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Some Basic Differentiation Rules

d
1. [c ] = 0
dx
d n
2. [ x ] = nx n −1 Power Rule
dx
d 2
e.g. x = 2x
dx
d
3. [c ⋅ f ( x)] = c ⋅ f ' ( x)
dx
d
e.g. 3x 2 = 3 ⋅ 2 x = 6 x
dx
d
4. [ f ( x) ± g ( x)] = f ' ( x) ± g ' ( x)
dx
d
e.g. 3x 2 + 4 x + 2 = 6 x + 4
dx
d
5. [ f ( x) ⋅ g ( x)] = f ' ( x) ⋅ g ( x) + f ( x) ⋅ g ' ( x) Product Rule
dx
d f ( x) f ' ( x) ⋅ g ( x) − f ( x) ⋅ g ' ( x)
6. [ ]= Quotient Rule
dx g ( x) [ g ( x)] 2
d
7. [ f ( g ( x))] = f ' ( g ( x)) ⋅ g ' ( x) Chain Rule
dx
d 2
e.g. ( x + 1) 3 = 3 ⋅ ( x 2 + 1) 2 ⋅ (2 x)
dx
dy dy du
or since = ⋅ , let u = x 2 + 1 , y = u 3 . Then
dx du dx
dy
= 3 ⋅ u 2 ⋅ (2 x) = 3 ⋅ ( x 2 + 1) 2 ⋅ (2 x)
dx
d x
8. [e ] = e x
dx
d u du
9. [e ] = e u ⋅
dx dx

Partial Differentiation

e.g. 2 x 3 y − x 2 y 2 + 3x = 6 x 2 y − 2 xy 2 + 3
∂x

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