D1. CONSTANT RULE D6.

PRODUCT RULE
d d dv du
( c )=0 ( uv )=u + v
dx dx dx dx
D10. RECIPROCAL RULE
−dv
D2. VARIABLE RULE D7. QUOTIENT RULE
d
( x )=1
du
v
−u
dv
d 1
()
dx v
dx
= 2
v
dx d u
()
dx v
=
dx
v
2
dx

D11. CHAIN RULE

D3. POWER RULE
d n D8. RADICAL RULE
d d
dx
( x )=nxn−1
du dx
{ f [ g ( x ) ] }= dx [ f (u ) ∙ g ( u ) ]= dy ∙
du dx
du

d dx
( √ u )=
D4. CONSTANT TIMES
dx 2 √u
D12. GENERAL POWER RULE
FUNCTION RULE
d n
d du D9. RECIPROCAL OF A ( u ) =nun−1 ∙ du
( cu ) =c dx dx
dx dx POWER RULE

D5. SUM/DIFFERENCE
d 1
( )
dx un
−n du
= n+1 ∙
u dx
D13. INVERSE FUNCTION
RULE
d du dx dy 1
( u+ x )= + =
dx dx dx dx dy
dx

Differentiation of trigonometric functions

T1. T4.
d du d du
( sin u )=cos u ( cot u )=−csc 2 u
dx dx dx dx

T2. T5.
d du d du
( cos u ) =−sin u ( sec u ) =sec u tan u
dx dx dx dx

T3. T6.
d du d du
( tan u ) =sec 2 u ( csc u )=−csc u cot u
dx dx dx dx

Differentiation of inverse trigonometric functions

IT1. IT4.
d 1 du d −1 du
( Arc sin u ) = ∙ ( Arc cot u ) = ∙
dx √1−u dx
2
dx 1+u 2 dx

IT2. IT5.
d −1 du d 1 du
( Arc cos u )= ∙ ( Arc secu )= ∙
dx √1−u2 dx dx u √u −1 dx
2

IT3. IT6.
d 1 du d −1 du