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CLP-4 Vector Calculus

Section A.3 Table of Derivatives

Throughout this table, \(a\) and \(b\) are constants, independent of \(x\text{.}\)
\(F(x)\) \(F'(x)=\diff{F}{x}\)
\(af(x)+bg(x)\) \(af'(x)+bg'(x)\)
\(f(x)+g(x)\) \(f'(x)+g'(x)\)
\(f(x)-g(x)\) \(f'(x)-g'(x)\)
\(af(x)\) \(af'(x)\)
\(f(x)g(x)\) \(f'(x)g(x)+f(x)g'(x)\)
\(f(x)g(x)h(x)\) \(f'(x)g(x)h(x)+f(x)g'(x)h(x)+f(x)g(x)h'(x)\)
\(\frac{f(x)}{g(x)}\) \(\frac{f'(x)g(x)-f(x)g'(x)}{g(x)^2}\)
\(\frac{1}{g(x)}\) \(-\frac{g'(x)}{g(x)^2}\)
\(f\big(g(x)\big)\) \(f'\big(g(x)\big)g'(x)\)
\(F(x)\) \(F'(x)=\diff{F}{x}\)
\(a\) \(0\)
\(x^a\) \(ax^{a-1}\)
\(g(x)^a\) \(ag(x)^{a-1}g'(x)\)
\(\sin x\) \(\cos x\)
\(\sin g(x)\) \(g'(x)\cos g(x)\)
\(\cos x\) \(-\sin x\)
\(\cos g(x)\) \(-g'(x)\sin g(x)\)
\(\tan x\) \(\sec^2 x\)
\(\csc x\) \(-\csc x\cot x\)
\(\sec x\) \(\sec x\tan x\)
\(\cot x\) \(-\csc^2 x\)
\(e^x\) \(e^x\)
\(e^{g(x)}\) \(g'(x)e^{g(x)}\)
\(a^x\) \((\ln a)\ a^x\)
\(F(x)\) \(F'(x)=\diff{F}{x}\)
\(\ln x\) \(\frac{1}{x}\)
\(\ln g(x)\) \(\frac{g'(x)}{g(x)}\)
\(\log_a x\) \(\frac{1}{x\ln a}\)
\(\arcsin x\) \(\frac{1}{\sqrt{1-x^2}}\)
\(\arcsin g(x)\) \(\frac{g'(x)}{\sqrt{1-g(x)^2}}\)
\(\arccos x\) \(-\frac{1}{\sqrt{1-x^2}}\)
\(\arctan x\) \(\frac{1}{1+x^2}\)
\(\arctan g(x)\) \(\frac{g'(x)}{1+g(x)^2}\)
\(\arccsc x\) \(-\frac{1}{|x|\sqrt{x^2-1}}\)
\(\arcsec x\) \(\frac{1}{|x|\sqrt{x^2-1}}\)
\(\arccot x\) \(-\frac{1}{1+x^2}\)