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DIFFERENTIATION
Continuity and differentiability of a function
If a function is differentiable at a point, it is necessarily continuous at that point. But its converse it not
necessarily true. E.g.: the function f(x) = |x| is continuous at x 0 , but it is not differentiable at x 0 .
Differentiability at a point
Let f be a real valued function defined in the open interval (a, b) and let c a, b . Then f ( x) is said to be
f x f c
differentiable or derivable at x c iff lim exits finitely. This limit is called derivative or differential
xc xc
coefficient of the function f(x) at x c and is denoted by f c .
Derivative of a function
i. A function f (x) is said to be a derivable function on the open interval a, b , it is derivable at
every points in the open interval a, b .
ii. A function f (x) is said to be a derivable function on the closed interval a, b ,
a. it is derivable at every points in the open interval a, b ,
b. it is derivable at x a from right
c. it is derivable at x b from left
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Differentiation
Let f (x) be a differentiable function on a, b . Then corresponding to each point x a, b , we get
dy
a unique real number equal to the derivative of f (x) and are denoted by f (x) or or Dy y1 or y , etc..
dx
dy f x h f x dy f x h f x
i.e., lim (or) lim . The process of obtaining the derivative of
dx h0 h dx h0 h
a function is called differentiation.
Consider the curve y f (x) . Let f (x) is differentiable at x c . Let Pc, f c be a point on the
f x f c
curve and let Q be a neighbouring point on the curve. Then slope of the chord PQ . Taking
xc
f x f c
limit as Q P i.e., x c , we get lim . As Q P , the chord PQ becomes tangent at P.
xc xc
Y
Q x , f ( x)
P[c,f(c)] y
y
o x
Note: derivative of y w.r.t. x =
d
y dy
dx dx
derivative of y w.r.t. t = y
d dy
dt dt
derivative of x w.r.t. t = x
d dx
, etc.
dt dt
Derivative of a function
Let y f (x) is a finite, single valued function of x . Let x be a small increment in x and y be the
corresponding increment in y respectively.
Then y y f x x
y f x x f x
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y f x x f x
=
x x
f x
dy
dx
i.e.,
d
f x f x .This is called derivative of y w.r.t x or differential coefficient of y w.r.t x . This
dx
1. Let y x 2
y y x x 2
y x x 2 y x x 2 x 2
y
lim lim 2 x x
x 0 x x 0
dy
2x 0 2x
dx
d 2
dx
x 2x
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STANDARD RESULTS
f (x) f x
sin x cos x
cos x sin x
tan x
sec 2 x
cos ecx cos ecx cot x
sec x sec x tan x
cot x
cos ec 2 x
xn nx n1
ex ex
e x ex
xx x x 1 log x
xa a.x a 1
ax a x . log a
aa 0
x 1
2 x
log x 1
x
x 1
2x
x2
1 1
n1
xn x
1 1
x x2
1 2
x2 x3
dy
xy x y
dx
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y dy
dx
y2 dy
2y
dx
x
a2 x2
a2 x2
x
a2 x2
a2 x2
x
x2 a2
x2 a2
x
x2 a2
x2 a2
E.g.:
d
5 0 , d 10 0 , etc.
dx dx
d d
2. If c is a constant and u is a function of x then cu c u
dx dx
d d d
3. If u and v are functions of x , then (u v ) ( u) ( v )
dx dx dx
d
5 sin x log x d 5 sin x d log x 5 d sin x d log x 5 cos x 1
dx dx dx dx dx x
d
dx
2e x tan x
d
dx
2e x
d
dx dx
tan x 2 d e x d tan x 2e x sec 2 x
dx
4. Product rule: If u and v are functions of x , then derivative of the product of two functions is equal to
first function x derivative of the second function + (plus) second function x derivative of the first
function.
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d d d
i.e., ( uv) u. (v ) v . ( u)
dx dx dx
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E.g.: i. y = e 3x sin 4 x
dy
dx
= e3x sin 4 x sin 4 x.
d
dx
d 3x
dx
e
= e3x . cos 4 x. 4 sin 4 x.e3x . 3 = e3x 4 cos 4 x 3 sin 4 x
ii. y = x 2 tan x
dy
dx
x2
d
dx
tan x tan x d x 2
dx
d d d d
If u , v and w are functions of x , then ( uvw ) uv. ( w ) vw . ( u) uw. (v )
dx dx dx dx
E.g.: y x 2 e x tan x
dy
dx
x 2e x
d
dx dx
tan x e x tan x d x 2 x 2 tan x d e x
dx
x 2 e x sec 2 x e x tan x.2 x x 2 tan x.e x
xe x x sec 2 x 2 tan x. x tan x. xe x x sec 2 x 2 x tan x.
