Appendix B 705

APPENDIX B | TABLE OF
DERIVATIVES
General Formulas
1. d (c) = 0
dx

2. d ⎛⎝ f (x) + g(x)⎞⎠ = f ′ (x) + g′ (x)

dx

3. d ⎛⎝ f (x)g(x)⎞⎠ = f ′ (x)g(x) + f (x)g′ (x)

dx

4. d (x n) = nx n − 1, for real numbers n

dx

5. d ⎛⎝c f (x)⎞⎠ = c f ′ (x)

dx

6. d ⎛⎝ f (x) − g(x)⎞⎠ = f ′ (x) − g′ (x)

dx
⎛ f (x) ⎞ g(x) f ′ (x) − f (x)g′ (x)
7. d
dx ⎝ g(x) ⎠
= ⎛ ⎞2
⎝g(x)⎠

8. d ⎡⎣ f ⎛⎝g(x)⎞⎠⎤⎦ = f ′ ⎛⎝g(x)⎞⎠ · g′ (x)

dx

Trigonometric Functions
9. d (sin x) = cos x
dx

10. d (tanx) = sec 2 x

dx

11. d (secx) = sec x tan x

dx

12. d (cos x) = −sin x

dx

13. d (cotx) = −csc 2 x

dx

14. d (cscx) = −csc x cot x

dx

Inverse Trigonometric Functions

15. d ⎛⎝sin −1 x⎞⎠ = 1
dx 1 − x2

16. d ⎛⎝tan −1 x⎞⎠ = 1

dx 1 + x2

17. d ⎛⎝sec −1 x⎞⎠ = 1

dx
| x| x 2 − 1
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18. d ⎛⎝cos −1 x⎞⎠ = − 1

dx 1 − x2

19. d ⎛⎝cot −1 x⎞⎠ = − 1

dx 1 + x2

20. d ⎛⎝csc −1 x⎞⎠ = − 1

dx
| x| x 2 − 1

Exponential and Logarithmic Functions

21. d (e x) = e x
dx

22. d (ln |x|) = 1x

dx

23. d (b x) = b x lnb
dx

24. d ⎛⎝log b x⎞⎠ = 1

dx x lnb

Hyperbolic Functions
25. d (sinh x) = cosh x
dx

26. d (tanh x) = sech 2 x

dx

27. d (sech x) = −sech x tanh x

dx

28. d (cosh x) = sinh x

dx

29. d (coth x) = −csch 2 x

dx

30. d (csch x) = −csch x coth x

dx

Inverse Hyperbolic Functions

31. d ⎛⎝sinh −1 x⎞⎠ = 1
dx 2
x +1

32. d ⎛⎝tanh −1 x⎞⎠ = 1 (|x| < 1)

dx 1 − x2

33. d ⎛⎝sech −1 x⎞⎠ = − 1 (0 < x < 1)

dx x 1 − x2

34. d ⎛⎝cosh −1 x⎞⎠ = 1 (x > 1)

dx 2
x −1

35. d ⎛⎝coth −1 x⎞⎠ = 1 (|x| > 1)

dx 1 − x2

36. d ⎛⎝csch −1 x⎞⎠ = − 1 (x ≠ 0)

dx
| x| 1 + x 2

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