DERIVATIVES

' y f ( x+ x )f ( x )
f ( x )= lim = lim
x 0 x x 0 x

d
[ c ] =0
dx

d
dx
[ cf ( x ) ]=c f ' ( x )

d
[ x ] =1
dx

d n
[ x ]=n x n1
dx

f ( x ) g ( x )=f ' (x ) g' (x)

d

dx

d ' '
dx
[ f ( x ) g ( x ) ] =f ( x ) g ( x ) + g ( x ) f ( x )

[ ]
' '
d f ( x ) g ( x ) f ( x ) f ( x ) g (x )
=
dx g ( x ) [g ( x ) ]
2

x
tan =sec 2 x

x
sec = sec x tan x
d
[ sin x ] =cos x d
dx dx
 x
cos =sin x

x
x
csc =csc x cot x

d
x
dx
cot =csc 2
d

dx

CHAIN RULE GENERAL POWER RULE

d
dx
[ f ( g ( x ) ) ]=f ' ( g ( x ) ) dxd [ u n ]=n un1 u '

x
x
a
ln x


1
log a =

1 d
ln =
x dx
d

dx

a
x
ln a
d x
[ e dx ]=e x d [ a x ]=
dx dx
 u
u'
arcsin =
1u2

u
u'
arccos =
1u2
d

dx

u
u'
arctan = 2
1+u

u
u'
arccot =
1+u 2
d

dx

u
u'
arcsec =
|u| u21

u
'
u
arccsc =
|u| u21
d

dx

DERIVATIVE OF INVERSE FUNCTION

1
g' ( x )= '
f (g ( x ))

PROPERTIES OF ln:
ln 1=0

ln ab=ln a+ ln b

ln an =n ln a
 a
ln =ln aln b
b

ln e=1

ln e x =xe ln x =x

a
ln

x

a x =e