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Welcome to the Wikiversity School of Mathematics, a collection of lesson plans and related materials to assist in the learning of mathematics.

Readings

Wikibooks: Basic Math for Adults

See also

• Portal:Mathematics
• School:Mathematics

External Links

Kronos 400 Free printable multiplication & division worksheets. Free lessons, online activities, worksheets, lessons & assessments in all subjects. [1]

This section of the School of Mathematics focuses on providing teaching tools for parents and educators, whether in traditional or home-schooling environments. A parallel project is underway to teach students directly, whether children or adults, at this Wikibooks page.

Welcome to the Wikiversity Division of Primary School Mathematics, part of the School of Mathematics. The face of teaching mathematics is in constant flux. This course, therefore, is an attempt to stay in step with the current pedagogue(s) used to teach mathematics to the primary grades.

While educators should find this course helpful in learning or reacquainting themselves with some of the methodologies currently used, this course attempts to use as much lay language as possible to also be helpful to parents who, when looking over the shoulders of their children, are sometimes baffled by the "New Math". Those who wish to home-school their child(ren) may find the most value from this course; attempts will be made to cover a number of pedagogically related topics in depth; many core components (not necessarily math related) of learning will be discussed and links to more in-depth coverage of those topics will also be included. Also, if you have trouble with the material, links will be found on each page to other more basic and/or remedial sources in the Wiki community to help bring you up to speed. By providing links "in both directions" as described above, it is hoped that this course might serve as a starting point for those wishing to gain more insight into the teaching of mathematics to the primary grades.

What This Course is Not

This course assumes that the reader has reached a certain level of competency with the topics it covers. As such, this course is not designed to teach mathematics to the reader. For a very elementary introduction to mathematics, for the child or for the adult who considers themselves mathematically handicapped, you may want to read a book in development in Wikibooks, Primary Mathematics.

This course is meant to give the reader insight into how and why mathematical core understandings and skills are taught the way they are. A basic mathematics background should be all that is needed to find value in this course. Oftentimes parents (and even teachers) only understand a topic in the way they were taught it, but modern math curriculums are typically constructed such that topics are covered in many different ways in order to, among other things, accommodate the different learning styles of students.

There are many ways to teach any given mathematical understanding, and the depth of students' mathematical understandings are enhanced when they have explored it from multiple perspectives. For example, the Theory of Multiple Intelligences is but one perspective that teachers employ when leveraging student's individual strengths.

Although the idea that there are many learning styles is not well supported by the research in this area so far, this course recognizes that there are many teaching styles. As such, this course is not necessarily intended to be a math curriculum, although it could serve as part of the foundation of one. For example, this course will not teach the reader in step by step fashion how to multiply two large numbers, but the various building blocks and algorithms that students can be introduced to in the process of learning this skill will be explained.

There are many very good texts/curriculums/approaches out there; there are even "schools" of thought that suggest that math is best taught without textbooks if the teacher is skilled enough. This course could never pretend to cover the range of curricula out there. Emphasis will be on content knowledge and how it can be taught to the primary grade student. Nonetheless, activities will be suggested in this course that support the concept or skill being presented, which may serve to present the reader with ideas for their own course content.

Connections

One of the overarching ideas that should be highly leveraged in the teaching of mathematics in the primary grades involves the connections students make in their learning. All of our mathematical understandings are intertwined. For this reason, different skills such as multiplication and concepts like those learned from the study of geometry should not be explored by students in a vacuum. Rather, they should be taught together, in such a way that they reinforce each other. Internal links, when found in this course, will purposefully be placed there to emphasize the need for an ever-present awareness of the connectedness of mathematical understandings. Teachers should prefer not to "teach", they should prefer to "guide".

So how do teachers not teach? They do this by inspiring students to inspire their own learning. The most inspiring inquiries are often born of students' own interests. Primary and even upper school teachers recognize that understanding mathematics in the abstract is not the goal of most students. They need to see connections to the real world to inspire their learning. Teachers should prefer to use real world problems that require the need for mathematical models (see below). Students should then be encouraged to make connections by looking for patterns, exploring extremes, and forming and testing conjectures. At the same time teachers should be aware that all mathematics, from basic numeracy upwards is an abstraction and that some ideas are better explained as abstractions or generalizations from what is already known, rather than by constructing tedious and implausible 'real world' examples. After all, how often do carpenters really use trigonometry to measure the height of a flagpole?

