What does F' and F" mean?
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I'm trying to learn what a Taylor series is, This is the equation I'm looking at and I know 0 calculus. I have been told that F'(x) is a derivative but what does F"(x) mean?
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I'm trying to learn what a Taylor series is, This is the equation I'm looking at and I know 0 calculus. I have been told that F'(x) is a derivative but what does F"(x) mean?
calculus functions derivatives notation taylor-expansion
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shouldn't it be "what do $F'$ and $F''$ mean?"
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– mathworker21
36 mins ago
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What do you mean? that's what I wrote.
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I'm trying to learn what a Taylor series is, This is the equation I'm looking at and I know 0 calculus. I have been told that F'(x) is a derivative but what does F"(x) mean?
calculus functions derivatives notation taylor-expansion
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I'm trying to learn what a Taylor series is, This is the equation I'm looking at and I know 0 calculus. I have been told that F'(x) is a derivative but what does F"(x) mean?
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calculus functions derivatives notation taylor-expansion
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shouldn't it be "what do $F'$ and $F''$ mean?"
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– mathworker21
36 mins ago
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What do you mean? that's what I wrote.
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– Loren Meehan
30 mins ago
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shouldn't it be "what do $F'$ and $F''$ mean?"
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– mathworker21
36 mins ago
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What do you mean? that's what I wrote.
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– Loren Meehan
30 mins ago
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shouldn't it be "what do $F'$ and $F''$ mean?"
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– mathworker21
36 mins ago
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shouldn't it be "what do $F'$ and $F''$ mean?"
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– mathworker21
36 mins ago
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What do you mean? that's what I wrote.
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– Loren Meehan
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What do you mean? that's what I wrote.
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$f''$ denotes the second derivative of $f$; that is to say, it is the derivative of the derivative of $f$.
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Thanks! I feel quite stupid now that I didn't figure that myself.
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– Loren Meehan
31 mins ago
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Don't beat yourself up over it, I can understand how it might happen for your first foray into calculus. A good chunk of the notation can be a bit unintuitive at times. :p
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$f''$ denotes the second derivative of $f$; that is to say, it is the derivative of the derivative of $f$.
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Thanks! I feel quite stupid now that I didn't figure that myself.
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– Loren Meehan
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Don't beat yourself up over it, I can understand how it might happen for your first foray into calculus. A good chunk of the notation can be a bit unintuitive at times. :p
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– Eevee Trainer
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$f''$ denotes the second derivative of $f$; that is to say, it is the derivative of the derivative of $f$.
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Thanks! I feel quite stupid now that I didn't figure that myself.
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– Loren Meehan
31 mins ago
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Don't beat yourself up over it, I can understand how it might happen for your first foray into calculus. A good chunk of the notation can be a bit unintuitive at times. :p
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– Eevee Trainer
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$f''$ denotes the second derivative of $f$; that is to say, it is the derivative of the derivative of $f$.
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$f''$ denotes the second derivative of $f$; that is to say, it is the derivative of the derivative of $f$.
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Thanks! I feel quite stupid now that I didn't figure that myself.
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– Loren Meehan
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Don't beat yourself up over it, I can understand how it might happen for your first foray into calculus. A good chunk of the notation can be a bit unintuitive at times. :p
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– Eevee Trainer
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Thanks! I feel quite stupid now that I didn't figure that myself.
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– Loren Meehan
31 mins ago
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Don't beat yourself up over it, I can understand how it might happen for your first foray into calculus. A good chunk of the notation can be a bit unintuitive at times. :p
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– Eevee Trainer
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Thanks! I feel quite stupid now that I didn't figure that myself.
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– Loren Meehan
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Thanks! I feel quite stupid now that I didn't figure that myself.
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– Loren Meehan
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Don't beat yourself up over it, I can understand how it might happen for your first foray into calculus. A good chunk of the notation can be a bit unintuitive at times. :p
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– Eevee Trainer
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Don't beat yourself up over it, I can understand how it might happen for your first foray into calculus. A good chunk of the notation can be a bit unintuitive at times. :p
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shouldn't it be "what do $F'$ and $F''$ mean?"
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– mathworker21
36 mins ago
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What do you mean? that's what I wrote.
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– Loren Meehan
30 mins ago