What is a derivative?

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  • Опубликовано: 6 янв 2025

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  • @MariosMathTutoring
    @MariosMathTutoring  5 лет назад +28

    If you would like to see another video I did on finding the derivative using the difference quotient click here: ruclips.net/video/x8j-4WYLM6Y/видео.html

    • @chessplayer5728
      @chessplayer5728 3 года назад

      This guy reminds me of someone else

    • @lesgolesgo5312
      @lesgolesgo5312 2 года назад

      @@chessplayer5728 no u

    • @chessplayer5728
      @chessplayer5728 2 года назад

      @@lesgolesgo5312 what do you mean?

    • @lesgolesgo5312
      @lesgolesgo5312 2 года назад

      @@chessplayer5728 nothing

    • @sneakypress
      @sneakypress 2 года назад

      Good on you Mario. I have been studying lots of videos about differentiation, and finally with your tutoring, I understand what I was having trouble with. Thank-you. ☺️

  • @name1799
    @name1799 2 года назад +159

    Within the first minute, you taught me more than my college level calculus class has ever. I still dont know wtf I am doing. I just know to follow the steps and somehow I get to the correct answer. I had no clue wtf a derivative even was, only told to find it. Thank you for explaining something that a college level course just expects of me.

    • @jakejasperfox8368
      @jakejasperfox8368 Год назад

      facts school likes to over complicate things till the point your brain is overwelmed and just blocks out all new information as useless

  • @Alex-ns6hj
    @Alex-ns6hj Год назад +16

    This is where I learned what a derivative was. Nobody ever explained it to me in one definition well enough.
    “A derivative is the formula for the slope of the tangent line” “The average rate of change is the secant line between x2 and x1”, which is where limits can come in. This is crazy helpful!

  • @yaakcon
    @yaakcon 2 года назад +3

    My son does not like to do the dirty work of researching and learning things so for time to time I help him by watching your videos. I must tell you that you are one hell of a teacher. You explain things very easily. Thank you so much.

  • @tomzhangg
    @tomzhangg 5 лет назад +81

    Thanks, Professor X, godspeed.

  • @notavailable453
    @notavailable453 5 лет назад +68

    You did such a good job explaining this. I've seen so many cal students understand how to do the math but have no understanding of the actual concepts behind it.

    • @MariosMathTutoring
      @MariosMathTutoring  5 лет назад +4

      Glad you liked my explanation of what a derivative is.

    • @chessplayer5728
      @chessplayer5728 3 года назад +1

      This guy reminds me of someone else

    • @lesgolesgo5312
      @lesgolesgo5312 2 года назад +1

      @@chessplayer5728 EVERYWHEREEEE
      ahahahhhaa

  • @ricapp798
    @ricapp798 6 месяцев назад +9

    I had to study how to do derivatives, but it always mostly just memorization and I never understood what was going on under the hood of all those power rules, product rules etc.
    This is the FIRST time I ever understood where it all came from, like what's the actual math under the hood! Thank you so much for your videos on this topic!

    • @MariosMathTutoring
      @MariosMathTutoring  6 месяцев назад +1

      You’re welcome! Glad my video helped you break the code on derivatives!

  • @mashuli
    @mashuli 5 лет назад +38

    You sir, listen, I didn't even have to watch the whole video, you nailed it very quickly in less than 3 minutes. I was looking for a video I can use to help someone understand derivative, this video ended up helping me much better instead, job well done Sir, in less than 3 minutes. There a bunch of videos here just hitting around the bush and ending up with no real definition of derivative.
    Thank you

    • @MariosMathTutoring
      @MariosMathTutoring  5 лет назад +3

      You’re welcome mashuli! Glad you liked my straight to the point video about what derivatives are!

    • @chessplayer5728
      @chessplayer5728 3 года назад

      This guy reminds me of someone else

    • @lesgolesgo5312
      @lesgolesgo5312 2 года назад

      @@chessplayer5728 ok y every comment

    • @chessplayer5728
      @chessplayer5728 2 года назад

      @@lesgolesgo5312 Broadcasting

    • @lesgolesgo5312
      @lesgolesgo5312 2 года назад

      @@chessplayer5728 Broadcasting

  • @adnkir1234
    @adnkir1234 5 месяцев назад +1

    You explained in eleven minute video what other tutors struggle to explain in one hour videos and still leave students confused. Thanks.

