How do you differentiate #f'(x) = cos( x² ln(x) ) * ( 2x ln(x) + x ) #?

1 Answer
Oct 10, 2015

"Differentiate" means "find the derivative of". To find #f''(x)# use the product and chain rules.

Explanation:

#f'(x) = cos( x² ln(x) ) * ( 2x ln(x) + x ) #

Let's break this into pieces.

#f'(x) = u*v#

Where
#u = cos(x^2lnx)#, so

#u' = -sin(x^2lnx)*d/dx(x^2lnx) = -sin(x^2lnx)(2xlnx+x)#

#v = 2xlnx+x#, so

#v' = 2lnx+2+1 = 2lnx+3#

#f''(x) = u'v+uv'#

# = underbrace(-sin(x^2lnx)(2xlnx+x))_(u') underbrace((2xlnx+x))_v + underbrace(cos(x^2lnx))_u underbrace((2lnx+3))_(v')#

# = -sin(x^2lnx)(2xlnx+x)^2+(2xlnx+x)(2lnx+3)#

This can be rewritten in several ways using algebra.

Note
The much simpler question is to find the antiderivative, that is, to integrate #f'(x) = cos( x² ln(x) ) * ( 2x ln(x) + x ) #

Because # ( 2x ln(x) + x ) # is thederivative of the argument of #cos#, we see that this is #f'(x) = cosu (du)/dx#

So, #f(x) = sinu +C = sin(x^2lnx) +C#