6: Implicit
Differentiation graph of a function.
Question 7: Implicit
Functions
Implicit Functions I
But the conclusion of the Implicit Function Theorem asserts that there is
Implicit Functions II such a rectangle. Because the conclusion is false, the IFT must not apply
Implicit Functions III
Implicit Functions IV to this function at the origin.
Implicit Functions V
Implicit Functions VI
Implicit
Functions—The
Issues
Question 8: Improper
Integrals
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Implicit Functions IV
Question 1: A
Derivative
Question 2: Increasing
Functions
Question 3: Concavity
Question 4: Local
Minima
Question 5: Polar Actually, we should have known that the IFT doesn’t apply:
Arc-Length
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Implicit Functions V
Question 1: A
Derivative
Question 2: Increasing
Functions
Question 3: Concavity We could find the slope of either branch of the curve by using the implicit
Question 4: Local
Minima derivative if we were to solve, algebraically, for y in terms of x and then
Question 5: Polar replace y with the solution throughout the implicit differentiation expression
Arc-Length
Question 6: Implicit
for y ′ —and take the limit as we approach the origin.
Differentiation
Question 7: Implicit That’s nice. . . except that the whole point of implicit differentiation is to
Functions
Implicit Functions I cirvumvent the necessity of solving for y in terms of x. . .
Implicit Functions II
Implicit Functions III
Implicit Functions IV
Implicit Functions V
Implicit Functions VI
Implicit
Functions—The
Issues
Question 8: Improper
Integrals
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Implicit Functions VI
Question 1: A
Derivative
Question 2: Increasing
Functions
Question 3: Concavity
Question 4: Local
Minima
Question 5: Polar If we absolutely must have the slope of a branch of the curve as it passes
Arc-Length
through the origin, the best option is probably to re-parametrize. In this
Question 6: Implicit
Differentiation case, polar coordinates work nicely. They give us the equation
Question 7: Implicit
Functions r2 = cos 2θ for our curve, and it’s easy to see from this that the slopes of
Implicit Functions I
the two tangent lines are ±1.
Implicit Functions II
Implicit Functions III
Implicit Functions IV
Implicit Functions V
Implicit Functions VI
Implicit
Functions—The
Issues
Question 8: Improper
Integrals
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Implicit Functions—The Issues
Question 1: A
Derivative
Question 2: Increasing
Functions
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Question 1: A
Derivative
Question 2: Increasing
Functions
Question 3: Concavity
Question 4: Local
Minima
Question 5: Polar
Arc-Length Question 8: Improper Integrals
Question 6: Implicit
Differentiation
Question 7: Implicit
Functions
Question 8: Improper
Integrals
Improper Integrals I
Improper Integrals II
Improper Integrals III
Improper Integrals IV
Improper Integrals V
Improper Integrals VI
Improper
Integrals—The Moral
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Improper Integrals I
Question 1: A
Derivative
Why don’t we use
Question 2: Increasing
1 t
2x 2x
Functions
Z Z
Question 3: Concavity 2
dx = lim 2
dx (31)
−1 1−x t→1− −t 1 − x
Question 4: Local
Minima
t
2
Question 5: Polar = lim ln(1 − x ) (32)
Arc-Length t→1− −t
Question 6: Implicit
Differentiation = lim {ln(1 − t2 ) − ln[1 − (−t)2 )]} = 0 (33)
Question 7: Implicit t→1−
Functions
Question 8: Improper as the elementary-calculus definition for that improper integral?
Integrals
Improper Integrals I
Improper Integrals II
Improper Integrals III
It would make freshman life so much easier.
Improper Integrals IV
Improper Integrals V
Improper Integrals VI
Improper
Integrals—The Moral
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Improper Integrals II
Question 1: A
Derivative
Question 2: Increasing
Functions
Question 3: Concavity
Question 4: Local
Minima The calculation we have just examined gives something called the “Cauchy
Question 5: Polar Principal Value” (CPV) of the improper integral. The CPV is written
Arc-Length
Question 6: Implicit
1
2x
Z
Differentiation
Question 7: Implicit PV 2
dx.
Functions −1 1−x
Question 8: Improper
Integrals
Improper Integrals I
Improper Integrals II
Improper Integrals III
Improper Integrals IV
Improper Integrals V
Improper Integrals VI
Improper
Integrals—The Moral
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Improper Integrals III
Question 1: A
Derivative
Question 2: Increasing
Functions
Question 3: Concavity
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Improper Integrals IV
Question 1: A
Derivative
The long answer:
Question 2: Increasing
Functions Choose B , with |B| > 1. Let P be the polynomial function given by
Question 3: Concavity
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Improper Integrals V
Question 1: A
Derivative
Question 2: Increasing
Functions
Now put g(u) = (u2 + 2Bu − 1)/(2B), and note that g(−1) = −1
Question 3: Concavity
Question 4: Local
while g(1) = 1. Putting x = g(u), we ought therefore to be able to write
Minima
Question 5: Polar
Z 1 Z 1
Arc-Length
PV F (x) dx = PV F [g(u)]g ′ (u) du, (38)
Question 6: Implicit
Differentiation
−1 −1
Question 7: Implicit
Functions where F (x) = 2x/(1 − x2 ).
Question 8: Improper
Integrals
Improper Integrals I
However, the CPV on the left side of (38) is zero, as we have seen; the
Improper Integrals II integrand on the right side of (38) turns out to be the integrand of (37),
Improper Integrals III
B−1
Improper Integrals IV above, and so that CPV is ln . As it happens, the single value this
Improper Integrals V B+1
Improper Integrals VI latter quantity cannot assume is zero.
Improper
Integrals—The Moral
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Improper Integrals VI
Question 1: A
Derivative
Question 2: Increasing
Functions
Question 3: Concavity
Question 4: Local
Minima
Question 5: Polar
Arc-Length
A very good reason for not using Cauchy Principal Values in
Question 6: Implicit elementary calculus is that they break the Substitution Theorem for
Differentiation
Definite Integrals—which is too valuable a theorem to give up. . . in
Question 7: Implicit
Functions elementary calculus.
Question 8: Improper
Integrals
Improper Integrals I
Improper Integrals II
Improper Integrals III
Improper Integrals IV
Improper Integrals V
Improper Integrals VI
Improper
Integrals—The Moral
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Improper Integrals—The Moral
Question 1: A
Derivative
Question 2: Increasing
Functions
Question 3: Concavity
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Question 1: A
Derivative
Question 2: Increasing
Functions
Question 3: Concavity
Question 4: Local
Minima
Question 5: Polar
Arc-Length
Question 6: Implicit
Differentiation
The End
Question 7: Implicit
Functions
Question 8: Improper
Integrals
Improper Integrals I
Improper Integrals II
Improper Integrals III
Improper Integrals IV
Improper Integrals V
Improper Integrals VI
Improper
Integrals—The Moral
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