Derivatives

November 27, 2015

Derivatives properties
1. f (x) = c f 0 (x) = 0
f (x + h) f (x)
h
cc
0
= lim
= lim = 0
h0 h
h0 h

f 0 (x) = lim

h0

2. f (x) = cg(x) f 0 (x) = cg 0 (x)

f (x + h) f (x)
h0
h
cg(x + h) cg(x)
= lim
h0
h
c[g(x + h) g(x)]
= lim
h0
h
g(x + h) g(x)
= c lim
h0
h
= cg 0 (x)

f 0 (x) = lim

3. f (x) = g(x) + z(x) f 0 (x) = g 0 (x) + z 0 (x)

f (x + h) f (x)
h
[g(x + h) + z(x + h)] [g(x) + z(x)]
= lim
h0
h
[g(x + h) g(x)] + [z(x + h) z(x)]
= lim
h0
h
g(x + h) g(x))
z(x + h) z(x)
= lim
+ lim
h0
h0
h
h
0
0
= g (x) + z (x)

f 0 (x) = lim

h0

4. f (x) = g(x)z(x) f 0 (x) = g 0 (x)z(x)

f (x + h) f (x)
h
[g(x + h)z(x + h)] [g(x)z(x)]
= lim
h0
h
[g(x + h)z(x + h)] [g(x)z(x)] [g(x + h)z(x) + g(x + h)z(x)]
= lim
h0
h
[g(x + h)z(x + h) g(x + h)z(x)] + [g(x)z(x) + g(x + h)z(x)]
= lim
h0
h
[g(x + h)z(x + h) g(x + h)z(x)] + [g(x + h)z(x) g(x)z(x)]
= lim
h0
h
g(x + h)[z(x + h) z(x)] + [g(x + h) g(x)]z(x)]
= lim
h0
h
g(x + h)[z(x + h) z(x)] + [g(x + h) g(x)]z(x)]
= lim
h0
h
g(x + h)[z(x + h) z(x)]
[g(x + h) g(x)]z(x)
= lim
lim
h0
h0
h
h
[g(x + h) g(x)]
[z(x + h) z(x)]
z(x) lim
= lim g(x + h) lim
h0
h0
h0
h
h
0
0
= f (x)z (x)

f 0 (x) = lim

h0

Derivatives of common functions

1. ln(x)
2. ex
3. atan(x)
4. asin(x)
5. acos(x)
6. senh(x)
7. cosh(x)
8. tanh(x)