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Statement

We have the following differentiation rule:

where is a constant. Some notes on the validity:

Case on Values of for which this makes sense
all nonzero . Also makes sense at if we interpret 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.