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

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• Subject: [mg29989] Re: Derivative[1][x^2] ??
• From: "Oliver Friedrich" <oliver.friedrich at tz-mikroelektronik.de>
• Date: Fri, 20 Jul 2001 03:28:53 -0400 (EDT)
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• Sender: owner-wri-mathgroup at wolfram.com

Could not solve your problem, but I found a very nice looking work-around.
Try to get your derivative by writing

Esc p d Esc Cntrl- x Cntrl space x^2

It should look like d Subscript x   x^2
Very strange to write down the Mathematica special characters and notations,
I hope you understand.
It looks much nicer than the Derivative expression

Oli


"Tim 9-23" <bendoftimeb at stny.rr.com> schrieb im Newsbeitrag
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> 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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