Mister Exam

Derivative of 1/|x|

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

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The solution

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|x|
$$\frac{1}{\left|{x}\right|}$$
1/|x|
The graph
The first derivative [src]
-sign(x) 
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     2   
    x    
$$- \frac{\operatorname{sign}{\left(x \right)}}{x^{2}}$$
The second derivative [src]
  /                 sign(x)\
2*|-DiracDelta(x) + -------|
  \                    x   /
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              2             
             x              
$$\frac{2 \left(- \delta\left(x\right) + \frac{\operatorname{sign}{\left(x \right)}}{x}\right)}{x^{2}}$$
The third derivative [src]
  /                    3*sign(x)   4*DiracDelta(x)\
2*|-DiracDelta(x, 1) - --------- + ---------------|
  |                         2             x       |
  \                        x                      /
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                          2                        
                         x                         
$$\frac{2 \left(- \delta^{\left( 1 \right)}\left( x \right) + \frac{4 \delta\left(x\right)}{x} - \frac{3 \operatorname{sign}{\left(x \right)}}{x^{2}}\right)}{x^{2}}$$