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Derivative of 1/(x(ln(x)-1))

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x*(log(x) - 1)
1x(log(x)1)\frac{1}{x \left(\log{\left(x \right)} - 1\right)}
1/(x*(log(x) - 1))
Detail solution
  1. Let u=x(log(x)1)u = x \left(\log{\left(x \right)} - 1\right).

  2. Apply the power rule: 1u\frac{1}{u} goes to 1u2- \frac{1}{u^{2}}

  3. Then, apply the chain rule. Multiply by ddxx(log(x)1)\frac{d}{d x} x \left(\log{\left(x \right)} - 1\right):

    1. Apply the product rule:

      ddxf(x)g(x)=f(x)ddxg(x)+g(x)ddxf(x)\frac{d}{d x} f{\left(x \right)} g{\left(x \right)} = f{\left(x \right)} \frac{d}{d x} g{\left(x \right)} + g{\left(x \right)} \frac{d}{d x} f{\left(x \right)}

      f(x)=xf{\left(x \right)} = x; to find ddxf(x)\frac{d}{d x} f{\left(x \right)}:

      1. Apply the power rule: xx goes to 11

      g(x)=log(x)1g{\left(x \right)} = \log{\left(x \right)} - 1; to find ddxg(x)\frac{d}{d x} g{\left(x \right)}:

      1. Differentiate log(x)1\log{\left(x \right)} - 1 term by term:

        1. The derivative of log(x)\log{\left(x \right)} is 1x\frac{1}{x}.

        2. The derivative of the constant 1-1 is zero.

        The result is: 1x\frac{1}{x}

      The result is: log(x)\log{\left(x \right)}

    The result of the chain rule is:

    log(x)x2(log(x)1)2- \frac{\log{\left(x \right)}}{x^{2} \left(\log{\left(x \right)} - 1\right)^{2}}

  4. Now simplify:

    log(x)x2(log(x)1)2- \frac{\log{\left(x \right)}}{x^{2} \left(\log{\left(x \right)} - 1\right)^{2}}


The answer is:

log(x)x2(log(x)1)2- \frac{\log{\left(x \right)}}{x^{2} \left(\log{\left(x \right)} - 1\right)^{2}}

The graph
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The first derivative [src]
        1               
- --------------*log(x) 
  x*(log(x) - 1)        
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     x*(log(x) - 1)     
1x(log(x)1)log(x)x(log(x)1)- \frac{\frac{1}{x \left(\log{\left(x \right)} - 1\right)} \log{\left(x \right)}}{x \left(\log{\left(x \right)} - 1\right)}
The second derivative [src]
        log(x)     /         1     \                
-1 + ----------- + |1 + -----------|*log(x) + log(x)
     -1 + log(x)   \    -1 + log(x)/                
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                  3              2                  
                 x *(-1 + log(x))                   
(1+1log(x)1)log(x)+log(x)1+log(x)log(x)1x3(log(x)1)2\frac{\left(1 + \frac{1}{\log{\left(x \right)} - 1}\right) \log{\left(x \right)} + \log{\left(x \right)} - 1 + \frac{\log{\left(x \right)}}{\log{\left(x \right)} - 1}}{x^{3} \left(\log{\left(x \right)} - 1\right)^{2}}
The third derivative [src]
                                                                                                                                   /         1     \       
                                                                                                                                   |1 + -----------|*log(x)
                    4        /         1     \          /          2               3     \            5*log(x)       3*log(x)      \    -1 + log(x)/       
5 - 3*log(x) + ----------- - |1 + -----------|*log(x) - |2 + -------------- + -----------|*log(x) - ----------- - -------------- - ------------------------
               -1 + log(x)   \    -1 + log(x)/          |                 2   -1 + log(x)|          -1 + log(x)                2         -1 + log(x)       
                                                        \    (-1 + log(x))               /                        (-1 + log(x))                            
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                                                                     x *(-1 + log(x))                                                                      
(1+1log(x)1)log(x)(1+1log(x)1)log(x)log(x)1(2+3log(x)1+2(log(x)1)2)log(x)3log(x)+55log(x)log(x)1+4log(x)13log(x)(log(x)1)2x4(log(x)1)2\frac{- \left(1 + \frac{1}{\log{\left(x \right)} - 1}\right) \log{\left(x \right)} - \frac{\left(1 + \frac{1}{\log{\left(x \right)} - 1}\right) \log{\left(x \right)}}{\log{\left(x \right)} - 1} - \left(2 + \frac{3}{\log{\left(x \right)} - 1} + \frac{2}{\left(\log{\left(x \right)} - 1\right)^{2}}\right) \log{\left(x \right)} - 3 \log{\left(x \right)} + 5 - \frac{5 \log{\left(x \right)}}{\log{\left(x \right)} - 1} + \frac{4}{\log{\left(x \right)} - 1} - \frac{3 \log{\left(x \right)}}{\left(\log{\left(x \right)} - 1\right)^{2}}}{x^{4} \left(\log{\left(x \right)} - 1\right)^{2}}