Differentiation from 1st Principles | Calculus by ExamSolutions

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  • In this video on differential calculus I show you how to do differentiation from 1st principles. Differentiation is used in calculus as a measure of the rate of change or gradient of a function at any general point. The notation we use can be dy/dx to signify the first differential of y=f(x).
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КОМЕНТАРІ • 154

  • @hoi288
    @hoi288 9 років тому +46

    These explanations are really good, because you explain the method in a very simple way whereas others just draw a graph and point at it. Thank you so much!

    • @ExamSolutions_Maths
      @ExamSolutions_Maths  9 років тому +5

      You're welcome

    • @raimsa4081
      @raimsa4081 9 років тому +2

      ***** lol maybe we have the same lecture "draw a grah and just point at it" hahaha

    • @ioft8542
      @ioft8542 2 роки тому

      you're welcome

  • @faruzsyed
    @faruzsyed 6 років тому +1

    i dont think anyone has ever explained the first principle better than this gentleman . Its compact enough and yet comprehensive. Many thanks!!

  • @pleasework96
    @pleasework96 10 років тому +110

    This is the simplest explanation on the whole of youtube... trust me i know

  • @robertbrodie9566
    @robertbrodie9566 5 років тому +24

    You just taught me in 14 mins what my maths teacher couldn't in 1 hour

  • @ExamSolutions_Maths
    @ExamSolutions_Maths  12 років тому +2

    There are two terms in 4h + h^2, the 4h and h^2. So you must divide each term by h not just one term. Try it with numbers. (4+6) / 2 does not equal 2 + 6 or 4+3. Dividing each term by 2 gives 2 + 3 = 5 the correct answer. Hope that helps.

  • @Almilany95
    @Almilany95 12 років тому +2

    English is my second language, but i can understand every word you say!!!!!! And its so rare for me to find an educational video thats so easy to understand but so useful
    THANK YOU

  • @callummatchett8937
    @callummatchett8937 10 років тому +19

    I like how he writes the letter ' f '

  • @sleepyyymoon
    @sleepyyymoon 9 років тому +26

    This is very clear, thank you, your videos are lifesavers :)

  • @JoshuaSelimi
    @JoshuaSelimi 11 років тому +1

    Can't thank you enough. I've been struggling with this for a while now, but all I had to do was watch this video once - it's all clear now!

  • @EE-Spectrum
    @EE-Spectrum 7 років тому

    This is by far the best explanation of first principles l have seen. I have seen other videos, but none has been so simplified. The others rush through the video and explanation without one being able to follow and understand.

  • @mrpistachos79
    @mrpistachos79 3 роки тому +2

    This is literally the best maths lesson I have ever received

  • @EnvisageKenya
    @EnvisageKenya 5 років тому +1

    I am a Calculus tourist, and this destination is quite satisfying - I'll hang around for a while

  • @georgencube3476
    @georgencube3476 10 років тому +15

    Brilliant !!! finally got it , thanks

  • @isabellehaque-bousquet6910
    @isabellehaque-bousquet6910 3 роки тому

    This blew my tiny mind, thank you for explaining it so wonderfully!

  • @iamsopoor9
    @iamsopoor9 13 років тому

    Too bad i wont be needing these videos anymore, cheers for the help mate

  • @esdeuu7661
    @esdeuu7661 12 років тому

    Thanks very much, you have guided me through AS Level Maths this year, you clearly explain the concepts clearly and brilliantly and are providing a great service to students. You are a fantastic teacher and human being!

  • @BeautifulRose16
    @BeautifulRose16 11 років тому

    I UNDERSTAND!!! :D When you understand a concept in maths, you learn to appreciate it, and you're right, it is really clever.
    THANK YOU!!!

  • @gna3706
    @gna3706 6 років тому +1

    Bro . i finally get this . God bless u

  • @nonotje12
    @nonotje12 7 років тому

    100% certified no better explanation can be found, trust me.

  • @dalaxdercrisper957
    @dalaxdercrisper957 8 років тому +3

    Thanks for teaching me so simple even Math is my weakest subject but that doesn't stop me from learning. I managed to learn a little.

  • @iiV1P4z
    @iiV1P4z 12 років тому +1

    Ive been watching these for like 4 hours! i have a maths and psychology mock tomorrow and i was meant to revise psychology tonight, but these are just too helpful. Thanks alot man, i guess ill have to try to remember the psychology notes i revised a week ago :L

  • @waterwaveworks
    @waterwaveworks 9 років тому +1

    This helped a lot, thank you !

  • @smokeystoveruk
    @smokeystoveruk 10 років тому

    Who needs to plan lessons when I have you - yet another excellent video!

