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    The document discusses higher order derivatives. It defines higher order derivatives up to the nth derivative. Examples are provided of taking the first, second and third derivatives of functions. Non-differentiable functions are also discussed, including functions that jump, have a kink, are unbounded, cannot be defined at a point, or have an infinite derivative.

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    HIGHER

    ORDER
    DERIVATIVES

    HIGHER ORDER
    DERIVATIVES
    If y-f(x) is a differentiable

    function at an
    argument x, then its higher order derivatives can be
    obtained as follows:
    First Derivative (Y-Prime)

    y = f(x) = Dx[f(x)]
    Second Derivative (Y- Double Prime)
    y=f(x)=Dx[Dx[f(x)]]
    Third Derivative (Y-Triple Prime)
    y=f(x)= Dx[Dx[Dx[f(x)]]]
    Fourth Derivative (Y-to the 4th Prime)
    y(4)= f(4)(x)=Dx[Dx[Dx[Dx[f(x)]]]]
    N-th Derivative (Y-to the nth Prime)
    y(n)= f(n)(x)= Dx[Dx[Dx[Dx[f(x)]]]]

    EXAMPLES
    1.If y = x(4) 7x (2) + 4 then
    y = 4x (3) 14x
    y= 12x (2) 14
    y= 24x
    y (4) =24 and
    y (5) = 0

    EXAMPLES

    2.

    If y = = 2x

    y= -2x
    y= 4x (-3) =
    y = -12 (-4) =
    (-2) =

    (-1)

    then

    EXAMPLES

    3. If y= = then
    y= (-1)=
    y= - (-1)=
    y=
    (-1) =

    NONDIFFERENTIABLE
    FUNCTIONS

    NONDIFFERENTIABLE
    Differentiation can only be
    FUNCTIONS
    applied to functions that look like
    straight lines in the vicinity of the
    point at which you want to
    differentiate. No tangent line
    means no derivative. Also when
    the tangent line is straight vertical
    the derivative would be infinite
    and that is no good either.

    CASE
    1
    The

    function
    jumps at x,
    (is not
    continuous)
    like what
    happen on
    a step of
    stairs. An
    example is
    the
    function, y=

    CASE
    2
    The

    functions
    graph has a
    kink, like the
    letter V has.
    The absolute
    value
    function as
    y= /y/, is x
    when x is
    positive and
    x when x is
    negative has
    a kink at x=0

    CASE
    The function is
    3 and
    unbounded

    goes

    to infinity.
    The function, y=
    and y= do this
    at x=0. Notice
    that tat the
    particular
    argument x=0,
    you have to
    divide by 0 to
    form this
    function, and
    dividing by 0 is
    not an
    acceptable
    operation, as we

    CASE
    4
    The function

    cant be
    defined a
    argument x.
    when we are
    talking about
    real functions
    the square root
    cannot be
    defined for
    negative x
    arguments.
    Example is the
    function,
    y=

    CASE
    5

    The function
    can be
    defined and
    finite but its
    derivative
    can be
    infinite. An
    example is
    y= at x=0

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