Thursday, July 11, 2013

Given the function f(x)=(2x^2-3x+2)*e^x, differentiate the function n times.

We'll find the n-th derivative of the given function,
using Leibnitz formula. We can apply Leibnitz formula since the given function is a
product of 2 functions:


u(x) = 2x^2-3x+2 and v(x) =
e^x


According to Leibniz
formula:


[u(x)*v(x)]^(n)  =C(n,0)*[u(x)]^(n)*v(x) +
C(n,1)*[u(x)]^(n-1)*v'(x) + C(n,2)*[u(x)]^(n-2)*v"(x) + ... +
C(n,n)*u(x)*[v(x)]^(n).


We notice that [v(x)]^(k) =
e^x.


We also notice that u'(x) =
4x-3


u"(x) =4


u"'(x) =
0


So, we'll get only 3 terms in the Leibniz's
formula:


[f(x)]^(n) = e^x[2x^2 - 3x + 2 + n(4x-3) +
4n(n-1)/2]


[f(x)]^(n) = e^x[2x^2 + (4n+3)x + 2n^2 - 5n +
2]


After differentiating the function f(x) n
times, the n-th derivative of the function is: [f(x)]^(n) = e^x[2x^2 + (4n+3)x + 2n^2 -
5n + 2].

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