Modern educators realize that students gain true "ownership" of their understandings through, inasmuch as it is possible, making connections on their own - by way of their own work and explorations. "Telling them how to do it" does not respect or celebrate their abilities. On the other hand, letting students explore concepts, learning from their mistakes as they go, ultimately leads to much stronger mathematical understandings. It also leads them to form learning habits that make their future explorations more efficient and successful. Connecting with a child's personal interests is also important. However, it is unrealistic to expect students to construct their own understandings of many areas in Mathematics. For example, calculus eluded mathematicians for centuries before it was created by Sir Isaac Newton. More appropriately for the primary school level, the long division algorithm is not something that students can be expected to figure out for themselves.

Manipulatives and Models

One very important component of the contemporary methods used to teach math is the use of manipulatives (such as toys) and models (visual representations) to give added dimension to students' understandings. In each chapter of this course, the reader will find various examples of models used to teach different mathematical understandings. Often, they will find that these models serve to make connections to material covered in other sections. Keep in mind that teachers in the classroom tend to be very creative and resourceful. Often, the models found in this course have many possible permutations, and can come in various shapes, sizes, and guises. They are purposely presented here in simple forms to facilitate, for the reader, their identification.

In this course, the word model is occasionally used in a subtly different context as well - one that is commonly used by teachers of any discipline. We like to model good mathematical habits just as we like to see any kind of good behavior modeled. Occasionally, teachers should model problems by doing them as if they are a student.

Course Contents

Note: a copy of some of the following pages initially was created from Wikibooks, but the content will start to diverge to take the two different audiences into account. See Wikiversity:Import.

Numbers and Operations

• Numbers
• Adding numbers
• Subtracting numbers
• Multiplying numbers
• Dividing numbers

Pre-Algebra

• Negative numbers
• Powers, roots, and exponents
• Fractions
• Working with fractions
• Percentages
• Factors and Primes
• Method for Factoring
• Proportions
• Introduction to variables

Measurement and Geometry

• Polygons and Area
• Angles, see also: Angles
• Solids

Advanced topics

• Probability
• Measures of Central Tendency: Mean, Median, and Mode
• Sets and Boolean logic

Links commonly found in this course

• The Use of Calculators

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Move on to High School Mathematics

External links

• http://hub.mspnet.org/index.cfm/13083
• http://math.berkeley.edu/~wu/
• https://mathnuggets.com
• http://archive.aft.org/pubs-reports/american_educator/fall99/amed1.pdf
• http://www.teachrkids.com/
• http://nlvm.usu.edu/en/NAV/vlibrary.html
• http://archive.aft.org/pubs-reports/american_educator/issues/fall2005/aharoni.htm
• http://www.math.jhu.edu/~wsw/papers/PAPERS/ED/ee.pdf
• http://www.air.org/expertise/index/?fa=viewContent&content_id=598
• http://www.cs.nyu.edu/faculty/siegel/siegel.pdf
• http://www.helpinghandeducation.com/

Welcome to the Wikiversity Division of High School Mathematics, part of the School of Mathematics. This division focuses on high school mathematics. Progression should continue through each section. Each section may be instructed or learned thoroughly per year, or can be tailored to a custom study plan.

See also: School:Mathematics/Primary_School_Mathematics

Introduction

These are the topics which are normally taught in high school. It should tend to be inclusive. Topics which are only present in some curriculae and topics that are not normally taught at the high school level but which high school student are capable of learning should be put under supplementary materials.

• Brief overview over each topic
• Study plan

Building basic mathematical knowledge

• Algebra 1 in Simple English (recent)
• Function graphing
• Systems of Equations
• Solving equations
• Solving linear inequalities
• Functions
• Sets and Boolean logic

Further algebra

• Quadratic functions
• Polynomials
• Factorization of polynomials
• Linear Algebra and Matrices

Functions

• Trigonometry
• Exponential and Logarithm
• Complex numbers

Others

• Sets
• Series and Sequences
• Permutation and Combination
• Probability
• Statistic
• Vectors
• Geometry

Calculus

• Limits
• Differentiation
• Integration

Supplementary

• Graph Theory
• Group Theory
• Logic
• Number Theory
• Mathematical errors

Country-specific courses

• Advanced Level Mathematics - United Kingdom (Under Construction)

Extensions

• High school mathematics extensions contains numerous topics not covered in the standard high school curriculum.