  • @Mrwrong3707
    @Mrwrong3707 12 років тому

    this is the best n most straight forward explaination, thank you very much

  • @ExamSolutions_Maths
    @ExamSolutions_Maths  10 років тому +2

    thank you

  • @soccerhighlightshd9051
    @soccerhighlightshd9051 6 років тому +2

    Perfection !!!!

  • @jo77771
    @jo77771 11 років тому +1

    This video actually made differentiation interesting! :O

  • @jennyazah2190
    @jennyazah2190 4 роки тому

    Fantastic ...this is now stuck in my head ..thank you sooo much

  • @MyTreky
    @MyTreky 11 років тому

    I Have just looked at your tutorial for expansion of brackets I understand it now completely thanks a lot for your videos they really help

  • @BrainzIRL
    @BrainzIRL 11 років тому

    Eureka !! Thank you so much for this vid, very well put

  • @Ps-pn9qg
    @Ps-pn9qg Рік тому +1

    Thanks you explained it so well

  • @ExamSolutions_Maths
    @ExamSolutions_Maths  11 років тому +1

    You could think of it as difference. difference in y over difference in x

  • @raimsa4081
    @raimsa4081 9 років тому +3

    you a genious

  • @oshina8433
    @oshina8433 9 років тому +1

    thanks a lot

  • @ExamSolutions_Maths
    @ExamSolutions_Maths  13 років тому

    @joooooooytalks No probs - pleased to have your support

  • @Buttontheplay
    @Buttontheplay 10 років тому

    Thank you so much

  • @ExamSolutions_Maths
    @ExamSolutions_Maths  11 років тому

    Well done

  • @dmmath-tutor5769
    @dmmath-tutor5769 8 років тому

    Brilliant!

  • @the81kid
    @the81kid 5 років тому

    Thanks a lot! A very clear and good explanation!

  • @satadhi
    @satadhi 10 років тому +1

    fantastic

  • @rockgeo3816
    @rockgeo3816 8 років тому +1

    Thanks for the explanation once again ;D.

  • @RAINx-op7zl
    @RAINx-op7zl 4 роки тому

    You have no idea how much you helped me 🥳

    • @ExamSolutions_Maths
      @ExamSolutions_Maths  3 роки тому

      Best wishes and I hope you will be able to now make progress on this.

  • @ExamSolutions_Maths
    @ExamSolutions_Maths  12 років тому

    I would need to see all your working

  • @ExamSolutions_Maths
    @ExamSolutions_Maths  13 років тому

    @mark94uk Excellent - congratulations

  • @alasdairking6241
    @alasdairking6241 2 роки тому

    10 years late to the party but this is a brilliant video thank you very much!!!

  • @stevedl3150
    @stevedl3150 11 років тому

    I`ve looked over your brilliant website. Have you any plans to make some videos on Geometry ? I mean simple Geometry, such as proofs of Geometric shapes, and proof of congruity between Geometric shapes, and proof that angle "x" equals angle "y" etc.

  • @Clouds095
    @Clouds095 11 років тому

    Ahh I need to watch it from the start ; as soon as i saw this it looked like the definition of a limit (of a function)

  • @maha_13
    @maha_13 4 роки тому

    amazing

  • @ExamSolutions_Maths
    @ExamSolutions_Maths  11 років тому

    You're welcome

  • @iiV1P4z
    @iiV1P4z 12 років тому

    @ExamSolutions ill have an hour break in between the exams and ive managed to cram an hour in tonight, so hopefully ill be alright. and thanks anyway :) if i manage to pull it through in maths (thanks to this) ill probably donate some :)

  • @archjanasivasuthan6252
    @archjanasivasuthan6252 4 роки тому +1

    Beautiful

  • @debbiehariette6335
    @debbiehariette6335 7 років тому +1

    you are a good teacher!! thank you for this!

    • @ontheway5792
      @ontheway5792 7 років тому +1

      Could u tell me what's the meaning of "H tend to 0" ?

    • @243liverpool
      @243liverpool 4 роки тому

      @@ontheway5792 gets closer and closer to 0 but never gets to 0

    • @ontheway5792
      @ontheway5792 4 роки тому

      @@243liverpool ahahahahhahahahahahhahahha that was 2 years from now!! LOOOOL!! Anyway, thank you 😁😁😄😄

    • @243liverpool
      @243liverpool 4 роки тому

      ٍScience is the best! 😂😂well I hope you did well in your a levels or whatever it was u needed this info for 😂

    • @ontheway5792
      @ontheway5792 4 роки тому

      @@243liverpool Yeah, man I got A in A level Maths thanks to that great man, Sir Stuart....😍😍😍

  • @Godz18saints
    @Godz18saints 10 років тому

    Brilliant

  • @ExamSolutions_Maths
    @ExamSolutions_Maths  12 років тому

    @iiV1P4z Good luck with the psychology, it looks like you are goping to need it.

