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Am i right?

Am i right?

by puneeth ms -
Number of replies: 2

d/dx x2 is clearly 2x

but x2 can be written as x+x+x+x+x+....(x times)

now if u differenciate this u will get 1+1+1+1+1+1+...(x times)

which is x

therefore d/dx x2 is x

In reply to puneeth ms

Re: Am i right?

by Siddhant Goel -

so finally you are saying that 2x = x.

take x to LHS,

which gives you,

x=0,

hence the given equation is possible only for x=0. and no other x.

In reply to puneeth ms

Re: Am i right?

by Shashank Todwal -

Puneeth you have asked a very intelligent question but unfortunately you have forgotten the fundamentals of derivatives.

Whenever you say y=x2=x+x+x+.......(x times) you are treating x to be a natural no.(1,2,3, etc.) as you can't say 0.1+0.1+0.1+........(0.1 times).

Thus as soon as you write x2=x+x+x+.......(x times) x belongs to N and so y is a discrete function in x i.e it can take only discrete values and derivatives are defined for continuous and not dis-continuous(disctrete) functions.Here you have made a blunder. 

I hope I cleared your doubt.

Bye.