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Important Definitions and Formulae in Derivatives

I. Derivatives:
1.Derivative :- Let y = f(x) be a function. If h is any change in x, then the
Lt f(x  h) - f(x)
corresponding change in y is f(x+h) – f(x).If h  0 h
exists, then f(x) is said to be differentiable at x. The limit is called the
derivative of f(x) and it is denoted by f ′(x) or y ′ or y1 .
d du
2. If k is any constant and u is a function of x, then dx
{ku}  k
dx .
3. If u and v are two functions of x, then
d du dv d dv du v du  u dv
i) {u  v}   ii) {uv}  u v iii) d { u }  dx dx
dx dx dx dx dx dx
dx v v2
d d
4. dx (c) = 0. where c is a constant. 5. dx (xn) = n x n-1
d 1 d
6. dx (logx) = x 7. dx (ex) = ex
d d 1
8. dx ( ax) = ax log a 9. dx ( x )= 2 x

d x x d
10. dx = x 11. dx (sin x) = cos x
d d
12. dx (cos x) = - sin x 13. dx (tan x) = sec2x
d d
14. dx (cot x) = - cosec2x 15. dx ( sec x) = sec x tan x
d d
(sin-1x) =
1
16. dx (cosec x) = - cosec x cot x 17. dx 1 x
2

d 1 d
18. dx ( cos-1x) = - 2 19. dx (tan-1x) = 1
1 x 2
1 x

d d 1
20. dx (cot-1x) = - 1 1x 2 21. dx (sec-1x) = x 1  x2

d 1
22. dx (cosec-1x) = - x x2  1