A Sample Syllabus

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This simple example computes the derivative of f(x)=, and then plots both the function and its derivative on the same coordinate system.

We begin by defining the function.

Now we compute the derivative, naming it g(x).

Finally, we will plot the two functions. The domain for the plot is chosen arbitrarily as the interval (-2,2) (hence {x,-2,2}), the scale on both axes is set the same (AspectRatio->Automatic), the function f(x) is displayed in gray, while the derivative is in black (PlotStyle->{{GrayLevel[0.5]},{GrayLevel[0.0]}}).