Differentiation Definition and 1000 Threads

This is not a specific HW/CW question, just a gap I have and want to fill. I came from a school in which calculus was only introduced in the last year so I learned only the basics. Now, I see more and more stuff like taking an expression, say A=B+C and simply making it to a dA=dB+dC. The...

1. Homework Statement The derivative of s(t) = (976(.835)^t - 1) +176t I have to take ln of both sides to bring the t down from the exponent. But I never had to apply ln to an equation of this complexity. Here is my attempt, but it doesn't even look close to being on the correct...

hi! i flipped through my notes on a class on general relativity this morning and i found an expression which doesn't make sense to me. I am not sure if don't understand the last term in the last equality or it just dosn't make sense. i would appreciate your oppinion. a,b are abstract indicies...

I tried deriving this one on my own and I'm just not understanding where the dx/dx term comes from. I'm looking dy/dx. Starting with F(x,y) = 0: \frac{\partial{F}}{\partial{x}}\frac{dx}{dx} + \frac{\partial{F}}{\partial{y}}\frac{dy}{dx} = 0 It seems redundant to say dx/dx when it turns out to...

Use implicit differentiation to find the slope of the tangent line to the curve at the specified point. 3(x^2 + y^2)^2 = 25(x^2 - y^2) ; (2,1) This is where I'm stuck: I know how to get up to the first equation...and I know how to get to the final answer from the second equation, but I...

Hi, Q: By investigating the stationary points of f(x)= x3+3x2+6x-30 and sketching the curve y=f(x) show that the equation f(x)=0 has only one real solution. A: Well, I don't understand how I should use both. Plotting the graph, I can clearly spot a solution: x = 1.9319548 I know how to...

Can anyone explain differentiation using first principle please......this is a question that i have no understanding on how to deal with it IF y=x^2 + 2 show that dy/dx using first principle equals to 2x

Homework Statement Find the coordinates of the stationary points on the curve: x^3 + (3x^2)(y) -2y^3=16 Homework Equations Stationary points occur when the first derivative of y with respect to x is equal to zero The Attempt at a Solution I implicitly differentiated the...

I am checking my homework with mathematica, but sometimes when I write stuff like D[(x/((x^2 - y^2)^0.5)), y] , which is supposed to give me the partial derivative of x/((x^2 - y^2)^0.5) with respect to y, i get answer like: (1. x y)/(x^2 - y^2)^1.5 which is right, except for the...

I'm attaching the question and solution. I'm talking about the first part since the second part is the same just with different variables and stuff. I get what the solution is saying but: 1) What if I computed a Jacobian, with F = x^2 + xy + y^2 - z = 0 G = 2r + s - x = 0 H = r - 2s - y...

Let A ,B and C represent vectors. we have 1) d/dt (A . B) = A. dB/dt + dA/dt .B 2) d/dt [ A . (BxC) ] = A . (Bx dC/dt) + A . ( dB/dt x C) + dA/dt . (B xC) now the problem in these formulas is that we know that Dot product between two vectors and Scalar triple product of vectors is...

This is another problem than I've been stuck on for a long time and I tried reading and watching videos but I only find first order partial differentiation with more than two variables or higher order partial differentiation with only two variables. (I'm not calling f a variable but I am calling...

I have derivative dx/dt = y(u(t)) * z(u(t)) + u(t) Now, what is dx/du ? I know the chain rule should help, but I am stuck :-(

Homework Statement a) Differentiate y=((x-1)/(x+1))^2 b (non calculus simplification question): How would i simplify 10(5x+3)(5x-1)+5(5x-1)^2 to get 25(5x-1)(3x+1) should i expand all terms then combine and factor? Homework Equations The Attempt at a Solution a) i tried...

Homework Statement A question in a book has partially differentiated a function f(x,y) = x^2 + 8xy^2 + 2y^2 df/dx = 2x + 8y^2 = 0 at stationary point (eqn 1) df/dy = 16xy + 4y = 0 at stationary point (eqn 2) Homework Equations The Attempt at a Solution It then states...

This is not actually a homework question but something I saw in a (economics) journal article and have been having trouble getting. It's very simple so I thought I'd post it here. Define the variable V (implicitly) by: V=b + \int^{rV}_{0} rV dF(s) + \int^{\infty}_{rV} s dF(s), where r...

Homework Statement Find an equation of the tangent line to the curve xe^y+ye^x=1 at point (0,1). Homework Equations I do not recall seeing the Implicit Function Theroem before, I even went back in my book (Stewart Calculus 6th) to check. I found this post but it does not help me...

