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Re: Derivative[1][x^2] ??

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• Subject: [mg29982] Re: Derivative[1][x^2] ??
• From: peter weijnitz <pewei at algonet.se>
• Date: Fri, 20 Jul 2001 03:28:45 -0400 (EDT)
• Organization: Telenordia
• References: <9j65da$2fg$1@smc.vnet.net>
• Sender: owner-wri-mathgroup at wolfram.com

enter
D[x^2,x]
instead
from where did you get Derivative[1][x^2] ?
use help!
/peter


Tim 9-23 wrote:

> I thought I would get the answer which is 2x, but I'm getting (x^2)'.
>
> So my question is, how do I get the program to find the derivative and
> not just re-write it in another form.  What's the command?
>
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> Tim 9-23