Links to other languages in other Wikimedia projects

• 日本語高等学校数学 ＠Wikibooks - Japanese

External links

• Course-Notes.Org Math Notes
• Math 12 dot com

Algebra/Function graphing Algebra/Systems of simultaneous equations Algebra/Solving equations Algebra/Solving linear inequalities Calculus/Functions Algebra/Quadratic functions Algebra/Trigonometry Algebra/Polynomials Algebra/Factorization of polynomials

Introducing Limits

Let's consider the following expression: ${\frac {n}{n+1}}$

As n gets larger and larger, the fraction gets closer and closer to 1.

$\left({\tfrac {1}{2}},{\tfrac {2}{3}},{\tfrac {3}{4}},\dots {\tfrac {999}{1000}}\right)$

As n approaches infinity, the expression will evaluate to fractions where the difference between them and 1 becomes negligible. The expression itself approaches 1. As mathematicians would say, the limit of the expression as $n\!$ goes to infinity is 1, or in symbols: $\lim _{n\rightarrow \infty }{\frac {n}{n+1}}=1$.

An interesting sequence is $S_{n}={\tfrac {1}{n}}$ As $n\!$ gets bigger (in symbols $n\rightarrow \infty$, we have smaller values of $S\!$, for

$S_{1}=1\!,S_{2}={\tfrac {1}{2}},S_{3}={\tfrac {1}{3}},S_{4}={\tfrac {1}{4}},S_{5}={\tfrac {1}{5}}$

and so on. Clearly, $S\!$ can't be smaller than zero (for if ${\tfrac {1}{n}}<0$ we have that $n\!$ is less than zero). Then we may say that $\lim _{n\rightarrow \infty }S_{n}=0$. Continuing with this sequence, we might want to study what happens when $n\!$ gets near to zero, and later what happens with negative values of $n\!$ going near to zero. Usually, the letter $n\!$ is reserved for integer values, so we are going to redefine our sequence as $S_{n}=S(x)={\frac {1}{x}}$. If we take a sequence of values of $x\!$, say

$x=1,x={\tfrac {1}{2}},x={\tfrac {1}{4}},x={\tfrac {1}{8}},x={\tfrac {1}{16}}\!$

We see that the respective values of $S\!$ grows indefinitely, for

$S(1)=1\!$

$S(2)=2\!$

$S(4)=4\!$

$S(8)=8\!$

$S(16)=16\!$

In this case, we might say that the limit of $\lim _{x\rightarrow 0^{+}}S(x)=\infty$, in words, the limit of $S\!$ as $x\!$ goes to zero from right (as the sequence of values of $x\!$ goes to zero from the left in a graphic) diverge (or tends to infinity, or is unbounded, but we never say that it is infinity or equals infinity). Other case happens if we study sequences of values of $x$ such that every element of the sequence is lower than zero, the sequence is increasing but never exceeding zero. One example of such sequence is:

$x=-1\!$, with $S(-1)=-1\!$

$x=-{\frac {1}{2}}$, with $S(-{\frac {1}{2}})=-2$

$x=-{\frac {1}{4}}$, with $S(-{\frac {1}{4}})=-4$

$x=-{\frac {1}{8}}$, with $S(-{\frac {1}{8}})=-8$

$x=-{\frac {1}{16}}$, with $S(-{\frac {1}{16}})=-16$

The values of $S(x)\!$ decrease without bounds. The we say that $\lim _{x\rightarrow 0^{-}}S(x)=-\infty$, or that $S(x)\!$ tends to minus infinity when $x$ goes to zero from left.

Basic Limits

For some limits (if the function is continuous at and near the limit), the variable can be replaced with its value directly:
$\lim _{n\rightarrow x}f(n)=f(x)$
For example,
$\lim _{x\rightarrow 5}{\frac {x+10}{2x}}={\frac {5+10}{2\cdot 5}}={\frac {3}{2}}$
and
$\lim _{m\rightarrow b}{\frac {m+b}{m}}={\frac {b+b}{b}}=2$ (with $b$ not equal to 0)

Others are somewhat more complicated:
$\lim _{x\rightarrow \infty }{\frac {5x+1}{x}}=\lim _{x\rightarrow \infty }5+{\frac {1}{x}}=5+0=5$

Note that in this limit, one may not immediately set $x$ equal to $\infty$ because this would result in the expression evaluating to
${\frac {\infty }{\infty }}$

which is an undefined expression. However, one may reduce the expression by separating the terms into separate fractions (in this case, ${\frac {5x}{x}}$ and ${\frac {1}{x}}$), which can be evaluated directly.

