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  • Mar 2, 2011, 10:31 PM
    western50
    Product rule
    here means dot product
    Here is a less coordinate-dependent "proof" of the same formula, (x(t)y(t))=x(t)y'(t)+x'(t)y(t)... (1):

    For small values of h, we have x(t + h) ≈ x(t) + hx'(t);
    and similarly y(t + h) ≈ y(t) + hy'(t):
    So for small h,
    x(t + h)y(t + h) ≈(x(t) + hx'(t))(y(t) + hy'(t))
    ≈ x(t)y(t) + h(x(t)y'(t) + x'(t)y(t));

    and so
    (x(t + h)y(t + h)- x(t)y(t))/h ≈ x(t)y'(t) + x'(t)y(t).

    Taking the limit as h --> 0, the approximately equals sign "≈" changes into "=", and we get (1), which is the expression at the beginning.

    So, I need to make this "proof" into a proof. In particular, your argument should use limits in a rigorous way, and not require making use of the ≈ symbol, and please give me help on how to do this problem because I really have no idea...
  • Mar 3, 2011, 05:54 AM
    galactus

    Obviously, you did not use 'preview' to see that your post did not display correctly.

    If this was copy and pasted, then that is the reason.
  • Mar 3, 2011, 07:54 AM
    Unknown008

    Unfortunately, there is no preview feature in the GO skin :(

    western50, can you re-type your question manually, and if you can learn use the LaTeX and use them in your posts, that would be most helpful in such cases.
  • Mar 3, 2011, 03:47 PM
    western50
    There is no typo in the whole problem, I did not just copy and paste, I typed it up.
  • Mar 3, 2011, 05:19 PM
    galactus

    It is not displaying correctly on my end. I see a bunch of squiggly nonsensical symbols. LaTex would be the ticket. For one, your 'approximately' sign is not showing.

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