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(1+cos4x)/(1-cos4x)

Derivative of (1+cos4x)/(1-cos4x)

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1 + cos(4*x)
------------
1 - cos(4*x)
$$\frac{\cos{\left(4 x \right)} + 1}{1 - \cos{\left(4 x \right)}}$$
d /1 + cos(4*x)\
--|------------|
dx\1 - cos(4*x)/
$$\frac{d}{d x} \frac{\cos{\left(4 x \right)} + 1}{1 - \cos{\left(4 x \right)}}$$
Detail solution
  1. Apply the quotient rule, which is:

    and .

    To find :

    1. Differentiate term by term:

      1. The derivative of the constant is zero.

      2. Let .

      3. The derivative of cosine is negative sine:

      4. Then, apply the chain rule. Multiply by :

        1. The derivative of a constant times a function is the constant times the derivative of the function.

          1. Apply the power rule: goes to

          So, the result is:

        The result of the chain rule is:

      The result is:

    To find :

    1. Differentiate term by term:

      1. The derivative of the constant is zero.

      2. The derivative of a constant times a function is the constant times the derivative of the function.

        1. Let .

        2. The derivative of cosine is negative sine:

        3. Then, apply the chain rule. Multiply by :

          1. The derivative of a constant times a function is the constant times the derivative of the function.

            1. Apply the power rule: goes to

            So, the result is:

          The result of the chain rule is:

        So, the result is:

      The result is:

    Now plug in to the quotient rule:

  2. Now simplify:


The answer is:

The graph
The first derivative [src]
   4*sin(4*x)    4*(1 + cos(4*x))*sin(4*x)
- ------------ - -------------------------
  1 - cos(4*x)                      2     
                      (1 - cos(4*x))      
$$- \frac{4 \sin{\left(4 x \right)}}{1 - \cos{\left(4 x \right)}} - \frac{4 \left(\cos{\left(4 x \right)} + 1\right) \sin{\left(4 x \right)}}{\left(1 - \cos{\left(4 x \right)}\right)^{2}}$$
The second derivative [src]
   /                               /      2                 \           \
   |                               | 2*sin (4*x)            |           |
   |      2         (1 + cos(4*x))*|------------- + cos(4*x)|           |
   | 2*sin (4*x)                   \-1 + cos(4*x)           /           |
16*|------------- - ----------------------------------------- + cos(4*x)|
   \-1 + cos(4*x)                 -1 + cos(4*x)                         /
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                              -1 + cos(4*x)                              
$$\frac{16 \left(\cos{\left(4 x \right)} - \frac{\left(\cos{\left(4 x \right)} + 1\right) \left(\cos{\left(4 x \right)} + \frac{2 \sin^{2}{\left(4 x \right)}}{\cos{\left(4 x \right)} - 1}\right)}{\cos{\left(4 x \right)} - 1} + \frac{2 \sin^{2}{\left(4 x \right)}}{\cos{\left(4 x \right)} - 1}\right)}{\cos{\left(4 x \right)} - 1}$$
The third derivative [src]
   /                                                                   /                            2        \\         
   |       /      2                 \                                  |       6*cos(4*x)      6*sin (4*x)   ||         
   |       | 2*sin (4*x)            |                   (1 + cos(4*x))*|-1 + ------------- + ----------------||         
   |     3*|------------- + cos(4*x)|                                  |     -1 + cos(4*x)                  2||         
   |       \-1 + cos(4*x)           /     3*cos(4*x)                   \                     (-1 + cos(4*x)) /|         
64*|-1 + ---------------------------- + ------------- - ------------------------------------------------------|*sin(4*x)
   \            -1 + cos(4*x)           -1 + cos(4*x)                       -1 + cos(4*x)                     /         
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                                                     -1 + cos(4*x)                                                      
$$\frac{64 \left(-1 - \frac{\left(\cos{\left(4 x \right)} + 1\right) \left(-1 + \frac{6 \cos{\left(4 x \right)}}{\cos{\left(4 x \right)} - 1} + \frac{6 \sin^{2}{\left(4 x \right)}}{\left(\cos{\left(4 x \right)} - 1\right)^{2}}\right)}{\cos{\left(4 x \right)} - 1} + \frac{3 \left(\cos{\left(4 x \right)} + \frac{2 \sin^{2}{\left(4 x \right)}}{\cos{\left(4 x \right)} - 1}\right)}{\cos{\left(4 x \right)} - 1} + \frac{3 \cos{\left(4 x \right)}}{\cos{\left(4 x \right)} - 1}\right) \sin{\left(4 x \right)}}{\cos{\left(4 x \right)} - 1}$$
The graph
Derivative of (1+cos4x)/(1-cos4x)