DIFFERENTIATION RULES

GENERAL FORMULAS
d d
1. c 0 2. cf x c f x
dx dx
d d
3. f x tx f x tx 4. f x tx f x tx
dx dx

5.
d
dx
f xtx f xtx txf x (Product Rule) 6.
d
dx

f x
tx

txf x f xtx
tx 2
(Quotient Rule)

d d
7. f tx f txtx (Chain Rule) 8. x n nx n1 (Power Rule)
dx dx

EXPONENTIAL AND LOGARITHMIC FUNCTIONS

d d
9. e x e x 10. a x a x ln a
dx dx
d 1 d 1
11.
dx
ln x
x
12.
dx
log a x
x ln a

TRIGONOMETRIC FUNCTIONS
d d d
13. sin x cos x 14. cos x sin x 15. tan x sec 2x
dx dx dx
d d d
16. csc x csc x cot x 17. sec x sec x tan x 18. cot x csc 2x
dx dx dx

INVERSE TRIGONOMETRIC FUNCTIONS

d 1 d 1 d 1
18. sin1x 20. cos1x 21. tan1x
dx s1 x 2 dx s1 x 2 dx 1 x2
d 1 d 1 d 1
22. csc1x 23. sec1x 24. cot1x
dx x sx 2 1 dx x sx 2 1 dx 1 x2

HYPERBOLIC FUNCTIONS
d d d
25. sinh x cosh x 26. cosh x sinh x 27. tanh x sech 2x
dx dx dx
d d d
28. csch x csch x coth x 29. sech x sech x tanh x 30. coth x csch 2x
dx dx dx

INVERSE HYPERBOLIC FUNCTIONS

d 1 d 1 d 1
31. sinh1x 32. cosh1x 33. tanh1x
dx s1 x 2 dx sx 2 1 dx 1 x2
d 1 d 1 d 1
34. csch1x 35. sech1x 36. coth1x
dx
x sx 2 1 dx x s1 x 2 dx 1 x2