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Calculus (General) Formulas

Calculus (General) Formulas

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Re: Calculus (General) Formulas

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Jai Ganesh

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Re: Calculus (General) Formulas

If x=f(t), then dy/dx = (dy/dt)/(dx/dt)

dy/dx*dx/dy=1 or dx/dy = 1/(dy/dx)

d(logx)/dx = 1/x

d(Sinx)/dx = Cosx

d(Cosx)/dx = -Sinx

d(tanx)/dx = Sec²x

d(cotx)/dx = -Cosec²x

d(secx)/dx = secxtanx

d(cosecx)/dx = -CosecxCotx

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Re: Calculus (General) Formulas

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krassi_holmz

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Re: Calculus (General) Formulas

In the last Ricky post there is a little mistake:
1. lim a f(x)=a m, and
4. lim f(x)/g(x)= m/n , n != 0.
There won't be any eroors if, instead of:
"Let lim f(x)=m and lim g(x)=n",
we write:
"Let lim f(x)=n and lim g(x) = m".

//After the correction remove this

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Jai Ganesh

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Re: Calculus (General) Formulas

Fundamental limits

, a>0

,a>0

, a>0

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a>0, n∈N

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mikau

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Re: Calculus (General) Formulas

Hold it, the limit of tan 1/x as x approaches zero is pi/2? That doesn't seem right.

Shouldn't it be, limit of arctan 1/x as x approaches zero equals pi/2?

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George,Y

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Re: Calculus (General) Formulas

and another fomula say it's -x/2 ???

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Ricky

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Re: Calculus (General) Formulas

limit as x approaches 0 of tan(1/x) is undefined.

Same goes with arctan.

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Re: Calculus (General) Formulas

[Thank you, Mikau, George and Ricky. I have incorporated the correction.]

Theorems on limits

where p and q are integers.

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Jai Ganesh

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Re: Calculus (General) Formulas

Some Important Expansions:-

for -1<x<1

for every positive value of x<1.

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mikau

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Re: Calculus (General) Formulas

limit as x approaches 0 of tan(1/x) is undefined.

Same goes with arctan.

I don't think thats correct. Yes the limit of tan (1/x) as x approaches zero is undefined, but the limit of arctan (1/x) as x approaches zero IS pi/2. Think about it, if  θ is an angle in a right triangle, and the side opposite  θ is 1 and the side adjacent to θ is x, as x approaches zero,  θ aproaches 90 from the left.

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Re: Calculus (General) Formulas

This isn't rigourous, but more of a way to think about it.  limit 1/x as x goes to 0 from the positive side is positive infinity.  So what we really want to find is the limit of arctan(x) as x goes to infinity, which is pi/2.

But what about when we approach 1/x from the negative side?  Then it's negative infinity, and thus, we want to find the limit of arctan(x) as x approaches negative infinity.  That's -pi / 2. 

Since the limit from the left is not the limit from the right, the limit does not exist.

For a clear way to see it, just use a graphing calculator.  Or just do arctan(1/.000000001) and arctan(1/-000000001).

Last edited by Ricky (2006-04-10 07:25:59)

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mikau

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Re: Calculus (General) Formulas

Oh, right. Sorry, I forgot no one specified which side it approaches zero from so the left hand limit has to equal the right hand limit, for a limit to exist.

My bad.

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Re: Calculus (General) Formulas

Maclaurin/Taylor Series

Exponentials and Logarithms

Trigonometric Functions

See bottom of post for definition of B[sub]n[/sub].

See bottom of post for definition of B[sub]n[/sub].

See bottom of post for definition of E[sub]n[/sub].

See bottom of post for definition of B[sub]n[/sub].

Hyperbolic Functions

See bottom of post for definition of B[sub]n[/sub].

See bottom of post for definition of B[sub]n[/sub].

See bottom of post for definition of E[sub]n[/sub].

See bottom of post for definition of B[sub]n[/sub].

B[sub]n[/sub]: The Bernoulli Numbers

The Bernoulli numbers B[sub]n[/sub] are a sequence of special rational numbers. Their derivation is outside the scope of this thread, but an explanation may be offered elsewhere upon sufficient demand. The first few Bernoulli numbers are(note that for odd n other than 1, B[sub]n[/sub] = 0):

E[sub]n[/sub]: The Euler Numbers

The Euler numbers E[sub]n[/sub] are a sequence of special numbers. Their derivation is outside the scope of this thread, but an explanation may be offered elsewhere upon sufficient demand. The first few Euler numbers are(note that for all odd n, E[sub]n[/sub] = 0):

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Re: Calculus (General) Formulas

Finding Derivatives By First Principles

f'(x)=lim    f(x+h)-f(x)
        h->0 -------------
                      h

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