Right and Left Hand Limits

Sometimes, we want to calculate the limit of a function as a variable approaches a certain value from only one side; that is, from the left or right side. This is denoted, respectively, by $\lim _{x\rightarrow _{a}-}$ or $\lim _{x\rightarrow _{a}+}$. If the left-hand and right-hand limits do not both exist, or are not equal to each other, then the limit does not exist.
The following limit does not exist: $\lim _{x\rightarrow _{0}}{\frac {1}{x}}$
It doesn't because the left and right handed limits are unequal.
$\lim _{x\rightarrow _{0}-}{\frac {1}{x}}=-\infty$
$\lim _{x\rightarrow _{0}+}{\frac {1}{x}}=\infty$

Note that if the function is undefined at the point where we are trying to find the limit, it doesn't mean that the limit of the function at that point does not exist; for an example, let's evaluate $g(x)=1/x^{2}$ at $x=0$.

Left-hand limit	Right-hand limit
$\lim _{x\rightarrow _{0}-}{\frac {1}{x^{2}}}=\infty$	$\lim _{x\rightarrow _{0}+}{\frac {1}{x^{2}}}=\infty$

$\lim _{x\rightarrow _{0}-}{\frac {1}{x^{2}}}=\infty =\lim _{x\rightarrow _{0}+}{\frac {1}{x^{2}}}$

Therefore: $\lim _{x\rightarrow _{0}}{\frac {1}{x^{2}}}=\infty$

Some Formal Definitions and Properties

Until now, limits have been discussed informally but it shouldn't be all intuition, for we need to be sure of certain assertions. For an example, the limit

$\lim _{n\rightarrow \infty }S_{n}=0$

We have seen that the function decreases as $n$ increases, but how do we guarantee that there isn't a value $y$, say

$y=0.000000000000000000000000000001$

such that $S$ is never smaller than $y$? If there is such $y$, we might want to say that the limit is $y$, not zero, and we can't test every single possible value of $y$ (for there are infinite possibilities). We must then find a mathematical way of proving that there isn't such $y$, but for that we need to define formally what a limit is.

Right Limits, Left Limits, Limits and Continuity

Let $f$ be a real valued function. We say that

$\lim _{x\rightarrow x_{0}^{-}}f(x)=c$

if for every $\epsilon >0$ there is a $\delta >0$ such that, for every $x'$ between $(x_{0}-\delta )$ and $x_{0}$

$|f(x')-c|<\epsilon$

where $|x|$ is the absolute value of $x$.

This is the formal definition of convergence from the left. It means that for each possible error bigger than zero, we are able to find a interval such that for all $x$ in that interval, the distance between the value of the function and the constant $c$ is less than the error.

TODO: Graphics illustrating this.

In an analogous fashion, we say that

$\lim _{x\rightarrow x_{0}^{+}}f(x)=c$

if for every $\epsilon >0$ there is a $\delta >0$ such that, for every $x'$ between $(x_{0})$ and $x_{0}+\delta$, $|f(x')-c|<\epsilon$.

And to finish the necessary definitions,

$\lim _{x\rightarrow x_{0}}f(x)=c$

if

$\lim _{x\rightarrow x_{0}^{-}}f(x)=c$

and

$\lim _{x\rightarrow x_{0}^{+}}f(x)=c$.

Example:

$\lim _{x\rightarrow 0}x^{2}=0$

This is a assertion that must be proved. First, lets study the behavior of $f(x)=x^{2}$ near zero;

$|x^{2}-0|<\epsilon \Rightarrow |x^{2}|<\epsilon \Rightarrow x^{2}<\epsilon \Rightarrow x<{\sqrt {\epsilon }}$

where the arrow pointing right means implies. So, define the function

$\delta (\epsilon )={\sqrt {\epsilon }}$

If $|x-0|<\delta (\epsilon )$, then $|f(x)-0|<\epsilon$. We have show how to find the delta in the definition of limit, showing that the limit of $f$ as x tends to zero is zero.

In fact, for any real number $x_{0}$,

$\lim _{x\rightarrow x_{0}}x^{2}=x_{0}^{2}$

Lets see how to construct a suitable function $\delta (\epsilon )$.

$|x^{2}-x_{0}^{2}|=|(x-x_{0})(x+x_{0})|<(x+x_{0})^{2}$, then $(x+x_{0})^{2}<\epsilon \Rightarrow |x^{2}-x_{0}^{2}|<\epsilon$

So,

$(x+x_{0})^{2}<\epsilon \Rightarrow x+x_{0}<{\sqrt {\epsilon }}\Rightarrow \delta (\epsilon )={\sqrt {\epsilon }}$

implying that $|x-x_{0}|<\delta (\epsilon )$ makes $|x^{2}-x_{0}^{2}|<\epsilon$ for any $x_{0}$.

