Derivatives

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 Introducing the
Derivative

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 Gottfried Wilhelm
von Leibniz
Born: 1 July 1646 in
Leipzig, Saxony (now
Germany)
Died: 14 Nov 1716 in
Hannover, Hanover
(now Germany)

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 The process of calculating a
derivative is called differentiation.
s t o w ri te f 
y
x 
nt wa
iff e r e
v er al d y d
se f x 
y  f x  dx
dy
the
de
riv dx df
a t iv
eo
f f( D f x  dx
x)

D x f x 
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