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Pudge714
02-13-2006, 12:10 AM
Could someone please help me derive the follwing two functions.

f(x)= xln(ln(x))

and

x^(e^x)

All help would be greatly appreciated.

cts
02-13-2006, 12:30 AM
I suppose you mean differentiate?

f(x) = xlog(log(x))
f'(x) = x'log(log(x)) + x(log(log(x))'
= log(log(x)) + x(1/log(x))*1/x
= log(log(x)) + 1/log(x)

g(x) = x^(e^x)
g'(x) = x^(e^x)(log(x)e^x + e^x/x)

Lestat
02-13-2006, 03:44 AM
[ QUOTE ]
I suppose you mean differentiate?

f(x) = xlog(log(x))
f'(x) = x'log(log(x)) + x(log(log(x))'
= log(log(x)) + x(1/log(x))*1/x
= log(log(x)) + 1/log(x)

g(x) = x^(e^x)
g'(x) = x^(e^x)(log(x)e^x + e^x/x)

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It's almost scary to me that there are people who can look at this and actually make sense of it.

PokerPadawan
02-13-2006, 09:13 AM
Standard.

tomdemaine
02-13-2006, 09:39 AM
[ QUOTE ]
[ QUOTE ]
I suppose you mean differentiate?

f(x) = xlog(log(x))
f'(x) = x'log(log(x)) + x(log(log(x))'
= log(log(x)) + x(1/log(x))*1/x
= log(log(x)) + 1/log(x)

g(x) = x^(e^x)
g'(x) = x^(e^x)(log(x)e^x + e^x/x)

[/ QUOTE ]

It's almost scary to me that there are people who can look at this and actually make sense of it.

[/ QUOTE ]

I think this is the formula for the new pattern mapper tm 2.0

Meromorphic
02-13-2006, 02:58 PM
[ QUOTE ]
[ QUOTE ]
I suppose you mean differentiate?

f(x) = xlog(log(x))
f'(x) = x'log(log(x)) + x(log(log(x))'
= log(log(x)) + x(1/log(x))*1/x
= log(log(x)) + 1/log(x)

g(x) = x^(e^x)
g'(x) = x^(e^x)(log(x)e^x + e^x/x)

[/ QUOTE ]

It's almost scary to me that there are people who can look at this and actually make sense of it.

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I'm sure most of the people in freshman calculus could make similar comments about cryptic poker comments. Just a matter of learning what everything means.