Lecture 5 Derivatives
Lecture 5 Derivatives
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CHAPTER 3 DIFFERENTIATION
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3.1 THE DERIVATIVE AS A
FUNCTION
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DERIVATIVE FUNCTION
At the end of Chapter 2, we defined the slope of a curve 𝑦 = 𝑓 𝑥 at the point
𝑥 = 𝑥0 where to be
𝑓 𝑥0 + ℎ − 𝑓 𝑥0
lim
ℎ→0 ℎ
We called this limit, when it existed, the derivative of ƒ at 𝑥0 .
We now investigate the derivative as a function derived from ƒ by considering the
limit at each point of the domain of ƒ.
DEFINITION: The derivative of the function 𝑓 𝑥 with respect to variable 𝑥 is the
function 𝑓 ′ whose value at 𝑥 is
′
𝑓 𝑥0 + ℎ − 𝑓 𝑥0
𝑓 𝑥 = lim ,
ℎ→0 ℎ
provided the limit exists.
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ALTERNATIVE FORMULA
If we write 𝑧 = 𝑥 + ℎ , then ℎ = 𝑧 − 𝑥 and ℎ
approaches 0 if and only if 𝑧 approaches 𝑥.
Therefore, an equivalent definition of the
derivative is as follows (see Figure 3.1).
Alternative Formula for the Derivative
′
𝒇 𝒛 −𝒇 𝒙
𝒇 𝒙 = lim
𝒛→𝒙 𝒛−𝒙
𝑧 =𝑥+ℎ
ℎ → 0, 𝑖𝑚𝑝𝑙𝑦 𝑧 → 𝑥
𝑓 ′ 𝑥 = 𝑦 ′ = 4𝑥 3 − 4𝑥 = 0
4𝑥 𝑥 2 − 1 = 4𝑥 𝑥 + 1 𝑥 − 1 = 0
Thus, horizontal tangents are,
𝑥 = 0, 𝑥 = −1, 𝑥 = 1
At the points,
0,2 , −1,1 , 1,1