Implicit differentiation modules
Overview
After completing this section, students should be able to do the following.
- Implicitly differentiate expression.
- Find the equation of the tangent line for curves that are not plots of functions.
- Understand how changing the variable changes how we take the derivative.
- Understand the derivatives of functions that are not defined explicitly in terms of an independent variable .
- Explain the formula for the derivative of the natural log function.
- Calculate derivatives of logs in any base.
- Calculate the derivative of an exponential function, axax, where a>0a>0.
Standard form
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Two young mathematicians discuss the standard form of a line.
Implicit differentiation
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In this section we differentiate equations that contain more than one variable on one side.
Derivatives of inverse exponential functions
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We derive the derivatives of inverse exponential functions using implicit differentiation.
Derivatives of inverse trigonometric functions
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We derive the derivatives of inverse trigonometric functions using implicit differentiation.
The Inverse Function Theorem
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We see the theoretical underpinning of finding the derivative of an inverse function at a point.