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Chain Rule

This document discusses the derivatives of composite functions, which are functions of another function, and introduces the Chain Rule for differentiation. It outlines the theorem for differentiating composite functions and provides methods for solving examples. The document emphasizes the importance of understanding these concepts for exams.

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Chain Rule

This document discusses the derivatives of composite functions, which are functions of another function, and introduces the Chain Rule for differentiation. It outlines the theorem for differentiating composite functions and provides methods for solving examples. The document emphasizes the importance of understanding these concepts for exams.

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Derivatives of Composite Functions (Function of another function)

So far we have studied the derivatives of simple functions like sin x, log x, etc.
But how to find out the derivatives of sin() , log (sin (+ 5)) or etc ?
These are known as composite functions. In this section let us study how to
differentiate composite functions.

Theorem : If y = f (u) is a differentiable function of u and u = g (x) is a


differentiable function of x such that the composite function y = f [g (x)] is a
differentiable function of x then

For proof refer text book. (This theorem is important for Borad Exam)
Note:

1. The derivative of a composite function can also be expressed as follows. y = f (u) is a


differentiable function of u and u = g (x) is a differentiable function of x such that the composite
function y = f [ g (x)] is defined then
2. If y = f (v) is a differentiable function of v and v = g (u) is a differentiable function
of u and u = h (x) is a differentiable function of x then
1. If y is a differentiable function of u1 , u is a differentiable function of u i+1 for i 1, 2, ..., n−1 and uni
is a differentiable function of x, then

This rule is also known as Chain rule.


Derivatives of some standard Composite Functions

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SOLVED EXAMPLES

Ex. 1 : Differentiate the following w. r. t. x.


(i)

Solution : (i)
Method 1 :
Let then , where is a differentiable function of and
u is a differentiable function of then ………………….(I)
Now,
Differentiate w. r. t. u
and
Differentiate w. r. t.
Now, equation (I) becomes,
Method 2 :

We have

[consider as f(x) use the formula of derivative of [ ]

Differentiate w. r. t. ,

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