How do you find the second derivative of y=e^(pix)y=eπx?

1 Answer
Feb 10, 2017

(d^2y)/(dx^2)=pi^2e^(pix)d2ydx2=π2eπx

Explanation:

To obtain the first derivative use the color(blue)"chain rule"chain rule

color(red)(bar(ul(|color(white)(2/2)color(black)(d/dx[e^(f(x))]=e^(f(x)).f'(x))color(white)(2/2)|)))

rArrdy/dx=e^(pix).d/dx(pix)=pie^(pix)

Repeat the process to obtain the second derivative, by differentiating the first derivative.

rArr(d^2y)/(dx^2)=pie^(pix).d/dx(pix)

color(white)(d^2y/dx^2)=pi^2e^(pix)