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AHL 5.12—First principles, higher derivatives

IB Mathematics Analysis and Approaches AHL 5.12—first Principles, Higher Derivatives

IB Mathematics Analysis and Approaches Topic AHL 5.12—first Principles, Higher Derivatives (HL) covers syllabus content. Use these Notes, Questionbank, Videos, Flashcards, and Lessons to review the topic, practise exam questions, and move between notes, videos, flashcards, and lessons where available.

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Question Type 1: Simple limits: convergence, divergence, and function behavior

Question Type 2: Derivatives from first principles

Question Type 3: Higher-order derivatives of functions with repeating patterns

Question Type 4: Induction with n-th order derivatives

What this topic covers

SL 5.1—Introduction of differential calculus

SL 5.2—Increasing and decreasing functions

SL 5.3—Differentiating polynomials, n E Z

SL 5.4—Tangents and normal

SL 5.5—Integration introduction, areas between curve and x axis

SL 5.6—Differentiating polynomials n E Q. Chain, product and quotient rules

SL 5.7—The second derivative

SL 5.8—Testing for max and min, optimisation. Points of inflexion

SL 5.9—Kinematics problems

SL 5.10—Indefinite integration, reverse chain, by substitution

SL 5.11—Definite integrals, areas under curve onto x-axis and areas between curves

AHL 5.12—First principles, higher derivatives

AHL 5.13—Limits and L’Hopitals

AHL 5.14—Implicit functions, related rates, optimisation

AHL 5.15—Further derivatives and indefinite integration of these, partial fractions

AHL 5.16—Integration by substitution, parts and repeated parts

AHL 5.17—Areas under curve onto y-axis, volume of revolution (about x and y axes)

AHL 5.18—1st order DE’s – Euler method, variables separable, integrating factor, homogeneous DE using sub y=vx

AHL 5.19—Maclaurin series