  • @GEMINDIGO
    @GEMINDIGO 3 роки тому

    An excellent video which explains the concepts clearly and concisely but why didn't you go all the way to the general limit function f(x+h)-f(x)/x+h-x?That would have really finished the explanation!

  • @xXCosmicstrikeXx
    @xXCosmicstrikeXx 10 років тому

    Its not just for the y=x^2 graphs. y=4x^5 does have a gradient function of dy/dx=20x^4 :)

  • @guoxiong96
    @guoxiong96 10 років тому +1

    EXCELLENT!! I FINALLY UNDERSTAND ABOUT DIFFRENTIATION.
    Anyway I had a question here.
    Is dy/dx is only for y=x^2 graph?
    and what if my question is y=4x^5, after dy/dx will be y=20x^4.
    but y=x^5 is not a y=x^2 graph.
    Can you help me out on this? Thank you!

  • @certifiedYGshai
    @certifiedYGshai 9 років тому

    Hi, i tried to differentiate the line of x^3 but, although i did when i used the formula, i didn't get 3x^3 when i used the 'first principle' method: i got x^3+3x^2+3xh+h^2, do you have any idea of what i may have done wrong?

  • @ExamSolutions_Maths
    @ExamSolutions_Maths  12 років тому

    Pleasure.

  • @TheHDSuperLow
    @TheHDSuperLow 10 років тому +1

    Do they ask questions on this in the exam?

  • @rishabhvegeta
    @rishabhvegeta 11 років тому

    @lickmyshoe182 the answer to this question is 2x. its easy all u have to do is write d/dx(x^2+2) and differentiate each separately. x^2 differentiation will be 2x and that of 2 will be 0 as it is a constant value. the formula of differentiation is nx^n-1..:)

  • @JoeyohNoey
    @JoeyohNoey 10 років тому +2

    Why did you say "you'll end up with 3x squared," while point at the 2x?

  • @salatansimbajon3455
    @salatansimbajon3455 2 місяці тому

    Yes, i got it

  • @ExamSolutions_Maths
    @ExamSolutions_Maths  13 років тому

    @iamsopoor9 Thanks for your donation. All the best to you.

  • @igormazur9662
    @igormazur9662 8 років тому +5

    Very useful videos but he speaks a bit like Bear Grylls

  • @dedly13
    @dedly13 12 років тому

    thankyou

  • @alakazam7896
    @alakazam7896 11 років тому +1

    what would d/dx mean? or d^2y/dx^2 mean tho?

  • @ExamSolutions_Maths
    @ExamSolutions_Maths  11 років тому

    Not at the moment, sorry. More A-level stuff is to be done this academic year.

  • @rm9994
    @rm9994 4 роки тому

    So we are trying to get closer and closer to the tangent gradient. So why not just take points on the tangent line to measure gradient?

  • @dheevesh16
    @dheevesh16 6 років тому +17

    If you don't find this beautiful, you have no heart.

    • @RuhabDabeer
      @RuhabDabeer 5 років тому

      I find this guy really great at teaching
      You must live in America If you have teachers like that

    • @shahtayyib
      @shahtayyib 4 роки тому +1

      @@RuhabDabeer he's literally British 😭

    • @RuhabDabeer
      @RuhabDabeer 4 роки тому +3

      @@shahtayyib ik man
      What I meant is
      You find teachers like him at America

  • @kagamitma
    @kagamitma 2 роки тому +1

    good

  • @SalamProductions
    @SalamProductions 11 років тому

    Basically:
    Gradient of Cord is Dif in y / Dif in x, which is the closest estimate for the Gradient of the Tangent.
    Therefore: Dif in y / Dif in x = dy/dx.
    See that pattern?
    Gradient of Cord = dif y/ dif x
    Gradient of Tangent = dy/dx

  • @naturaldon
    @naturaldon 12 років тому

    @smokeeeeeeeee Yeah of course. I will change my ucas/saq shortly.

  • @alakazam7896
    @alakazam7896 11 років тому

    just started C3 and ive always wanted to know how differentiation was made because my teacher just gave me the equation and i just had to accept it, one question, what does the d stand for in dy/dx?

  • @CZ17J
    @CZ17J 11 років тому

    i dont understand i got that but i thought if h tends to 0 then both 3xh and h^2 would = zero so altogether it = 3x^2 which is that you get from dy/dx. is that not right?

  • @Clouds095
    @Clouds095 11 років тому

    Why is the derivative of x^n nax^n-1 ; do you have a proof video for this ?

