Calculus Derivations: Handbook, Rules, Properties & Books

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The discussion centers on resources for understanding calculus derivations, specifically derivatives and integrals. Participants share links to comprehensive handbooks and request recommendations for exemplary textbooks that explain the derivation of calculus rules. They emphasize that foundational calculus texts typically cover these derivations in detail, often starting from the definition of the derivative. Additionally, they highlight the importance of understanding various integration techniques rather than deriving every formula from scratch. The conversation concludes with mentions of specific reference books that compile extensive integral and derivative information.
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I think any introductory calculus text will cover these rules in detail.
General properties of derivatives can be demonstrated using the definition of the derivative as a limit.
##f'(x) = \lim_{h \to 0 } \frac{f(x+h) - f(x) }{h}##
For example, the product rule is:
##\frac{d}{dx}(fg) = \lim_{h \to 0 } \frac{f(x+h)g(x+h) - f(x)g(x) }{h}##
Adding zero in the form of ##f(x+h)g(x)-f(x+h)g(x)##:
##\qquad = \lim_{h \to 0 } \frac{f(x+h)g(x+h) - f(x)g(x) +f(x+h)g(x)-f(x+h)g(x) }{h}\\
\qquad = \lim_{h \to 0 } \frac{[f(x+h)g(x+h) -f(x+h)g(x)]+[f(x+h)g(x) - f(x)g(x)] }{h}\\
\qquad = \lim_{h \to 0 } f(x+h)\frac{g(x+h) -g(x)}{h}+g(x)\frac{f(x+h)- f(x) }{h}##
Applying the limit, this will be:
##\frac{d}{dx}(fg) = f(x)\frac{dg}{dx} + g(x)\frac{df}{dx}.##
The integral rules are often demonstrated as the inverse of the derivative...i.e. once you know all the derivative rules, apply the derivatives to the integrals to verify them for yourself.
 
samgrace said:
Hello,

Please take a look at this handbook of derivatives and integrals:
http://myhandbook.info/form_diff.html
http://integral-table.com/downloads/single-page-integral-table.pdf

I would appreciate it if someone could point me in the direction of exemplary books that derive these rules/properties/truths of mathematical analysis.
Just about any textbook on differential and integral calculus will show how to derive these formulas, starting with No. (1) on the Table of Integrals. Outside of a few basic techniques and the integrals of the elementary functions, the rest of the formulas on these tables are just applications to more complex combinations of the elementary functions. The derivation of the formulas for the derivatives of the various elementary functions can be obtained from the definition of the derivative.

The tables themselves are compiled so that someone can quickly determine the integral of one of the forms contained there without going through all of the scut work that is expected of a student. Of course, with computers now doing symbolic algebra and calculus, such tables are no longer needed as much as they once were.
 
Thanks, sorry for the delayed response I learn a variety of things throughout the week.

I started reading an analysis book and managed to prove the simple power law for both differentiating and integrating. The integral derivation used the sum of squares relationship to simplify which was something to prove in itself.
Also derived the derivatives of sinx, cosx, 1/x and e^x, which all used niche identities.

I can assume that the rest of the integrals on this table, like with 1/x = lnx that I am currently trying to do, all require re-expressing sums of sequences and required identities. I plan on filling a notebook of these derivations, its going to take a long time.
 
samgrace said:
Thanks, sorry for the delayed response I learn a variety of things throughout the week.

I started reading an analysis book and managed to prove the simple power law for both differentiating and integrating. The integral derivation used the sum of squares relationship to simplify which was something to prove in itself.
Also derived the derivatives of sinx, cosx, 1/x and e^x, which all used niche identities.

I can assume that the rest of the integrals on this table, like with 1/x = lnx that I am currently trying to do, all require re-expressing sums of sequences and required identities. I plan on filling a notebook of these derivations, its going to take a long time.
Whatever floats your boat.

The important thing is not to derive every single integration formula from scratch, but to understand the different integration techniques which are used to simplify certain integrals, like u-substitution or integration by parts.

While the tables of indefinite integrals you linked to are fairly comprehensive, there are entire books filled with such formulae, which have been derived over many years by many different mathematicians. One such reference, which includes definite and indefinite integrals of various types, is this one:

https://www.amazon.com/dp/0123849330/?tag=pfamazon01-20

There's almost 1200 pages of integrals, derivatives, series, etc. in this book, which is one of the more comprehensive tomes available on the subject.
 
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Ah, right, yes.
In that case I'll only do a few more and then start doing calculus for physics. Thanks for putting the wind in my sails.
 
Another useful resource is CRC Standard Mathematical Tables (https://www.amazon.com/dp/1584882913/?tag=pfamazon01-20). It's currently up to about the 32nd edition. A friend gave me his 15th Ed. back in '72 when he felt he had no more use for it, and I've hung on to it ever since. It's my go-to resource for integrals and Laplace transforms and a lot more.
 
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