Differentiation2010. 12. 20. 18:07

The slope of the tangent line to the graph of f at the point (c, f(c)) is called
the slope of the graph of f at x=c.

It is equal to the derivative of f at the point (c, f(c)).

The process of finding the derivative of a function is called differentiation.
It is very close concept with limits.

The derivative of f at x is given by  f'(x) = lim((f(x+Δx)-f(x))/Δx, Δx=0) 
provided the limit exists (See Figure 06).



f is differentiable at x = c when f has same values between the derivatives
from the left
and from the right and f is continuous at x = c.
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