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The derivative of y = f(x) at a point x is defined as
where h = Δx, Δy = f(x + h) – f(x) = f(x + Δx) – f(x) provided the limit exists.
Differentiation formulas
In the following u, v represent function of x while a, c, p represent constants. It’s assumed that the derivatives of u and v exist, i.e. u and v are differentiable.
In the special case where u = x, the above formulas are simplified since in such case du/dx = 1.