Derivative - Wikipedia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DerivativeDifferentiation is the action of computing a derivative. The derivative of a function y = f(x) of a variable x is a measure of the rate at which the value y of the function changes with respect to the change of the variable x.It is called the derivative of f with respect to x.If x and y are real numbers, and if the graph of f is plotted against x, derivative is the slope of this graph at each ...
5. APPLICATIONS OF DERIVATIVES
www.supermath.info/Calc85to101.pdfAPPLICATIONS OF DERIVATIVES Derivatives are everywhere in engineering, physics, biology, economics, and much more. In this chapter we seek to elucidate a number of general ideas which cut across many disciplines. Linearization of a function is the process of approximating a function by a line near some point.