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  • Differentiation of a Function wrt Another Function and Higher Order derivative of a Function is considered one of the most asked concept.

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\frac{d^{2}x}{dy^{2}}  equals to

Let, f(x)=cos[cot1(cosx1cos2x)],π4<x<π2. Then df(x)d(cotx) at x=5π12 is equal to

Let f(x)=x5+2ex/4 for all xR. Consider a function g(x) such that (gof) (x)=x for all xR. Then the value of 8g(2) is :

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Differentiation of a Function wrt Another Function and Higher Order derivative of a Function

Differentiation of a Function wrt another Function and Higher Order derivative of a Function

Suppose it is required to differentiate a function u=f(x) w.r.t. another function v=g(x).
Here, f(x) and g(x) are different functions, but the variable i.e. x is the same.
To find du/dv or dv/du, we first differentiate both function f(x) and g(x) w.r.t. x separately and then put these values in the following formulae:

dudv=du/dxdv/dx and dvdu=dv/dxdu/dx
Higher Order Derivative of a Function

The derivative of a function is itself a function, so we can find the derivative of a derivative. The new function obtained by differentiating the derivative is called the second derivative. Furthermore, we can continue to take derivatives to obtain the third derivative, a fourth derivative, and so on. 

Collectively, these are referred to as higher-order derivatives. The notation for the higher-order derivatives of y=f(x) can be expressed in any of the following forms:

f(x),f(x),f(x),f(4)(x),,f(n)(x)y,y(x),y(x),y(4)(x),,y(n)(x)dydx,d2ydx2,d3ydx3,d4ydx4,,dnydxn
Note:
It is interesting to note that the notation for d2ydx2 may be viewed as an attempt to express ddx(dydx) more compactly.
Also ddx(ddx(dydx))=ddx(d2ydx2)=d3ydx3
d2ydx2(dydx)2
d2ydx2(d2ydt2d2xdt2)
d2ydx21d2xdy2

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Differentiation of a Function wrt Another Function and Higher Order derivative of a Function

Mathematics for Joint Entrance Examination JEE (Advanced) : Calculus

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