5. Quotient formula: If u and v are any two functions of x , then quotient of two functions is equal to
(2nd function x derivative of the 1st function minus 1st function x derivative of the 2nd function)
divided by square of the 2nd function.
d d
v. ( u) u. (v )
d u dx dx
i.e.,
dx v v2
Sin x Cos x
E.g.: y = .
Sin x Cos x
dy
sin x cos x . d sin x cos x sin x cos x d sin x cos x
= dx dx
dx sin x cos x 2
=
sin x cos x cos x sin x sin x cos x cos x sin x
sin x cos x 2
=
sin x cos x . sin x cos x sin x cos x 2 = sin x cos x 2 sin x cos x 2
sin x cos x 2 sin x cos x 2
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Function of a function
E.g.: y = 2x 3
put u 2x 3
Then y u
dy 1
du 2 u
du
2 1 0 2
dx
dy dy du 1 1 1
. 2
dx du dx 2 u u 2x 3
Short-cut method:
y = 2x 3
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i. Assume 2 x 3 as x
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y e ax
2
ii.
dy
dx
e ax
2 d
dx
ax 2 e
ax2 a 2 x 2axe ax2
Chain rule
Function of a function can be extended to more than two functions is called chain rule. If y f u , where
x
E.g.: y log tan
2
x x x
Here y log tan , u tan and v
2 2 2
dy 1 du x dv 1
; sec 2 ;
du x dv 2 dx 2
tan
2
x
cos
dy 1 x 1 2 1 1 1 1
. sec 2 . cos ecx
du x 2 2 x x 2 x x sin x
tan sin cos 2 2 sin cos
2 2 2 2 2
(or)
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x
cos
dy 1 d x 1 x 1 2 1 1 1 1
tan sec 2 cos ecx
dx x dx 2 x 2 2 x 2 x 2 x x sin x
tan tan sin cos 2 sin cos
2 2 2 2 2 2
inverse function of y, and is symbolically written as x f 1 ( y) . There are six inverse trigonometric
functions viz. sin 1 x , cos 1 x , tan 1 x , cos ec 1 x , sec 1 x and cot 1 x , etc.. The principle value of
sin 1 x lies between , the principal value of cos 1 x lies between 0 and and the principal value of
2
tan 1 x lies between .
2
(sin 1 x )
d 1
1.
dx 1 x2
(cos 1 x )
d 1
2.
dx 1 x2
(tan 1 x )
d 1
3.
dx 1 x2
(cot 1 x )
d 1
4.
dx 1 x2
(sec 1 x )
d 1
5.
dx x. x 2 1
(cos ec 1 x )
d 1
6.
dx x. x 2 1
dy
E.g.: Find if
dx
1
1. y e a cos x
1
1 1 a e a cos x
9
dy
e a cos x . a . .
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2x
2.
y sin 1
1 x 2
2x
3.
y sin 1
1 x 2
Implicit functions
When the two variables x and y are connected in a single relation such as f x, y 0 , it is called an
implicit function. If is often difficult to find y explicitly. To find the derivative of an implicit function,
perform the following steps:
1. x2 y2 a2
Given x 2 y 2 a 2
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2x 2 y 0
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dy
2y 2 x
dx
dy 2 x x
dx 2y y
2. cos x y y sin x
diff. w.r.t x
dy dy
sin( x y).1 y. cos x sin x.
dx dx
dy dy
sin(x y). sin(x y) y. cos x sin x.
dx dx
dy dy
sin(x y) sin x. y. cos x sin(x y)
dx dx
dy
y. cos x sin(x y)
dx sin(x y) sin x
Exponential functions
Derivative of e x
x x 2 x3
Let e x 1 .........
1! 2! 3!
Diff. w.r.t. x we have
d x
dx
e
d
dx dx 1! dx 2!
2
1 d x d x
d x3
dx 3!
.........
1 2 x 3x
2
e 0
d x
.........
dx 1! 2! 3!
x x 2 x3
1 ......... e x
1! 2! 3!
