The derivative of a variable to a variable may be found in several ways. I strongly urge my students
not to memorize this formula, but rather to apply some logarithm concepts and take the derivative
implicitly.
Derivative of uv (Derivative of a variable to a variable)
Ideas for this web page came from two issues of the Mathematics Teacher -- the
December 2004/January 2005 issue and the August 2005 issue.
The derivative of a variable to a variable may be found in several ways. I strongly urge my students not to memorize this formula, but rather to apply some logarithm concepts and take the derivative implicitly.