Differentiation rule for power functions: Difference between revisions

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! Case on <math>r</math> !! Values of <math>x</math> for which this makes sense
! Case on <math>r</math> !! Values of real <math>x</math> for which this makes sense
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| <math>r = 0</math> || all nonzero <math>x</math>. Also makes sense at <math>x = 0</math> if we interpret the left side as 1 (constant equal to the list at 0) and the right side as 0.
| <math>r = 0</math> || all nonzero <math>x</math>. Also makes sense at <math>x = 0</math> if we interpret the left side as 1 (constant equal to the list at 0) and the right side as 0.

Latest revision as of 03:14, 26 May 2014

Statement

We have the following differentiation rule:

where is a constant. Some notes on the validity:

Case on Values of real for which this makes sense
all nonzero . Also makes sense at if we interpret the left side as 1 (constant equal to the list at 0) and the right side as 0.
a rational number with odd denominator and greater than or equal to 1 All
a real number greater than 1 that is not rational with odd denominator All . One-sided derivative makes sense at 0.
a rational number with odd denominator and between 0 and 1 All . At 0, we have a vertical tangent or vertical cusp depending on the numerator of the rational function.
a real number between 0 and 1 that is not rational with odd denominator All . One-sided vertical tangent at 0.
a rational number with odd denominator and less than 0 All . At 0, we have a vertical asymptote
a real number less than 0 that is not rational with odd denominator All . One-sided vertical asymptote at 0.