  • @MyTreky
    @MyTreky 11 років тому

    Expansion done could you explain it plz.thanks

  • @mara-tr9ix
    @mara-tr9ix 3 роки тому

    you absolute g

  • @PaperPlanes021
    @PaperPlanes021 12 років тому

    For y=x^3 I keep getting 3x^2 + 3xh + h^2 ...any ideas as to what I'm doing wrong?

  • @JoyErnst
    @JoyErnst 12 років тому

    Remember that h tends to zero, so 3xh and h^2 cancel.

  • @hydrox24
    @hydrox24 10 років тому

    Great videos, what software do you use to do the drawing and note-creation? It looks quite useful.

  • @samisiddiqi5411
    @samisiddiqi5411 3 роки тому

    8:40

  • @harzzzyh845
    @harzzzyh845 9 років тому +2

    In the C1 exam would you be asked to prove this ?

  • @samhughes711
    @samhughes711 5 років тому

    Thank you so much you've saved me hours of headache!

  • @guoxiong96
    @guoxiong96 10 років тому

    and another question is y=x^3,
    after dy/dx should be y=3x^2,
    but if you are calculating the 2 points points (x, x^3) and [(x+h), (x+h)^3], in the end I got the gradient was 3x + h^2. If you are doing h=0, therefore it's only y=3x. It doesn't match the answer of dy/dx which is y=3x^2.
    Kindly let me know about the questions thanks maybe I did not understand well.

  • @guoxiong96
    @guoxiong96 10 років тому

    but you can try using the same method of calculating the 2 points, in the end the answer isn't 20x^4. Unless you directly dy/dx it
    refer to my replies below (2 days ago) about the y=x^3

  • @alexmiller5347
    @alexmiller5347 8 років тому

    I understand till 7:22 what happened to the 2 and - 2 in the denominator. Where did they go?

  • @naturaldon
    @naturaldon 12 років тому

    @smokeeeeeeeee 100% in c1,c2,c3,m1,m2,s1,d1,fp1 and 97% in s2 :(
    Plus you are looking at the UMS scores not the actual mark out of 75.
    I applied for maths at cambridge, still can't believe it? :)

  • @jamestaylor6757
    @jamestaylor6757 10 років тому +1

    I don't understand how you get 4+4h+h^2 - 4 from (2+h)^2 - 4
    I'm assuming I'm missing some basic maths..?
    Please help!

    • @ExamSolutions_Maths
      @ExamSolutions_Maths  10 років тому +1

      (2+h)(2+h)=4+2h+2h+h^2 when expanded
      This simplifies to 4+4h+h^2
      Then put on the last term -4

    • @jamestaylor6757
      @jamestaylor6757 10 років тому

      Ah, I should have expanded out first!
      Many thanks!!!

  • @WanSyazlina
    @WanSyazlina 9 років тому

    Thank you! thank you! thank you! Your explanation was clear and easy to understand. :)

  • @kGCryTeK
    @kGCryTeK 9 років тому

    At 10:21 I don't understand why the denominator doesn't stay as x+h-x. Why does it change to just h?

  • @lickmyshoe182
    @lickmyshoe182 11 років тому

    what about for y=x^2+2? I'm confused :S

  • @BrownKow100
    @BrownKow100 12 років тому

    h approaches 0, so you would end up with 3x^2

  • @bobbuilder22
    @bobbuilder22 5 років тому +1

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      @bobbuilder22 5 років тому +1

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  • @AsadulIslam24434
    @AsadulIslam24434 9 років тому

    4:32, why do you have to square the 2.0001? I don't quite understand.

    • @ExamSolutions_Maths
      @ExamSolutions_Maths  9 років тому

      Because the curve is y=x^2, you square the x. That has been done in all the previous diagrams.

    • @AsadulIslam24434
      @AsadulIslam24434 9 років тому

      ExamSolutions ok. Thank you very much.

  • @rm9994
    @rm9994 5 років тому +1

    What if it isn’t y= x^2 what if it is a random line going in different directions. Also what is the proof. Ok multiplying by the power then reducing it works in most cases. But this isn’t an explanation or proof. Why not reduce the power by 2. What is the understanding behind this power multiplication then reduction. It is explained no where.

  • @michaeldoyle2550
    @michaeldoyle2550 3 роки тому

    This is a great explanation but god this subject is mind numbing

  • @lukedepledge2812
    @lukedepledge2812 8 років тому

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  • @khromburst6671
    @khromburst6671 7 років тому

    Came up in 2016 c1 OCR

  • @TimmyTimTimJ
    @TimmyTimTimJ 12 років тому

    expanding (x+h)^3 wrong i should think