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Derivative Rule of Bernoulli-l'Hôpital

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This lecture covers the Bernoulli's Rule and l'Hôpital's Rule for differentiable functions in a neighborhood of a point xo, where g(x) is not equal to 0 and g'(x) is not equal to 0. It explores various scenarios where the limits of f(x) and g(x) are finite or infinite, leading to specific outcomes. Examples are provided to illustrate the application of these rules in practice, emphasizing the importance of continuity and differentiability. The lecture concludes with a generalization of the Mean Value Theorem and a proof involving continuous and differentiable functions on a closed interval [a, b].

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Differentiable function

In mathematics, a differentiable function of one real variable is a function whose derivative exists at each point in its domain. In other words, the graph of a differentiable function has a non-vertical tangent line at each interior point in its domain. A differentiable function is smooth (the function is locally well approximated as a linear function at each interior point) and does not contain any break, angle, or cusp. If x0 is an interior point in the domain of a function f, then f is said to be differentiable at x0 if the derivative exists.

Semi-differentiability

In calculus, a branch of mathematics, the notions of one-sided differentiability and semi-differentiability of a real-valued function f of a real variable are weaker than differentiability. Specifically, the function f is said to be right differentiable at a point a if, roughly speaking, a derivative can be defined as the function's argument x moves to a from the right, and left differentiable at a if the derivative can be defined as x moves to a from the left.

Differentiation rules

This is a summary of differentiation rules, that is, rules for computing the derivative of a function in calculus. Unless otherwise stated, all functions are functions of real numbers (R) that return real values; although more generally, the formulae below apply wherever they are well defined — including the case of complex numbers (C). For any value of , where , if is the constant function given by , then . Let and . By the definition of the derivative, This shows that the derivative of any constant function is 0.

Non-analytic smooth function

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