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What does $F'$ and $F''$ mean?
Announcing the arrival of Valued Associate #679: Cesar Manara
Planned maintenance scheduled April 17/18, 2019 at 00:00UTC (8:00pm US/Eastern)Taylor expansion on interval or at infinityWhat does a “half derivative” mean?What does $a$ mean in Taylor series formula?what does this summation mean?How is Taylor expansion a generalization of linear approximation?What does the Taylor's Inequality mean?Why Does The Taylor Remainder Formula Work?What does $A^B$ mean?Derivative to Zero, What does it intuitively mean?What does $dx$ mean without $dy$?
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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?
calculus functions derivatives notation taylor-expansion
edited 32 secs ago
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asked 1 hour ago
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shouldn't it be "what do $F'$ and $F''$ mean?"
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– mathworker21
1 hour ago
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What do you mean? that's what I wrote.
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– Loren Meehan
1 hour ago
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@LorenMeehan : No, you used a double quote. The comment used two single quotes, which could have been a hint that it's more like (F')' :)
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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?
calculus functions derivatives notation taylor-expansion
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
1 hour ago
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What do you mean? that's what I wrote.
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– Loren Meehan
1 hour ago
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@LorenMeehan : No, you used a double quote. The comment used two single quotes, which could have been a hint that it's more like (F')' :)
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– vsz
36 mins ago
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shouldn't it be "what do $F'$ and $F''$ mean?"
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– mathworker21
1 hour ago
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What do you mean? that's what I wrote.
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– Loren Meehan
1 hour ago
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@LorenMeehan : No, you used a double quote. The comment used two single quotes, which could have been a hint that it's more like (F')' :)
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– vsz
36 mins ago
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shouldn't it be "what do $F'$ and $F''$ mean?"
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– mathworker21
1 hour ago
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shouldn't it be "what do $F'$ and $F''$ mean?"
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– mathworker21
1 hour ago
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What do you mean? that's what I wrote.
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– Loren Meehan
1 hour ago
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What do you mean? that's what I wrote.
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– Loren Meehan
1 hour ago
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@LorenMeehan : No, you used a double quote. The comment used two single quotes, which could have been a hint that it's more like (F')' :)
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– vsz
36 mins ago
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@LorenMeehan : No, you used a double quote. The comment used two single quotes, which could have been a hint that it's more like (F')' :)
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$f''$ denotes the second derivative of $f$; that is to say, it is the derivative of the derivative of $f$.
answered 1 hour ago
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Thanks! I feel quite stupid now that I didn't figure that myself.
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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 $f$.
answered 1 hour ago
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Thanks! I feel quite stupid now that I didn't figure that myself.
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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 $f$.
answered 1 hour ago
Eevee TrainerEevee Trainer
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Thanks! I feel quite stupid now that I didn't figure that myself.
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– Loren Meehan
1 hour 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 $f$.
answered 1 hour ago
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$f''$ denotes the second derivative of $f$; that is to say, it is the derivative of the derivative of $f$.
answered 1 hour ago
Eevee TrainerEevee Trainer
10.6k31842
answered 1 hour ago
Eevee TrainerEevee Trainer
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answered 1 hour ago
Eevee TrainerEevee 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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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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Thanks! I feel quite stupid now that I didn't figure that myself.
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Thanks! I feel quite stupid now that I didn't figure that myself.
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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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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
1 hour ago
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What do you mean? that's what I wrote.
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– Loren Meehan
1 hour ago
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@LorenMeehan : No, you used a double quote. The comment used two single quotes, which could have been a hint that it's more like (F')' :)
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– vsz
36 mins ago