Differentiation.

1) y = xn 2) y = u.v 3) y = 4) y = f(x)n = nxn-1 =u = = n(f(x))n-1f (x) +v Standard Algebraic 2 Functions Multiplied 2 Functions Divided Function of a Function

Curves & Curve Sketching

Max

Decreasing

Increasing

Decreasing

Min

1) Function Increasing 2) Function Decreasing 3) Maximum 4) Minimum

> 0, + Value < 0, - Value = 0, = 0, < 0, - Value > 0, + Value

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Calculation of Maximum, Minimum & Point of Inflection.

Maximum, Local Maximum Stationary Points, Turning Points, Critical Points Minimum, Local Minimum

These are all the same thing.

1) Y = f(x) 2) Get 3) Let 4) Get 5) Put SOLUTIONS into a. If b. If c. If > 0 then we have a Minimum for the SOLUTION. < 0 then we have a Maximum for the SOLUTION. = 0 the we have a Saddle Point (Special Case)
Saddle Point

= 0 and solve the resulting equation SOLUTIONS

6) Put SOLUTIONS into y = f(x) to get the y co-ordinate. 7) Let = 0 to get the Point of Inflection and solve the resulting equation

SOLUTIONS. 8) Put SOLUTIONS into y = f(x) to get the y co-ordinate of the Point of Inflection.

If the

= 0 has NO real solutions then the function has NO maximum or

minimum. If
= 0 has NO real solutions then the function has NO point of inflection.

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