Derivative of cos((pi*x)/2)

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   /pi*x\
cos|----|
   \ 2  /

$$\cos{\left(\frac{\pi x}{2} \right)}$$

cos((pi*x)/2)

Detail solution

Let $u = \frac{\pi x}{2}$ .
The derivative of cosine is negative sine:

$\frac{d}{d u} \cos{\left(u \right)} = - \sin{\left(u \right)}$
Then, apply the chain rule. Multiply by $\frac{d}{d x} \frac{\pi x}{2}$ :
1. The derivative of a constant times a function is the constant times the derivative of the function.
  1. The derivative of a constant times a function is the constant times the derivative of the function.
    1. Apply the power rule: $x$ goes to $1$
    So, the result is: $\pi$
  So, the result is: $\frac{\pi}{2}$
The result of the chain rule is:

$- \frac{\pi \sin{\left(\frac{\pi x}{2} \right)}}{2}$
Now simplify:

$- \frac{\pi \sin{\left(\frac{\pi x}{2} \right)}}{2}$

The answer is:

$- \frac{\pi \sin{\left(\frac{\pi x}{2} \right)}}{2}$

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The first derivative [src]

       /pi*x\ 
-pi*sin|----| 
       \ 2  / 
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      2

$$- \frac{\pi \sin{\left(\frac{\pi x}{2} \right)}}{2}$$

Simplify

The second derivative [src]

   2    /pi*x\ 
-pi *cos|----| 
        \ 2  / 
---------------
       4

$$- \frac{\pi^{2} \cos{\left(\frac{\pi x}{2} \right)}}{4}$$

Simplify

The third derivative [src]

  3    /pi*x\
pi *sin|----|
       \ 2  /
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      8

$$\frac{\pi^{3} \sin{\left(\frac{\pi x}{2} \right)}}{8}$$

Simplify

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