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Derivatives

The following is a table of first order derivatives.

Description Derivative Result
Constant c 0
Variable x 1
Scaled variable (cx) cx
Sum (x+y) x+y
Product (xy) xy+xy
Quot xy x.y+x.yy2
Reciprocal 1x xx2
Power (xy) yxy1
Square root x 12x
Chained rule f(g(x))x $\frac{\partial f(g(x))}{\partial g(x)} \frac{\partial g(x)}{\partial x} $
Multivariable rule f(u(x),v(x))x f(u(x),v(x))u(x)f(u(x),v(x))u(x)+f(u(x),v(x))x
Vector square length (v.v) 2vv
Vector length v v^v