[AlIXe]

hi

can anyone please do a step by step differentiation to get the second derivative of (Ive searched online and cannot find the answer):

y = Ae^(2Bx^2)   please

thanks very much

[sjb]

This may be better in Other Sciences Question Forum > Math Forum, but that's not for me to say, so I'll let admins move it if they deem appropriate.

hi

can anyone please do a step by step differentiation to get the second derivative of (Ive searched online and cannot find the answer):

y = Ae^(2Bx^2)   please

thanks very much

For any function y = e^f(x), ^dy/_dx = f'(x)e^f(x).

I'm not sure if A and B in your equation are constants - but if they are, and you're differentiating wrt x.

^dy/_dx = 4ABx . e^2Bx2


(the period in the middle just means multiply, and is to avoid confusion between x meaning multiply and x your variable). Can you now see how to get ^d2y/_dx² ?

S

(edit to make clearer, looked ok on preview, but line spacing screwed up on actual post)