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galipop
May3-04, 08:57 AM
f(x) = x.e^(-pi.x^2)

this is how I tried to do it...

f'(x) = x.(-pi.2.x.e^(-pi.x^2)) + 1.e^(-pi.x^2)
f'(x) = (1 - 2.pi.x^2).e^(-pi.x^2)

can anyone see anything wrong with this?

Cheers

arildno
May3-04, 08:59 AM
Seems correct to me, at least

NateTG
May3-04, 12:31 PM
Well, you could try this way:
x \times e^{ - \pi x^2}=e^{- \pi x^2 \ + ln x}
so you get:
(\frac{1}{x} - 2\pi x) e^{- \pi x^2 \ + ln x}
which is the same.

Looks good to me.