Differentiation - GATE Study Material in

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Differentiation is one the two important operations, along with Integration, in

Calculus. These Free Study Notes are important for GATE EC, GATE EE, GATE ME,
GATE CS, GATE CE as well as other exams like BARC, BSNL, IES, DRDO etc.

These GATE 2019 Study Material can be downloaded in PDF so that your exam
preparation is made easy and you ace your paper. Before you start, make sure you go
through the basics of Engineering Mechanics though.

Laplace Transforms

Limits, Continuity & Differentiabilitsy

Mean Value Theorems

If the value of f'(x) is finite on (a, b) then it is said to be derivable on (a, b). The
derivatives of various functions with examples are given below.

Derivatives of Implicit Functions

The below example explains the method of derivative of implicit functions.

Example 1:

Solution:
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Derivatives of Inverse Trigonometric Functions
The below example explains the method of derivative of Inverse Trigonometric
functions.

Example 2:

Find the value of f’(x) where f(x) = sin-1 x

Solution:

Let y = sin-1 x sin y = x

We know, sin2y + cos2y = 1

Note:
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Logarithmic Differentiation
The below example explains the method of derivative of Logarithmic functions

Example 3:

Solution:

Derivatives of Functions in Parametric Forms

The below example explains the method of derivative functions in parametric form.

Example 4:

Solution:
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Example 5:

Solution:

Second Order Derivative

So far we have seen only first order derivatives and second order derivative can be
obtained by again differentiating first order differential equation with respect to x.

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If f’(x) is differentiable, we may differentiate above equation w.r.t x.

Note:

Let the function f(x) be continuous on [a, b] and differentiable on the open interval
(a, b), then
1. f(x) is strictly increasing in [a, b] if f’(x) > 0 for each x (a, b)
2. f(x) is strictly decreasing in [a, b] if f’(x) < 0 for each x (a, b) 3. f(x)
is constant function in [a, b] if f’(x)= 0 for each x (a, b)

Example 6:

Find the intervals in which the function f is given by f(x)=

sin x + cos x : 0 ≤ x ≤ 2π

is strictly increasing or strictly decreasing.

Solution:

We have, f(x) = sin x + cos x f'(x)

= cos x – sin x

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In the next article we will see about Partial Differentials.

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