NOTATIONS

dy
y - use /dx or y’
f(x) - use f’(x)
d
Find derivative - use /dx

 DIFFERENTIATION OF FOR POSITIVE INTEGRAL . THE TANGENT TO

 DIFFERENTIATION OF AND FROM FIRST PRINCIPLES. FOR THE TWO FUNCTIONS AND ,
DIFFERENTIATION OF ( CONSTANT), THE COMPOSITE FUNCTION RULE.

DIFFERENTIATION OF

SHORT METHODS OF DIFFERENTIATION

Product rule Chain rule Quotient rule
(1st x derivative of 2nd) + y = F(x) u = f(x) (bottom x derivative of top) - (top x derivative of bottom)
(2nd x derivative of 1st) y’ = F’(x) x f’(x) bottom2
Differentiate from the outside in

FURTHER METHODS OF DIFFERENTIATION

The basic rule for differentiating xn works for
any rational number n. Sometimes the
function needs to be changed into index
form before differentiating.

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