Mathematics Part 1 Mrs.

Kristine Sevcenko

Differentiation. The Derivatives Of Basic Elementary Functions.

x
Recall that e lim 1 1
x 2.718 ; the natural exponential function y e x is sometimes denoted
x

y exp x ; the natural logarithm y ln x log e x .

Basic elementary functions Composites

f ( x) f ( x) f u ( x) f u ( x)
C 0
Powers

xa ax a 1
ua au a 1
u
1 u
x u
2 x 2 u
sin x cos x sin u u cos u
Trigonometric functions

cos x sin x cosu u sin u

tan x 1 tan u u
sec 2 x
cos 2 x cos2 u

cot x 1 cot u u
2
csc 2 x
sin x sin 2 u
2
1 sin x
sec x tan x sec x sin x sec 2 x
cos x cos x
1 cos 2 x
csc x cot x csc x cos x csc 2 x
sin x sin x
ex ex eu eu u
Exponential and

a x ( a 0, a 1)
logarithmic

a x ln a au u au ln a
1 u
ln x ln u
x u
1 u
log a x ( a 0, a 1) loga u
x ln a u ln a
1 u
arcsin x arcsin u
Inverse Trigonometric

2
1 x 1 u2
1 u
arccos x arccosu
1 x 2
1 u2
1 u
arctan x arctan u
1 x2 1 u2
1 u
arccot x arccot u
1 x2 1 u2
ex e x
ex e x
Hyperbolic

sinh x cosh x sinh u cosh u u

Ttrig

2 2
ex e x
ex e x
cosh x sinh x cosh u sinh u u
2 2

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