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Calculus

Mathematica TE can do calculus as well as algebra. Here is the derivative of .

In[1]:= D[Tan[x ^ 2], x]

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This is the second derivative.

In[2]:= D[Tan[x ^ 2], {x, 2}]

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This shows the tangent at to the curve .

In[3]:= Plot[{x^3, 12 (x - 2) + 8}, {x,-4, 4}]

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Mathematica TE can evaluate the limits of many functions.

In[4]:= Limit[(1 + 2 / n) ^ n, n -> Infinity]

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Here is an easy integral.

In[5]:= Integrate[ Tan[x], x ]

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The integral of is a little harder.

In[6]:= Integrate[ x^2 Sin[x]^2, x ]

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Differentiating the result gives the original integrand, but in a somewhat different form.

In[7]:= D[ %, x ]

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The Mathematica TE function Simplify uses algebraic and trigonometric identities to simplify the expression, in this case recovering the original form.

In[8]:= Simplify[ % ]

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This finds the power-series expansion of the previous result about the point .

In[9]:= Series[ %, {x, 0, 14} ]

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