If you are given an equation y(x), where y is the dependent variable, and x is the independent variable, can you take a derivative with respect to the dependent variable? ex. y = 5x dy/dx = 5 dx/dy = 1/5 Thank you for any help

Hi. I've finished my undergraduate math methods courses. Many times we had problems where we had a summation and an integral both acting on the same term, and we'd switch the order of the two operations without thinking about it. The professor would always say, "I can interchange these two...

Hello! I was wondering how I could find the following derivatives from the given function using Jacobian determinants. f(u,v) = 0 u = lx + my + nz v = x^{2} + y^{2} + z^{2} \frac{∂z}{∂x} = ? (I believe y is constant, but the problem does not specify) \frac{∂z}{∂y} = ? (I...

Homework Statement We want to construct a box with a square base and we only have 10 m2 of material to use in construction of the box. Assuming that all the material is used in the construction process determine the maximum volume that the box can have. Homework Equations Chain rule...

Hello, Differentiability of f : \mathbb C \to \mathbb C is characterized as \frac{\partial f}{\partial z^*} = 0. More exactly: \frac{\partial f(z,z^*)}{\partial z^*} := \frac{\partial f(z[x(z,z^*),y(z,z^*)])}{\partial z^*} = 0 where z(x,y) = x+iy and x(z,z^*) = \frac{z+z^*}{2} and...

Homework Statement Differentiate the functions using chain rule. 2(x3 −1)(3x2 +1)4 Homework Equations Chain Rule = f ' (g(x))g' (x) The Attempt at a Solution I don't know how to do using chain rule, but product rule is easier So using product rule, = f ' (x) g(x) + f (x)g'...

Homework Statement Use logarithmic differentiation to find dy/dx for y=(1+x)^(1/x). Homework Equations dy/dx The Attempt at a Solution ln y = ln (1+x)^(1/x) = (1/x) ln (1+x) (dy/dx) /y = (-1/x^2)(ln(1+x) + (1/x)(1/(1+x) dy/dx = y [(-1/x^2) ( ln(1+x) + x/(1+x) ] or (-1/x^2)(...

Homework Statement So using standard spherical polar co-ordinates, my notes define a sphere as r(s,t) = aCos(s)Sin(t) i + aSin(s)Sin(t) j + aCos(t) k and the normal to the surface is given by the cross product of the two partial differentials: \partialr/\partials X \partialr/dt...

I'm trying to solve the problem but keep getting the wrong answer. Could someone help please? s = (v^2sin2t)/g where s = horizontal distance, v = initial velocity, t = angle, g = acc. gravity (9.81 m/s). Intended launch angle is 30 degrees, find max relative error in s if v and t are...

Homework Statement A sports stadium is lit by four floodlights standing at the four corners of a rectangle which contains the rectangular pitch placed symmetrically inside it. The length of the rectangle is 160 metres and the width is 64 metres. This question is concerned with finding the...

Ʃ(2+3i)^(2+i)n Since there is no declared z (complex analysis) in this problem would we take this differentiation with respect to n? If so, my answer was Ʃ n(2+3i)^(2+i)n-1

If, with y a function of x, I have the equation x2-5xy+3y2 = 7, then by implicit differentiation, I get that dy/dx = (2x-5y)/(5x-6y). This equals zero everywhere on the straight line y=(2/5)x except at the origin. This would seem to indicate stationary points everywhere on that line, which is...

Homework Statement how is the differential of 1+tan2(4x) 8*tan(4x)*sec2(4x) Homework Equations The Attempt at a Solution So 1 differentiates to 0 (we can now ignore this) tan2(4x) differentiates to 2*tan(4x)*sec2(4x)? BRING POWER FORWARD, DOWN POWER BY 1, DIFFERENTIATE TERM IN BRACKET by...

For a function f(x), I have to determine intervals of increase/decrease, find local max(s)/min(s), and find intervals of concavity. The first thing I'm doing in this is to write out f'(x) and f''(x). f(x) = ln(x)/\sqrt{x} For f'(x), I used the quotient rule and received f'(x) =...

Homework Statement Determine the dimensions of the rectangle of largest area that can be inscribed in the right triangle shown? Homework Equations AB/AD = BC/DE The Attempt at a Solution I've been trying to do this problem. I looked online and saw an explanation without directly...

Hi guys I'm getting into a little trouble when differentiating polynomial functions. How do you differentiate f(x)=ax+b/cx+d ? Is there other ways of calculating this apart from the chain rule ? Thanks for any help.

