Quiz:Product rule for differentiation

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For a quiz that tests all the differentiation rules together, see Quiz:Differentiation rules.

For background, see product rule for differentiation and product rule for higher derivatives.

Formulas

1 Suppose f and g are both twice differentiable functions everywhere on R. Which of the following is the correct formula for (f⋅g)″, the second derivative of the pointwise product of functions?

f″⋅g+f⋅g″
f″⋅g+f′⋅g′+f⋅g″
f″⋅g+2f′⋅g′+f⋅g″
f″⋅g−f′⋅g′+f⋅g″
f″⋅g−2f′⋅g′+f⋅g″

2 Suppose f1,f2,f3 are everywhere differentiable functions from R to R. What is the derivative (f1⋅f2⋅f3)′, where f1⋅f2⋅f3 denotes the pointwise product of functions?

f1′′⋅f2′′⋅f3′′
f1′′⋅f2⋅f3+f1⋅f2′′⋅f3+f1⋅f2⋅f3′′
f1⋅f2′′⋅f3′′+f1′′⋅f2⋅f3′′+f1⋅f2⋅f3′′
f1′′⋅f2+f2′′⋅f3+f3′′⋅f1
f1″″⋅f2′′⋅f3


Qualitative and existential significance

1 Suppose f and g are continuous functions at x0 and f⋅g is the pointwise product of functions. Which of the following is true (see last two options!)?

If f and g are both left differentiable at x0, then so is f⋅g.
If f and g are both right differentiable at x0, then so is f⋅g.
If f and g are both differentiable at x0, then so is f⋅g.
All of the above are true
None of the above is true

2 Suppose f and g are continuous functions at x0 and f⋅g is the pointwise product of functions. What is the relationship between the differentiability of f, g, and f⋅g at x0?

If any two of the three functions are differentiable at x0, then so is the third.
If f⋅g is differentiable at x0, so are f and g.
If f⋅g and f are differentiable at x0, so is g. However, differentiability of f and g at x0 does not guarantee differentiability of f⋅g.
If f and g are both differentiable at x0, so is f⋅g. However, differentiability of f⋅g and f does not guarantee differentiability of g, and differentiability of f⋅g and g does not guarantee differentiability of f.
We cannot draw any inferences about differentiability of one of the three functions based on differentiability of the other two.


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