Derivative

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Derivative

Symbolic, with the rule named at every step

It runs entirely in this browser tab: what you type is never uploaded, and the arithmetic is exact — nothing here was ever a floating-point number.

Settings

Variable
Which letter to work with, when there is more than one
Order
How many times over to differentiate A number from 1 to 6.
At the point
Where to work the value out, if anywhere
Decimal places
How far an approximate answer is taken A number from 0 to 12.
Draw it
A picture of the answer as well as the numbers
As LaTeX
The result in the notation a paper is typeset in
Draw the tangent
The line touching the curve at the point

How to use it

  1. Paste your text into the box above, or open a file.
  2. Adjust the settings beside it until the result is what you wanted.
  3. Copy the result, or save it as a file. The result updates as you type.

Questions

Is what I type uploaded anywhere?
No. The whole application is carried as WebAssembly and runs on your own device. There is no server to send anything to, and none of these tools makes a network request while it works.
Why does it matter that there is no floating point?
Because these tools show their working. In floating point an elimination produces rows with 0.0000000000000002 where a zero belongs, and every step after it is decided by a tolerance somebody picked. In fractions the zero is a zero: the rank is a count, a determinant of a matrix of thirds is a third, and a matrix times its inverse is exactly the identity.
Can I use it in an exam or for homework?
That is between you and whoever set the work. What these give you is the method as well as the answer, which is usually what is being marked: the rule at each step, the substitution written out, the intermediate matrices, the table of values.
Why does a tool sometimes refuse instead of answering?
Because the honest answer is sometimes that there is none. An integral with no elementary antiderivative, a matrix with no inverse, a bisection over an interval with no sign change, a logarithm of zero: each is a fact rather than a failure, and a plausible number in its place would be worse than the refusal.

Other tools for calculus

Integral
The forms it recognises, and plain honesty about the rest

Limit
From each side, with the table of approach that is the evidence

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