As the title says. I'm unsure what to use...limit definition? Thanks.

If we take the derivative of n functions that are linearly independent to each other and we write it down like c1f1(x) + c2f2(x) +...+ cnfn(x)=0, then would the linear independence be preserved if we differentiate the equation with respect to x?

Homework Statement z^{3}x+z-2y-1=0 xz+y-x^{2}+5=0 Define z as a function of x, find z'. Homework Equations I guess the two equations above... The Attempt at a Solution Well, I just differentiated the first one with respect to x and got: 3z^{2}xz'+z^{3}3+1=0 z' = \frac{-1-z^{3}{3z^{2}x}...

Homework Statement show that g(x)= x|x| has an inflection point at (0;0) and g'' (0) Does not exist Homework Equations The Attempt at a Solution

Homework Statement Find y' in e^(x/y)=x-y 2. The attempt at a solution I tried to differentiate it by changing it so that there would be a natural log (as seen in my attachment). However the end result is not the same as the answer key. How the answer key did it was they used the...

Homework Statement The total surface area of a right circular cylinder is given by the formula A = 2pir(r + h) where r is the radius and h is the height. a) Find the rate of change of A with respect to h if r remains constant. b) Find the rate of change of A with respect to r if h remains...

Homework Statement Q 50: The ellipse 3x2 +2y2 = 5 and y3 = x2 HINT: The curves intersect at (1,1) and (-1,1) Two families of curves are said to be orthogonal trajectories (of each other) if each member of one family is orthogonal to each member of the other family. Show that the families of...

Hey guys, I've got the following 2 mark question on a problem sheet, but I can't seem able to do it. I'd appreciate any help, thanks. Differentiate, from first principles, the following: y=\sqrt(a^2-x^2) I know I have to take the limit as δx tends to 0 of [(f(x+δx)- f(x)]/δx but can't seem to...

Homework Statement Find the derivative of the following: Homework Equations Y= x^3(5x-1)^4 The Attempt at a Solution 4(3x^2(5x-1)^3)(4(3x^2(3(5x-1)^2)(2(5x-1)(5)

Homework Statement Function f(x) = KxL K= 1.78 L= -1.39 Problem 1: Find f'(x). ____________________ v= 0.89 w= 0.5 "v" and "w" are two points located on the x-axis. Problem 2: Calculate f'(v). ____________________ Problem 3: Find the equation of the tangent line of f(x) over the point "w". The...

I'm on mobile so I can't use latex. Differentiate: g(x)=√(4-x^4) , x is a set of [-√2, √2] and determine the domains. So I got the derivative which is, g'(x)=(-4x^3) ^1/2 What should I do with the -+√2 ? I don't know what to do next

The question is in the pdf file,thank you!:smile: M is a Riemannian manifold, $\vdash$ is a global connection on M compatible with the Riemannian metric.In terms of local coordinates $u^1,...,u^n$ defined on a coordinate neighborhood $U \subset M$, the connection $\vdash$ is...

Homework Statement Calculate ∂f/∂s + ∂f/∂t at s = 2, t = -1. Given: f = f(x,y) x = s - t y = s2 + t2 ∂f/∂x (3,5) = 0.06170 ∂f/∂y (3,5) = 0.06170 Homework Equations ∂f/∂s = ∂f/∂x * ∂x/∂s + ∂f/∂y * ∂y/∂s ∂f/∂t = ∂f/∂x * ∂x/∂t + ∂f/∂y * ∂y/∂t The Attempt at a Solution...

Homework Statement Hello all, New to partial derivatives. I was wondering if someone could look over my work and determine if my final step is as far as I can take the proble (ie. that will be my solution). Thanks in advance. Let the temperature of a 2D domain in polar coordinates (r...

in a non mathematical sense? My maths isn't very good which is why I need some simple explanation of what they are. What does integration do? What is its purpose and how does its purpose apply to the natural world? I know differentiation is the opposite process but what is it exactly...

Homework Statement i am suddenly stuck when differentiating. are my concepts right? if we integrate cosx/sinx, then since cosx is the differentiated form of sinx, then integrating d(sinx)/sinx = ln|sinx| so now, if i have : integrate z/(1-z2)1/2 since z is the differentiated form of the...

Homework Statement Find the equation of the normal to the curve y=(6x+3)^(1/2) at the point for which x=13. Homework Equations dy/dx=dy/du*du/dx y-y1=m(x-x1) The Attempt at a Solution y=(6x+3)^(1/2) dy/dx=1/3(6x+3)^2 gradient of normal = -3(6x+3)^2 at x=13...