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§4.20 Derivatives and Differential Equations

Notes:: See Levinson and Redheffer (1970, pp. 53–60).
Keywords:: derivatives, differential equations, trigonometric functions
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4.20.1 $\frac{d}{dz}\mathop{\sin\/}\nolimits z=\mathop{\cos\/}\nolimits z,$

Symbols:: $\mathop{\cos\/}\nolimits z$ : cosine function, $\frac{df}{dx}$ : derivative of with respect to , $\mathop{\sin\/}\nolimits z$ : sine function and : complex variable
A&S Ref:: 4.3.105
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4.20.2 $\frac{d}{dz}\mathop{\cos\/}\nolimits z=-\mathop{\sin\/}\nolimits z,$

Symbols:: $\mathop{\cos\/}\nolimits z$ : cosine function, $\frac{df}{dx}$ : derivative of with respect to , $\mathop{\sin\/}\nolimits z$ : sine function and : complex variable
A&S Ref:: 4.3.106
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4.20.3 $\frac{d}{dz}\mathop{\tan\/}\nolimits z={\mathop{\sec\/}\nolimits^{{2}}}z,$

Symbols:: $\frac{df}{dx}$ : derivative of with respect to , $\mathop{\sec\/}\nolimits z$ : secant function, $\mathop{\tan\/}\nolimits z$ : tangent function and : complex variable
A&S Ref:: 4.3.107
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4.20.4 $\frac{d}{dz}\mathop{\csc\/}\nolimits z=-\mathop{\csc\/}\nolimits z\mathop{\cot% \/}\nolimits z,$

Symbols:: $\mathop{\csc\/}\nolimits z$ : cosecant function, $\mathop{\cot\/}\nolimits z$ : cotangent function, $\frac{df}{dx}$ : derivative of with respect to and : complex variable
A&S Ref:: 4.3.108
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4.20.5 $\frac{d}{dz}\mathop{\sec\/}\nolimits z=\mathop{\sec\/}\nolimits z\mathop{\tan% \/}\nolimits z,$

Symbols:: $\frac{df}{dx}$ : derivative of with respect to , $\mathop{\sec\/}\nolimits z$ : secant function, $\mathop{\tan\/}\nolimits z$ : tangent function and : complex variable
A&S Ref:: 4.3.109
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4.20.6 $\frac{d}{dz}\mathop{\cot\/}\nolimits z=-{\mathop{\csc\/}\nolimits^{{2}}}z,$

Symbols:: $\mathop{\csc\/}\nolimits z$ : cosecant function, $\mathop{\cot\/}\nolimits z$ : cotangent function, $\frac{df}{dx}$ : derivative of with respect to and : complex variable
A&S Ref:: 4.3.110
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4.20.7 $\frac{{d}^{n}}{{dz}^{n}}\mathop{\sin\/}\nolimits z=\mathop{\sin\/}\nolimits\!% \left(z+\tfrac{1}{2}n\pi\right),$

Symbols:: $\frac{df}{dx}$ : derivative of with respect to , $\mathop{\sin\/}\nolimits z$ : sine function, : integer and : complex variable
A&S Ref:: 4.3.111
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4.20.8 $\frac{{d}^{n}}{{dz}^{n}}\mathop{\cos\/}\nolimits z=\mathop{\cos\/}\nolimits\!% \left(z+\tfrac{1}{2}n\pi\right).$

Symbols:: $\mathop{\cos\/}\nolimits z$ : cosine function, $\frac{df}{dx}$ : derivative of with respect to , : integer and : complex variable
A&S Ref:: 4.3.112
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With $a\neq 0$ , the general solutions of the differential equations

4.20.9 $\frac{{d}^{2}w}{{dz}^{2}}+a^{2}w=0,$

Symbols:: $\frac{df}{dx}$ : derivative of with respect to , : real or complex constant and : complex variable
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4.20.10 $\left(\frac{dw}{dz}\right)^{2}+a^{2}w^{2}=1,$

Symbols:: $\frac{df}{dx}$ : derivative of with respect to , : real or complex constant and : complex variable
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4.20.11 $\frac{dw}{dz}-a^{2}w^{2}=1,$

Symbols:: $\frac{df}{dx}$ : derivative of with respect to , : real or complex constant and : complex variable
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are respectively

4.20.12 $w=A\mathop{\cos\/}\nolimits\!\left(az\right)+B\mathop{\sin\/}\nolimits\!\left(% az\right),$

Symbols:: $\mathop{\cos\/}\nolimits z$ : cosine function, $\mathop{\sin\/}\nolimits z$ : sine function, : real or complex constant, : complex variable, : arbitrary constant and : arbitrary constant
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4.20.13 $w=(1/a)\mathop{\sin\/}\nolimits\!\left(az+c\right),$

Symbols:: $\mathop{\sin\/}\nolimits z$ : sine function, : real or complex constant, : complex variable and : arbitrary constant
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4.20.14 $w=(1/a)\mathop{\tan\/}\nolimits\!\left(az+c\right),$

Symbols:: $\mathop{\tan\/}\nolimits z$ : tangent function, : real or complex constant, : complex variable and : arbitrary constant
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where are arbitrary constants.

For other differential equations see Kamke (1977, pp. 355–358 and 396–400).

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