differentiating “combined” functions deriving product rule for differentiation
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Differentiating “Combined” Functions
Deriving Product Rule for Differentiation.
Products: A Gambier Example
LARGE RATS!!!!
A Gambier Example
( ) ( ) ( )Lg t k R t H t
The rate at which the deer gobble my hostas is proportional to the product of the number of deer and the number of hostas. So we have a gobble function:
What can we say about the rate of change of this function?
What if over a short period of time t, from t to t + t the deer population increases by a small amount by RL and the hosta population increases by H. How much does the gobble rate change between time t and time t + t ?
A Gambier Example
( ) ( ) ( )Lg t k R t H t
( ) ( ) ( )L Lg t t k R t R H t H ( ) ( ) ( ) ( )L L L Lk R t H t k R t H k R H t k R H
( ) ( ) ( ) ( )L L Lg t t g t k R t H k R H t k R H
So we need to compute ( ) ( ) :g t t g t
A Gambier Example
( ) ( ) ( )Lg t k R t H t
( )Lk R t H
( )Lk R H t
Lk R H
The change in g has three relevant pieces:
Old Rats eating poor baby hostas
“Cute” baby rats eating vulnerable old hostas
“Cute” baby rats eating poor baby hostas
A Gambier Example
0 0 0
( ) ( )lim lim limL L L
t t t
k R t H k R H t k R H
t t t
0
( ) ( )Now we consider g (t) = lim :
t
g t t g t
t
0 0
( ) ( )( ) ( )lim lim L L L
t t
k R t H k R H t k R Hg t t g t
t t
0 0 0 0( ) lim ( ) lim lim limL
L Lt t t t
RH Hk R t k H t k R
t t t
0
( ) ( ) ( ) ( )Lk R t H t k H t R t
SO, the rate of change of gobble is given by . . .
0
( ) ( )( ) lim ( ) ( ) ( ) ( )L L
t
g t t g tg t k R t H t k H t R t
t
The rate at which the number of hostas is changing times the number of large rats.
The rate at which the number of large rats is changing times the number of hostas.
The Product Rule for Derivatives
So the rate at which a product changes is not merely the product of the changing rates.
The nature of the interaction between the functions, causes the overall rate of change to depend on the size of the quantities themselves.
In general, we have…
0
( ) ( ) ( ) ( )( ) ( ) lim
h
f x h g x h f x g xdf x g x
dx h
0
( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( )limh
f x h g x h f x g x h f x g x h f x g x
h
0 0 0
( ) ( ) ( ) ( )lim ( ) lim ( ) limh h h
f x h f x g x h g xg x h f x
h h
0
( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( )limh
g x h f x h f x f x g x h g x
h
( ) ( ) ( ) ( )f x g x f x g x
In the course of the calculation above, we said that
Is this actually true? Is it ALWAYS true?
Continuity Required!
0lim ( ) ( )h
g x h g x
x x + h
0lim ( )h
g x h
( )g x
The Limit of the Product of Two Functions
0
( ) ( ) ( ) ( )( ) ( ) lim
h
f x h g x h f x g xdf x g x
dx h
0
( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( )limh
f x h g x h f x g x h f x g x h f x g x
h
0 0 0
( ) ( ) ( ) ( )lim ( ) lim ( ) limh h h
f x h f x g x h g xg x h f x
h h
0
( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( )limh
g x h f x h f x f x g x h g x
h
( ) ( ) ( ) ( )f x g x f x g x Would be zero if g were continuous at
x=a. Is it?
The Limit of the Product of Two Functions
0
( ) ( ) ( ) ( )( ) ( ) lim
h
f x h g x h f x g xdf x g x
dx h
0
( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( )limh
f x h g x h f x g x h f x g x h f x g x
h
0 0 0
( ) ( ) ( ) ( )lim ( ) lim ( ) limh h h
f x h f x g x h g xg x h f x
h h
0
( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( )limh
g x h f x h f x f x g x h g x
h
( ) ( ) ( ) ( )f x g x f x g x g is continuous at x=a because g is
differentiable at x=a.