Three interactive solutions are given: use of the prime, the operator , and the Context Panel.
Define the function
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Context Panel: Assign Function
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Solution #1
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Context Panel: Evaluate and Display Inline
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Solution #2
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Expression palette: Differentiation template
Context Panel: Evaluate and Display Inline
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Solution #3
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Context Panel: Differentiate≻With Respect To≻
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The derivative of is , obtained by an application of the Chain rule. Thus, , the derivative of , appears in the answer.
The reader should feel free to explore this differentiation via the
tutor, where Maple begins by rewriting as . (Take the log of , then exponentiate it.)