Derivative of Function in C

Smythe · 2012-03-07 15:00:27

If I was taking the derivative of the attached function; Is the derivative in 'C' dx=(r*b*pow(sin(pi*pow(x,a)),b-1)*cos(pi*pow(x,a)))); or dx=pi*a*b*r*pow(x, a-1)*pow(sin(pi*pow(x,a)),b-1) *cos(pi*pow(x,a)); Thank you!

07-03-2012 04:00PM

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If I was taking the derivative of the attached function;

Is the derivative in 'C'

dx=(r*b*pow(sin(pi*pow(x,a)),b-1)*cos(pi*pow(x,a))));

or

dx=pi*a*b*r*pow(x, a-1)*pow(sin(pi*pow(x,a)),b-1) *cos(pi*pow(x,a));

Thank you!

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#2 07-03-2012 07:22PM

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It's possible that the original equation in the attachment could be seen as being ambigious.

I know the equation in the attachment when written in C is the following;

r*pow(sin(3.14159265*pow(x,a)),b)

Does this help identify the "proper" identity of the original equation?

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#3 07-03-2012 09:06PM

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Have you tried turing it off and on again?

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#4 07-03-2012 10:52PM

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Standard Toaster wrote: »

Have you tried turing it off and on again?

Obviously that's the first thing I did, but it didn't work for some reason.

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