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| MATHEMATICS FOR PHYSICS
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| Differentiation:
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| Constant quantity:
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| If the value of a quantity remains the same in a mathematical operation, it is called a constant quantity.
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| Examples: Integers (4, 7, 13, ...), the fraction (1/2, 4/5), π, e, etc.,
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| Variable quantity:
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| If the quantity takes different values in a mathematical operation, it is a variable quantity. Examples:
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| (i) In the equation y = 2x + 3, x and y are variables.
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| (ii) In the equation F = ma where F, m and a are variables.
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| Variable quantities are divided into two types
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| (a) Independent quantity.
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| (b) Dependent quantity.
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| In the equation y = 2x + 3, x is the independent quantity, and y is the dependent quantity.
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| Function:
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| If corresponding to any given value of x, there exists a single definite value then y is called a function of x. This is represented as y = f(x). This equation means that corresponding to one value of x, there is a single definite value of the variable y.
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| Example: (i) Let y = 2x, when x = 1 then y = 2; when x = 2 then y = 4...
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| Thus corresponding to each value of x, there is a definite value of y.
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| Difference and Differential coefficient:
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| Let y be a function of x. This is denoted as y = f(x). Here x and y are the variables. Let the value of x change to x+△x and correspondingly the value of y changes to y+△y.
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| The change between the initial and final values of a variable quantity is called Difference.
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| Difference in x = (x+ △x) - x = △x; Difference in y =(y+△y)-y=△y
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| The ratio of △y/△x is called the quotient of the two increments.
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| When Difference in x (i.e., △x) is very small i.e., almost approaching to zero, then
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| we write △y/△x is equal to dy/dx.
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| In mathematical language, we represent the above statement as: <sub>Limit</sub>
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| Lt 4y - dy In this equation 4y is the ratio of a small quantity Ay to another small quantity Ax. But dy/dx is a single quantity and is called the differential
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| dy - 1 + Ay - 1+ f(x+4x)-f(x) coefficient of y with respect to x. dx
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| The rate of change of a dependent variable with respect to the independent variable is called the differential coefficient or derivative.
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| does not mean that d is divided by dx. It is a single operator called the differ
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| ential operator. Differentiation:
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| The process of finding the differential coefficient of a function is called differen
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| tiation. Basic Theorems on Differentiation:
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| i) The derivative of a constant is zero. Let y = f(x) = c. Where c is constant.
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| dy_ d (2a) = 0
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| Example: Differentiate y = 2a where a is a constant
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| dx dx ii) The differential coefficient of xn is obtained by decreasing the power of x by unity and multiplying by n.
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| If y = x" then = nx-1, where n may be positive or negative. Example: Differentiate y = 8x8 w.r.t. x. Solution: dy - (8x®) = 8(x) = 8*8*x*-* = 64x?
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| 1V) The derivative of the algebraic sum of two functions is equa sum of the derivatives of the two functions.
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| is is equal to the algebraic
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| Let y = u
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| +.......where u, v, w..... are all functions of x.
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