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    1. The document is a sheet from a differential equations course providing solutions to two questions. 2. The first question asks to show that the derivative of x^n is nx^{n-1} from first principles. The solution uses limits and the binomial theorem to derive the formula. 3. The second question asks to use the definition of the derivative to show that the derivative of f(x)=u(x)v(x) is u'(x)v(x)+u(x)v'(x). The solution works through this using the limit definition of the derivative.

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    1. The document is a sheet from a differential equations course providing solutions to two questions. 2. The first question asks to show that the derivative of x^n is nx^{n-1} from first principles. The solution uses limits and the binomial theorem to derive the formula. 3. The second question asks to use the definition of the derivative to show that the derivative of f(x)=u(x)v(x) is u'(x)v(x)+u(x)v'(x). The solution works through this using the limit definition of the derivative.

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    Differential Equations: Listair Eill Rinity Ollege Niversity of Ambridge

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    1. The document is a sheet from a differential equations course providing solutions to two questions. 2. The first question asks to show that the derivative of x^n is nx^{n-1} from first principles. The solution uses limits and the binomial theorem to derive the formula. 3. The second question asks to use the definition of the derivative to show that the derivative of f(x)=u(x)v(x) is u'(x)v(x)+u(x)v'(x). The solution works through this using the limit definition of the derivative.

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    A LISTAIR ON EILL

    T RINITY C OLLEGE , U NIVERSITY OF C AMBRIDGE

    Differential Equations
    Last edited: July 5, 2015
    Sheet published: Michaelmas 2014

    S HEET 1
    1
    QUESTION
    Show, from first principles, that, for non-negative integer n,

    d n
    dx x

    = nx n1 .

    S OLUTION
    d n
    x
    dx

    =
    =
    =

    (x + h)n x n
    h0
    h
    n ( n ) m nm
    xn
    m=0 m h x
    lim
    h0
    h
    n ( n ) m nm
    xn
    m=0 m h x
    lim
    h0
    h
    ( )
    n

    n m1 nm
    lim
    h
    x
    h0 m=1 m
    (
    )
    n1

    n
    lim
    h m x n(m+1)
    h0 m=0 m + 1
    lim

    = nx n1
    as all terms apart from the first have a positive power of h and so vanish in the limit.

    QUESTION
    Let f (x) = u(x)v(x). Use the definition of the derivative of a function to show that
    df
    dv du
    =u
    +
    v
    dx
    dx dx
    S OLUTION
    It is easier to work from the right hand side of the equation:
    u

    dv du
    +
    v
    dx dx

    v(x + h) v(x)
    u(x + h) u(x)
    + v lim
    h0
    h0
    h
    h

    = u lim
    =

    u(x)v(x + h) u(x)v(x) + u(x + h)v(x) u(x)v(x)


    h0
    h
    lim

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