Differentiation

Calculus Level 3

If f ( x ) = 1 1 x 2 f(x) = \sqrt{1-\sqrt{1-x^2}} , find f ( 0 ) f'(0) .

0 6 2 3 Does not exist.

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2 solutions

Sayantan Mondal
Jun 7, 2018

Firstly when we see a question of Differentiation we jump into Differentiating it. Ok then carry on like that.... Then you would find a 0/0 form in the answer... So then comes the tricky part... Then use limits to solve further and and get the answer. Or else you can use some substitute for x....

Vincent Moroney
Jul 23, 2018

f ( x ) = 1 1 x 2 f ( 0 ) = 0 ln ( f ( x ) ) = 1 2 ln ( 1 ( 1 x 2 ) 1 2 ) f ( x ) f ( x ) = 1 2 [ 1 1 ( 1 x 2 ) 1 2 ] x ( 1 x 2 ) 1 2 f ( x ) = 1 2 [ ( 1 ( 1 x 2 ) 1 2 ) 1 2 1 ( 1 x 2 ) 1 2 ] x ( 1 x 2 ) 1 2 f ( 0 ) = 1 2 lim x 0 [ ( 1 ( 1 x 2 ) 1 2 ) 1 2 1 ( 1 x 2 ) 1 2 ] lim x 0 x ( 1 x 2 ) 1 2 \begin{aligned} f(x) =& \sqrt{1-\sqrt{1-x^2}} \Rightarrow f(0) = 0\\ \ln(f(x)) = & \frac{1}{2}\ln(1-(1-x^2)^{\frac{1}{2}}) \\ \frac{f'(x)}{f(x)} =& -\frac{1}{2}\Big[ \frac{1}{1-(1-x^2)^{\frac{1}{2}}}\Big]\cdot \frac{x}{(1-x^2)^{\frac{1}{2}}}\\ f'(x) =& -\frac{1}{2}\Big[ \frac{(1-(1-x^2)^{\frac{1}{2}})^{\frac{1}{2}}}{1-(1-x^2)^{\frac{1}{2}}} \Big]\frac{x}{(1-x^2)^{\frac{1}{2}}}\\ f'(0) =& -\frac{1}{2}\lim_{x\to 0}\Big[ \frac{(1-(1-x^2)^{\frac{1}{2}})^{\frac{1}{2}}}{1-(1-x^2)^{\frac{1}{2}}} \Big]\cdot \lim_{x\to 0}\frac{x}{(1-x^2)^{\frac{1}{2}}} \end{aligned} The right side limit exists and evaluates to 0, therefore we are left with a 0/0 limit. lim x 0 [ ( 1 ( 1 x 2 ) 1 2 ) 1 2 1 ( 1 x 2 ) 1 2 ] = lim x 0 1 1 ( 1 x 2 ) 1 2 \begin{aligned} \lim_{x\to 0}\Big[ \frac{(1-(1-x^2)^{\frac{1}{2}})^{\frac{1}{2}}}{1-(1-x^2)^{\frac{1}{2}}} \Big] = \lim_{x\to 0} \frac{1}{1-(1-x^2)^{\frac{1}{2}}} \end{aligned} This limit obviously does not exist, so the derivative must not exist.

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