MA101: Single-Variable Calculus I

4.7: Derivatives of the Exponential and Logarithmic Functions

• Whitman College: David Guichard's "Calculus, Chapter 4: Transcendental Functions, Section 4.7: Derivatives of the Exponential and Logarithmic Functions" URL

  Read Section 4.7 (pages 82-86). In this reading, the derivatives of the exponential and logarithmic functions are computed. otice that along the way the number e is defined in terms of a particular limit.
  

• Massachusetts Institute of Technology: David Jerison's "Exponential and Log" Page

  Watch this video. In this video, Jerison makes use of implicit differentiation at times during this lecture.
  

• Whitman College: David Guichard's "Calculus, Chapter 4: Transcendental Functions, Exercises 4.7: Problems 1-15, 20" URL

  Work through problems 1-15 and 20 for Exercise 4.7. When you are done, check your answers against Appendix A.