Topic 5: Calculus – SL and HL

SL Derivative of x n f ( x) xn f ( x) nx n 1

5.3

SL
5.5 xn 1
Integral of x n x n dx C, n 1
n 1

Area between a curve

b
y f ( x) and the x-axis, A y dx
a
where f ( x ) 0

SL Derivative of sin x f ( x) sin x f ( x) cos x

5.6
Derivative of cos x f ( x) cos x f ( x) sin x

Derivative of e x f ( x) e x f ( x) e x

1
Derivative of ln x f ( x) ln x f ( x)
x
dy dy du
Chain rule y g (u ) , where u f ( x)
dx du dx
dy dv du
Product rule y uv u v
dx dx dx

du dv
v u
Quotient rule
u dy dx dx
y
v dx v2
SL dv d2 s
5.9 Acceleration a
dt dt 2

Distance travelled from t2

distance v(t ) dt
t1 to t 2 t1

Displacement from t2
displacement v (t )dt
t1 to t 2 t1

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 SL Standard integrals 1
5.10 dx ln x C
x

sin x dx cos x C

cos x dx sin x C

e x dx e x C

SL
5.11 Area of region enclosed b
A y dx
by a curve and x-axis a

Topic 5: Calculus – HL only

AHL Derivative of f ( x ) from dy f ( x h) f ( x)

5.12 first principles
y f ( x) f ( x) lim
dx h 0 h

AHL Standard derivatives

5.15
tan x f ( x) tan x f ( x) sec 2 x

sec x f ( x) sec x f ( x) sec x tan x

cosec x f ( x) cosec x f ( x) cosec x cot x

cot x f ( x) cot x f ( x) cosec 2 x

ax f ( x) a x f ( x) a x (ln a)

1
log a x f ( x) log a x f ( x)
x ln a

1
arcsin x f ( x) arcsin x f ( x)
1 x2

1
arccos x f ( x) arccos x f ( x)
1 x2

1
arctan x f ( x) arctan x f ( x)
1 x2

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 AHL Standard integrals 1 x
5.15 a x dx a C
ln a
1 1 x
2 2
dx arctan C
a x a a

1 x
dx arcsin C, x a
a 2
x 2 a

AHL dv du
5.16 Integration by parts u dx uv v dx or u dv uv v du
dx dx

AHL b

5.17
Area of region enclosed A x dy
a
by a curve and y-axis

b b
Volume of revolution V y 2 x or V x2 y
a a
about the x or y-axes

AHL Euler’s method yn 1 yn h f ( xn , yn ) ; xn 1 xn h , where h is a constant

5.18 (step length)

Integrating factor for P ( x )dx

e
y P ( x) y Q ( x)

AHL x2
5.19 Maclaurin series f ( x) f (0) x f (0) f (0)
2!

Maclaurin series for x2

special functions ex 1 x ...
2!

x2 x3
ln (1 x) x ...
2 3

x3 x5
sin x x ...
3! 5!

x2 x4
cos x 1 ...
2! 4!

x3 x5
arctan x x ...
3 5

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