Is This the Correct Way to Differentiate f(x) = x.e^(-pi.x^2)?

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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?

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Seems correct to me, at least
 
Well, you could try this way:
[tex]x \times e^{ - \pi x^2}=e^{- \pi x^2 \ + ln x}[/tex]
so you get:
[tex](\frac{1}{x} - 2\pi x) e^{- \pi x^2 \ + ln x}[/tex]
which is the same.

Looks good to me.
 

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