Higher-Order Derivatives of Products/Compositions

Compute second or higher-order derivatives of functions defined by products and compositions, such as finding f'''(1) for f(x) = 2x(x-1)³ + (x-1)⁴.

grandes-ecoles 2011 Q6 View
Let $x , y \in C ^ { 1 } \left( \left[ 0 , + \infty \left[ ; \mathbb { R } ^ { n } \right) \right. \right.$. Prove that $$\forall t \in \left[ 0 , + \infty \left[ , \frac { d } { d t } ( \langle A x ; y \rangle ) ( t ) = \left\langle A x ^ { \prime } ( t ) ; y ( t ) \right\rangle + \left\langle A x ( t ) ; y ^ { \prime } ( t ) \right\rangle \right. \right.$$
jee-advanced 2007 Q48 View
48. $\frac { d ^ { 2 } x } { d y ^ { 2 } }$ equals
(A) $\left( \frac { d ^ { 2 } y } { d x ^ { 2 } } \right) ^ { - 1 }$
(B) $- \left( \frac { d ^ { 2 } y } { d x ^ { 2 } } \right) ^ { - 1 } \left( \frac { d y } { d x } \right) ^ { - 3 }$
(C) $\left( \frac { d ^ { 2 } y } { d x ^ { 2 } } \right) \left( \frac { d y } { d x } \right) ^ { - 2 }$
(D) $- \left( \frac { d ^ { 2 } y } { d x ^ { 2 } } \right) \left( \frac { d y } { d x } \right) ^ { - 3 }$
Answer
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(A)
(B)
(C)
(D)
jee-main 2014 Q80 View
If $y = e ^ { n x }$, then $\frac { d ^ { 2 } y } { d x ^ { 2 } } \cdot \frac { d ^ { 2 } x } { d y ^ { 2 } }$ is equal to:
(1) $n e ^ { - n x }$
(2) $- n e ^ { - n x }$
(3) $n e ^ { n x }$
(4) 1
jee-main 2019 Q81 View
Let, $f : R \rightarrow R$ be a function such that $f ( x ) = x ^ { 3 } + x ^ { 2 } f \prime ( 1 ) + x f \prime \prime ( 2 ) + f \prime \prime \prime ( 3 ) , \forall x \in R$. Then $f ( 2 )$ equals
(1) 30
(2) 8
(3) $- 4$
(4) $- 2$
jee-main 2023 Q85 View
If $f(x) = x^2 + g'(1)x + g''(2)$ and $g(x) = f(1)x^2 + xf'(x) + f''(x)$, then the value of $f(4) - g(4)$ is equal to $\_\_\_\_$.
jee-main 2023 Q79 View
Let $y ( x ) = ( 1 + x ) \left( 1 + x ^ { 2 } \right) \left( 1 + x ^ { 4 } \right) \left( 1 + x ^ { 8 } \right) \left( 1 + x ^ { 16 } \right)$. Then $y ^ { \prime } - y ^ { \prime \prime }$ at $x = - 1$ is equal to
(1) 976
(2) 464
(3) 496
(4) 944
jee-main 2024 Q85 View
Let $f ( x ) = x ^ { 3 } + x ^ { 2 } f ^ { \prime } ( 1 ) + x f ^ { \prime \prime } ( 2 ) + f ^ { \prime \prime \prime } ( 3 ) , x \in R$. Then $f ^ { \prime } ( 10 )$ is equal to