Mister Exam

Derivative of arcsec(x)

Function f() - derivative -N order at the point
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The solution

You have entered [src]
asec(x)
$$\operatorname{asec}{\left(x \right)}$$
asec(x)
The graph
The first derivative [src]
       1        
----------------
        ________
 2     /     1  
x *   /  1 - -- 
     /        2 
   \/        x  
$$\frac{1}{x^{2} \sqrt{1 - \frac{1}{x^{2}}}}$$
The second derivative [src]
 /         1     \ 
-|2 + -----------| 
 |     2 /    1 \| 
 |    x *|1 - --|| 
 |       |     2|| 
 \       \    x // 
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          ________ 
   3     /     1   
  x *   /  1 - --  
       /        2  
     \/        x   
$$- \frac{2 + \frac{1}{x^{2} \left(1 - \frac{1}{x^{2}}\right)}}{x^{3} \sqrt{1 - \frac{1}{x^{2}}}}$$
The third derivative [src]
         3              7     
6 + ------------ + -----------
               2    2 /    1 \
     4 /    1 \    x *|1 - --|
    x *|1 - --|       |     2|
       |     2|       \    x /
       \    x /               
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               ________       
        4     /     1         
       x *   /  1 - --        
            /        2        
          \/        x         
$$\frac{6 + \frac{7}{x^{2} \left(1 - \frac{1}{x^{2}}\right)} + \frac{3}{x^{4} \left(1 - \frac{1}{x^{2}}\right)^{2}}}{x^{4} \sqrt{1 - \frac{1}{x^{2}}}}$$
The graph
Derivative of arcsec(x)