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  2. List of trigonometric identities - Wikipedia

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    Ptolemy's theorem states that the sum of the products of the lengths of opposite sides is equal to the product of the lengths of the diagonals. When those side-lengths are expressed in terms of the sin and cos values shown in the figure above, this yields the angle sum trigonometric identity for sine: sin(α + β) = sin α cos β + cos α sin β.

  3. Differentiation of trigonometric functions - Wikipedia

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    For example, the derivative of the sine function is written sin ′ (a) = cos(a), meaning that the rate of change of sin(x) at a particular angle x = a is given by the cosine of that angle. All derivatives of circular trigonometric functions can be found from those of sin( x ) and cos( x ) by means of the quotient rule applied to functions such ...

  4. Taylor series - Wikipedia

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    The Taylor polynomials for ln(1 + x) only provide accurate approximations in the range −1 < x1. For x > 1, Taylor polynomials of higher degree provide worse approximations. The Taylor approximations for ln(1 + x) (black). For x > 1, the approximations diverge. Pictured is an accurate approximation of sin x around the point x = 0. The ...

  5. Derivative - Wikipedia

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    The slope of the tangent line is equal to the derivative of the function at the marked point. The derivative at different points of a differentiable function. In this case, the derivative is equal to sin ⁡ ( x 2 ) + 2 x 2 cos ⁡ ( x 2 ) {\displaystyle \sin \left(x^{2}\right)+2x^{2}\cos \left(x^{2}\right)} .

  6. Natural logarithm - Wikipedia

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    The natural logarithm of x is generally written as ln x, log e x, or sometimes, if the base e is implicit, simply log x. [2] [3] Parentheses are sometimes added for clarity, giving ln(x), log e (x), or log(x). This is done particularly when the argument to the logarithm is not a single symbol, so as to prevent ambiguity. The natural logarithm ...

  7. Logarithmic derivative - Wikipedia

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    When f is a function f(x) of a real variable x, and takes real, strictly positive values, this is equal to the derivative of ln(f), or the natural logarithm of f. This follows directly from the chain rule: [1] ⁡ = ()

  8. Chain rule - Wikipedia

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    In calculus, the chain rule is a formula that expresses the derivative of the composition of two differentiable functions f and g in terms of the derivatives of f and g.More precisely, if = is the function such that () = (()) for every x, then the chain rule is, in Lagrange's notation, ′ = ′ (()) ′ (). or, equivalently, ′ = ′ = (′) ′.

  9. List of logarithmic identities - Wikipedia

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    ln(r) is the standard natural logarithm of the real number r. Arg(z) is the principal value of the arg function; its value is restricted to (−π, π]. It can be computed using Arg(x + iy) = atan2(y, x). Log(z) is the principal value of the complex logarithm function and has imaginary part in the range (−π, π].