Functions with the property that

$\lim _{x\rightarrow x_{0}}f(x)=f(x_{0})$

are called continuous, and arise very naturally in the physical sciences; Beware that, against the intuition of most people, not every function is continuous.

Property of Limits

Property one: If $\lim _{x\rightarrow x_{0}}f(x)=c$, then

$\lim _{x\rightarrow x_{0}}kf(x)=kc$

for any constant $k$.
Proof: Construct the function $\delta (\epsilon )$ for $f$. Then

$|x-x_{0}|<\delta (\epsilon )\Rightarrow |f(x)-c|<\epsilon$

So

$|x-x_{0}|<{\frac {1}{k}}\delta (\epsilon )\Rightarrow |kf(x)-kc|=|k||f(x)-c|<\epsilon$

Then the limit of $kf$ is $kc$, for the delta function of $kf$ is

$\delta '(\epsilon )={\frac {1}{k}}\delta (\epsilon )$

QED.

TODO: Demonstrate main properties of limit (unicity, etc)

L'Hôpital's Rule

L'Hôpital's Rule is used when a limit approaches an indeterminate form. The two main indeterminate forms are ${\frac {0}{0}}$ and ${\frac {\infty }{\infty }}$. Other indeterminate forms can be algebrically manipulated, such as $\infty -\infty$.

L'Hôpital's Rule states if a limit of ${\frac {f(x)}{g(x)}}$ approaches an intederminate form as $x$ approaches $a$, then:
$\lim _{x\rightarrow a}{\frac {f(x)}{g(x)}}=\lim _{x\rightarrow a}{\frac {f'(x)}{g'(x)}}$

Example: $\lim _{x\rightarrow 0}{\frac {\sin(x)}{x}}$
Both the numerator and the denominator approach zero as $x$ approaches zero, therefore the limit is in indeterminate form, so l'Hôpital's rule can be applied to this limit. (note: you can also use the Sandwich Theorem.)
$\lim _{x\rightarrow 0}{\frac {\sin(x)}{x}}=\lim _{x\rightarrow 0}{\frac {\sin '(x)}{x'}}=\lim _{x\rightarrow 0}{\frac {\cos(x)}{1}}$
Now the limit is in a usable form, which equals 1.

If the limit resulting from applying l'Hôpital's Rule is still one of the two mentioned indeterminates, we may apply the rule again (to the limit obtained), and again and again until a usable form is encountered.

Where does it come from

To obtain l'Hôpital's Rule for a limit of ${\frac {f(x)}{g(x)}}$ which approaches ${\frac {0}{0}}$ as $x$ approaches $a$, we simply decompose both $f(x)$ and $g(x)$ in terms of their Taylor expansion (centered around $a$). The independent terms of both expansions must be $0$ (because both $f(x)$ and $g(x)$ approached $0$), so if we divide both the $f(x)$ and $g(x)$ by $(x-a)$ (or, equivalently, find their derivatives), our limit will stop being indeterminate.

It could be the case that the Taylor expansions of both the numerator and the denominator have a $0$ as coefficient of the $(x-a)$ term, thus yielding an indeterminate. This is the same case mentioned above where the trick was to repeat the process until a suitable limit was found.

The case of a limit which approaches ${\frac {\infty }{\infty }}$ can be transformed to the case above by exchanging ${\frac {f(x)}{g(x)}}$ with ${\frac {1/g(x)}{1/f(x)}}$, which obviously approaches ${\frac {0}{0}}$.

Calculus/Limits/Exercises

Prerequisites

In order to understand and calculate derivatives, one must understand the following topics:

Calculus/Limits

Geometry

Introduction to Differentiation

Differentiation is the process of finding the unique slope of a line at any point on that line, should such a slope exist. As we shall show, there are commonplace functions that fail this requirement at some point.

Generally, a slope can be found by taking the change in y-coordinates divided by the change in x-coordinates or:

${\frac {(y_{2}-y_{1})}{(x_{2}-x_{1})}}={\frac {\Delta y}{\Delta x}}=m$

where m is the slope.

Now what happens when we attempt to take the slope of a point on a line, or how fast the y's are changing in respect to the x's at a single point? The formula fails when $\Delta x$ or $\Delta y=0$

In order to do this, we have to undergo differentiation.

