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Essential Differentiation Formulas

This document lists 24 commonly used differentiation formulas organized into categories such as the derivative of constants, the power rule, product rule, quotient rule, chain rule, and trigonometric derivatives. The formulas provide the derivatives of basic and some complex functions including exponentials, logarithms, trigonometric functions, and inverse trigonometric functions.

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Essential Differentiation Formulas

This document lists 24 commonly used differentiation formulas organized into categories such as the derivative of constants, the power rule, product rule, quotient rule, chain rule, and trigonometric derivatives. The formulas provide the derivatives of basic and some complex functions including exponentials, logarithms, trigonometric functions, and inverse trigonometric functions.

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Differentiation Formulas

This page contains a list of commonly used differentiation formulas.

1. Derivative of a Constant (k):


d
[k ] = 0
dx
2. Constant-Multiple Rule:
d
[ k f ( x)] = k f '( x)
dx
3. Sum/Difference Rule:
d
[ f ( x) g ( x)] = f '( x) g '( x)
dx

9.
10.
11.
12.
13.
14.

4. Power Rule:
d r
x = rx r 1
dx

15.

5. Product Rule:
d
[ f ( x) g ( x)] = f ( x) g '( x) + g ( x) f '( x)
dx

16.

6. Quotient Rule:
d f ( x) f '( x) g ( x) g '( x) f ( x)
=
2
dx g ( x)
[ g ( x)]

18.

7. Reciprocal Rule:
d 1
g '( x)
=

dx g ( x)
[ g ( x)]2
8. Chain Rule:
d
f ( g ( x) ) = f ' ( g ( x) ) g '( x)
dx

17.

19.

d x
e = e x
dx
d
1
(x > 0)
[ln( x)] =
dx
x
d
a x = a x ln a
dx
d
1
[log a x ] =
dx
x ln a
d
[sin x ] = cos x
dx
d
[cos x ] = sin x
dx
d
[ tan x ] = sec2 x
dx
d
[sec x ] = sec x tan x
dx
d
[csc x ] = csc x cot x
dx
d
[cot x ] = csc2 x
dx
d
1
sin 1 x =
dx
1 x2

d
1
tan 1 x =
dx
1 + x2
d
1
sec 1 x =
21.
dx
x x2 1

20.

d
1
cos 1 x =
dx
1 x2
d
1
cot 1 x =
23.
dx
1 + x2
1
d
csc 1 x =
24.
dx
x x2 1

22.

revised 12/07

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