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\frac{\rm d}{{\rm d}t}(4t^2+3) &&& \text{is between the values of the expression and the variable} \\ | \frac{\rm d}{{\rm d}t}(4t^2+3) &&& \text{is between the values of the expression and the variable} \\ | ||
\text{repeated:}\quad\frac{{\rm d}^2}{{\rm d}x^2}(3x^3+5) &&& \text{means:}\quad\frac{\rm d}{{\rm d}x}\left(\frac{{\rm d}}{{\rm d}x}(3x^3+5)\right) \\ | \text{repeated:}\quad\frac{{\rm d}^2}{{\rm d}x^2}(3x^3+5) &&& \text{means:}\quad\frac{\rm d}{{\rm d}x}\left(\frac{{\rm d}}{{\rm d}x}(3x^3+5)\right) \\ | ||
- | \int_a^b x^2 + 4x\,{\rm d}x &&& \text{is the definite integral of the expression taken from }a\text{ to }b | + | \int_a^b\!x^2 + 4x\,{\rm d}x &&& \text{is the definite integral of the expression taken from }a\text{ to }b |
%%\end{align*} | %%\end{align*} | ||
The kind of calculus that we deal with at school treats each of these as a single symbol, but it does | The kind of calculus that we deal with at school treats each of these as a single symbol, but it does |