Definition of a Derivative

The following formula will calculate the slope of a line at any point:

$f^{\prime }(x)=\lim _{h\to 0}{\frac {f(x+h)-f(x)}{h}}$

where $f^{\prime }$ indicates the derivative, and h is the difference between a point h units away from x and x

Given $f(x)=3x^{2}$, to find the derivative of f(a) (where a is any x coordinate within the domain of f(x)), use the definition of derivative.

$f^{\prime }(x)=\lim _{h\to 0}{\frac {3(a+h)^{2}-3a^{2}}{h}}$

Here's an exercise to try:

Find $f^{\prime }(2)$, given that $f(x)=4x^{2}$. The solution is below.

$f^{\prime }(2)=\lim _{h\to 0}{\frac {4(2+h)^{2}-16}{h}}=\lim _{h\to 0}{\frac {4(4+4h+h^{2})-16}{h}}=\lim _{h\to 0}{\frac {16+16h+4h^{2}-16}{h}}=\lim _{h\to 0}{\frac {16h+4h^{2}}{h}}=\lim _{h\to 0}(16+4h)=16$

Therefore, the slope of 4x^2 at x=2 is 16.

This is a somewhat tedious process when bigger functions are involved. Take for example:

$f(x)=3x^{6}+sin^{2}x-12^{x}+5$

Using the definition of derivative, your equation looks like this:

$f^{\prime }(x)=\lim _{h\to 0}{\frac {(3(x+h)^{6}+sin^{2}(x+h)-12^{(x+h)}+5)-(3x^{6}+sin^{2}(x)-12^{x}+5)}{h}}$

Have fun solving that algebraically!

Luckily, this is where rules for derivatives come in.

Where Derivation Fails

Two examples of commonplace functions either have ambiguous derivatives or none at some point. The absolute value function has an ambiguous derivative at x=0 For |x|, |x| = -x and the derivative of |x| is -1 if x < 0. |x| = x and the derivative of |x| is 1 if x > 0. But if x=0, then |x|, x, and -x are all zero. No matter how close a number is to zero, the derivative of |x| is 1 for x > 0 but -1 for any x less than zero. Because one cannot determine whether the derivative of |x| is -1, 1, or something else at x=0, one has an ambiguous derivative at x=0... and thus none.

Another function that most off us know well is 1/x. For f(x) = 1/x

$f^{\prime }(x)=\lim _{h\to 0}{\frac {f(x+h)-f(x)}{h}}$ implies

$f^{\prime }(1/x)=\lim _{h\to 0}{\frac {f(1/(x+h))-f(1/x)}{h}}$

$f^{\prime }(1/x)=\lim _{h\to 0}{\frac {(x/x(x+h))-(x+h)/x(x+h)}{h}}$

$f^{\prime }(1/x)=\lim _{h\to 0}{\frac {(x-(x+h))}{hx(x+h)}}$

$f^{\prime }(1/x)=\lim _{h\to 0}{\frac {-h}{hx(x+h)}}$

$f^{\prime }(1/x)=\lim _{h\to 0}{\frac {-1}{x(x+h)}}$

$f^{\prime }(1/x)=\lim _{h\to 0}{\frac {-1}{x^{2}}}$

$f^{\prime }(1/x)={\frac {-1}{x^{2}}}$

No derivative of 1/x can exist at x=0.

Derivative Rules

In the following table, f(x) and g(x) are functions whereas "a" is a constant number. f'(x) and g'(c) are the derivatives of the functions f(x) and g(x), respectively.

Rule Name	Original Function	Derivative
Chain Rule	f(g(x))	f'(g(x))•g'(x)
constant function derivative	a	0
Addition Rule	f(x)+g(x)	f'(x)+g'(x)
???	x	1
Scalar Rule	a•f(x)	a•f'(x)
Power Rule	(f(x))a	a•(f(x))a-1ˆ•f'(x)
Product Rule	f(x)•g(x)	f(x)•g'(x) + g(x)•f'(x)
Quotient Rule	f(x)/g(x)	(g(x)•f'(x) - f(x)•g'(x)) / (g(x))2
derivative of trigonometric function	sin(x)	cos(x)
derivative of trigonometric function	cos(x)	-sin(x)
derivative of trigonometric function	tan(x)	sec2(x)
derivative of trigonometric function	ln(x)	1/x
derivative of trigonometric function	ex	ex

Calculus/Integration

See http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/High_school_mathematics_extensions for more High School Mathematics info and http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Wikiversity:School_of_Mathematics#WIKIVERSITY_SCHOOL_OF_MATHEMATICS for more links and courses.

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