Derivative Calculator • With Steps!
https://www.derivative-calculator.netThe Derivative Calculator lets you calculate derivatives of functions online — for free! Our calculator allows you to check your solutions to calculus exercises. It helps you practice by showing you the full working (step by step differentiation). The Derivative Calculator supports computing first, second, …, fifth derivatives as well as ...
Introduction to Derivatives
www.mathsisfun.com › calculus › derivativesPut in f (x+Δx) and f (x): x2 + 2x Δx + (Δx)2 − x2 Δx. Simplify (x 2 and −x 2 cancel): 2x Δx + (Δx)2 Δx. Simplify more (divide through by Δx): = 2x + Δx. Then, as Δx heads towards 0 we get: = 2x. Result: the derivative of x2 is 2x. In other words, the slope at x is 2x. We write dx instead of "Δx heads towards 0".
Differential calculus - Wikipedia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Differential_calculusIf f is a differentiable function on ℝ (or an open interval) and x is a local maximum or a local minimum of f, then the derivative of f at x is zero. Points where f'(x) = 0 are called critical points or stationary points (and the value of f at x is called a critical value). If f is not assumed to be everywhere differentiable, then points at which it fails to be differentiable are also designated critical points.