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  2. Limit Definition of Derivative - Calculus - Socratic

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    Limit Definition of Derivative . First Principles Example 1: x² . First Principles Example 2: x³ . First ...

  3. Using the Limit definition to find the derivative of $e^x$

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    0. You can use the definition ex = limn → ∞(1 + x n)n to show limh → 0eh − 1 h = 1. Let an(t) = (1 + t n)n, and let, where it exists, a(t) = limn → ∞an(t). We will use the inequality. (1 + x)n ≥ 1 + nx, ∀n ∈ N, x ≥ − 1. which follows from an easy inductive argument. Let S = {t ∈ R: limn → ∞an(t) exists}.

  4. limits - Definition of the nth derivative? [First post] -...

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    This is probably not a good definition of the n th derivative. To see this, consider the case n = 2: f ″ (x) = lim h → 0f(x + 2h) − 2f(x + h) + f(x) h2 Define f: R → R as follows. First, define f(0) = 0. Now define f on the intervals [− 1, − 1 2) and (1 2, 1] to be your favorite unbounded function, for instance 1 x2 − 1 / 4 is a ...

  5. How do you find the derivative of (cos x) using the limit...

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    Calculus Derivatives Limit Definition of Derivative . 1 Answer Jim H May 7, 2016 ...

  6. calculus - Multivariable derivative: Limit definition -...

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    We can write the limit definition: df(x(t)) dt = lim h → 0f(x(t + h)) − f(x(t)) h This is indeed the 1D version of the first limit above (1). To further drive the comparison, we know that df dt = f ′ (x(t))x ′ (t) = (df / dx)(dx / dt) = derivative of the outside times derivative of the inside. And in the multivariate case, that first ...

  7. The second derivative shows the rate of change of the actual rate of change, suggesting information relating to how frequenly it changes. The original one is rather straightforward: Δy Δx = lim h → 0f(x + h) − f(x) x + h − x = lim h → 0f(x + h) − f(x) h. And can easily be shown that f ′ (x) = nxn − 1 + … is correct for the ...

  8. Finding the Derivative of |x| using the Limit Definition

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    Please Help me derive the derivative of the absolute value of x using the following limit definition. $$\lim_{\Delta x\rightarrow 0}\frac{f(x+\Delta x)-f(x)}{\Delta x} $$ I have no idea as to how to get started.Please Help.

  9. Using the limit definition, how do you differentiate - Socratic

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    The limit definition is: lim_(h->0) (f(x+h) - f(x))/(h) If you think of it in the following way, it should help: Take a regular graph and choose any point on it. Zoom into it. Either use your calculator or just imagine it. You've just simulated the limit definition of the derivative. The more you zoom in, the more linear the graph looks. Then it's just the slope equation after you've zoom in a ...

  10. calculus - Limit definition of a derivative proof? - Mathematics...

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    The first step is simply applying the rule you were given. The second factors our f(x) from the numerator. The third step uses the fact that f(x) is not a function of h, thus it can be factored out of the limit. The next step is to suppose that the quantity lim h → 0f(h) − 1 h exists. If so, then clearly it does not depend on the choice of ...

  11. calculus - Why is a derivative defined using limits? -...

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    25. The idea of a derivative-as-limit was introduced in the 17th Century by Newton and Leibniz (Newton's first description of the derivative pre-dates Leibniz's by 20 or so years, but Newton didn't publish at the time, and the modern consensus is that Leibniz built the theory independently).