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Logarithmic functions
A function of the form y u v , both u and v are functions of x . Then follow the following steps;
Taking ‘log’ on both sides
log y log u v
log y v log u
Diff. w.r.t. x
1 dy d d
. v. (log u ) log u. (v)
y dx dx dx
dy d d d d
y.v. (log u ) log u. (v) u v v. (log u ) log u. (v)
dx dx dx dx dx
dy
E.g.: Find if
dx
1. y x sin x
Diff w.r.t. x
1 dy 1
. sin x . log x . cos x
y dx x
dy sin x sin x
y log x. cos x x sin x log x cos x
dx x x
2. If x y e x y , prove that
dy log x
dx 1 log x 2
Given x y e x y
Taking log on both sides,
log x y log e x y y log x x y log e y log x x y log e 1
y y log x x y1 log x x y
x
1 log x
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The following formulae will be found very useful in differentiation of logarithmic functions:
4. log m n n log m
5. log m m b
n log b log n
m logbm
6. log n
logbn
1
7. logba
logba
8. log aa 1
1
9. log x log
x
1
10. log x log x
2
11. log1 0
Note: i. elog x x
ii. log e x x
dy x 2 x 1
E.g.: Find if y
dx e 3x tan x
x 2 x 1
y
e 3x tan x
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x 2 x 1
log y log
log x 2 log x 1 log e 3x log tan x
e 3x tan x
x 2 x 1
log y log 2 log x 1 logx 1 3x log e log tan x
e 3x tan x 2
diff. w.r.t. x
1 dy 1 1 1 1
2 3x 1 sec 2 x
y dx x 2 x 1 tan x
dy x x 1 2
2 1 1
3x
dx e 3x tan x x 2 x 1 sin x cos x
Parametric functions
When the variables x and y are given as functions of a third variable, known as parameter, say
x f t and y y t , is called parametric functions. To find the derivative of such functions:
dy
dy dt dy dy dt
(or ) .
dx dx dx dt dx
dt
dy
E.g.: Find if
dx
1. x sin ; y cos
dx dy
cos sin
d d
dy dy dx
dx d d
sin
tan
cos
c
2. x ct ; y
t
dx dy d 1 1 c
c 1 c c c
dt dt dx t t2 t2
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dy dy d c 1 1
dx d dx t 2 c t2
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Successive differentiation
d3y d 4 y dny
differential coefficient of y w.r.t x . If we differentiate again and again we have , ,..., are
dx3 dx 4 dx n
called 3rd derivative, 4th derivative,…, nth derivative of y w.r.t x . The process of obtaining the
derivatives in succession is called Successive Differentiation.
f x y1 y Dy
dy
Note: 1.
dx
d2y
2. f x y 2 y D 2 y
dx 2
d2y
E.g.: 1. Find if x a1 sin ; y a1 cos
dx 2
dx dy
a(0 cos ) a cos ; a(0 sin ) a. sin
d d
dy
dy d a sin
tan
dx dx a cos
d
d2y d dy d d d 1 1 1
(tan ) (tan ) sec 2 . sec 2 .sec sec3
dx 2 dx dx dx d dx a cos a a
2. y = sin m sin 1 x
1 1
cos ( m sin 1 x) . ( m sin 1 x) cos ( m sin x) . m.
dy d
dx dx
1 x 2
m cos ( m sin 1 x)
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m cos ( m sin 1 x)
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1 x 2 ddx 2y x dydx
2
m 2 sin ( m sin 1 x) = – m y ing by 1 x 2
2
1 x 2 ddx 2y x dydx m 2 y
2
0 . Hence proved.
du
du dx
If u and v are functions of then the derivative of u w.r.t. v is .
dv dv
dx
E.g.: i. Find the Derivative of: sin x w.r.t. cos x .
d sin x
d
sin x
du cos x
dx cot x
dv d cos x sin x
d
cos x
dx
2
ii. derivative of sin x w.r.t. cos x
du
d sin x 2 cos x 2 2 x
2 x cos x 2
.
dv d cos x sin x sin x
Note:
d
derivative of sin x w.r.t. x = sin x cos x
dx
d dy
derivative of sin y w.r.t. x = sin y cos y
dx dx
d dx
derivative of sin x w.r.t. y = sin x cos x
dy dy
d
derivative of sin y w.r.t. y = sin y cos y
dy
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