  • @rimuruthegreat4027
    @rimuruthegreat4027 4 года назад +1

    Definitely the best math tutoring channel on Earth!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  • @corsaircaruso471
    @corsaircaruso471 Год назад +1

    Hey, there. This is a Doctor of Musical Arts who hasn’t taken more than 12 credits of STEM courses in his entire secondary education. I haven’t taken a single math course since an algebra review class in community college in ‘05, and no science courses since an Acoustics for Non-Majors course offered for Music students in ‘09.
    Of course I used some very basic knowledge of science somewhat in my grad level courses, but my main point is that I’m not especially educated in this area. I’ve never taken Calculus, nor Pre-Cal, nor even Trig. I barely remember high school geometry.
    This video helped me get a significantly better understanding of the basic mathematical use of derivatives in an abstract sense. Some of the algebra was a bit fast for me, but I understood somewhere between 85 - 90% of what was discussed here.
    I’m pursuing this because I’ve always had a conceptual interest in physics, especially quantum physics and general relativity. PBS Spacetime and similar channels helped feed my interest, but I felt I lacked any understanding of even the basics of the equations.
    Channels like this are helping me continue my education in mathematics so I can better enjoy Newtonian, Lagrangian, and Hamiltonian mechanics, so I can better comprehend the reasons why certain quantum phenomena are expressed they way they are by the math, or how the energy needed to accelerate mass to c approaches infinity. Thanks so much for this excellent resource!

  • @roribabaaneneka
    @roribabaaneneka 5 лет назад +19

    This is probably the best derivative explanation I have watched. Thank you so much sir.

    • @MariosMathTutoring
      @MariosMathTutoring  5 лет назад +4

      You’re welcome Wilhelm! Glad you liked my video!

    • @minimhlk7254
      @minimhlk7254 4 года назад +1

      Never thought the sword demon will study the derivatives XDD

  • @kylecollins3755
    @kylecollins3755 5 месяцев назад +2

    I learned more by the discussion about the tangent line than I have in four weeks of daily two hour classes.

  • @handsomememer
    @handsomememer 2 года назад +3

    Can we just take a minute to respect this guy's amazing ability to legibly write/draw on a whiteboard

  • @p.c2750
    @p.c2750 4 года назад +1

    You are one of the very mature mathematicians i know. Thank you for your conscientiousness!!!

  • @Arrogant_Artemis
    @Arrogant_Artemis 5 лет назад +213

    this is the best video by far i have found on derivatives thank you sir !

  • @MA6manalac
    @MA6manalac 5 лет назад +4

    After rereading and rereading the textbook and watching multiple videos ive found the one that actually teaches what I need

    • @MariosMathTutoring
      @MariosMathTutoring  5 лет назад +1

      Glad my video helped you Marc!

    • @normanhenderson7300
      @normanhenderson7300 5 лет назад

      Even after purchasing a textbook of my own- Calculus for Dummies, my understanding is less than expected.

  • @jessicabaileyatsml
    @jessicabaileyatsml 2 года назад +1

    I went from being completely lost in calculus to understanding the how and why with just this one little video. Thank you sooooo much!

  • @saltycoffe1631
    @saltycoffe1631 Месяц назад

    Just started re learning math and this cleared up many questions I had about derivatives. Thank you for such a clear and concise video.

  • @ArachnidAbby
    @ArachnidAbby 2 года назад +1

    Took me till halfway thru the video to understand since I haven't taken pre-calc yet. But this is the only explanation that I could understand on RUclips. Thanks for this wonderful video!

  • @arialeen5329
    @arialeen5329 4 года назад +1

    Online class is a struggle for me who has experience this kind of set up for the first time. Thank you so much for this video, sir! It's so clear and precise.

  • @yassertariqvideo
    @yassertariqvideo 10 дней назад

    Concise yet brilliant. You instruct so much more in so little time. Thanks for the refresher.

  • @jamesstark4136
    @jamesstark4136 4 года назад +2

    Wow okay thank you. I came to this video because while I could find the derivitive I had no idea of what I was actually finding and needed this information to understand how exactly the math works. Thanks A Ton!

  • @sweetdaddyg950
    @sweetdaddyg950 Год назад

    I had no idea why I was finding derivatives or how they were used, and this made EVERYTHING make sense. Thank you so much for this video explanation!

  • @tamsinward3785
    @tamsinward3785 3 месяца назад

    Thank you for this elegant and straightforward explanation

  • @shokhmurodkodirjonov1457
    @shokhmurodkodirjonov1457 6 лет назад +11

    Your English is really perfect Sir! I got what derivative is. Thank you Sir

  • @hahahaha9224
    @hahahaha9224 2 года назад

    Thank you sir!!. I knew you are a real teacher aside from being a doctor, plumber, a soldier and an astronaut.

  • @nani2155
    @nani2155 Год назад

    Thank you very much, I have an exam tomorrow and this helped me very much. I have finally grabbed the concept of derivative

  • @codingwithbm
    @codingwithbm 7 месяцев назад +2

    Thank you! You explained it very well. I understood everything, even as an 8th grader.

  • @cal0729
    @cal0729 5 лет назад +2

    By far the best video I’ve seen about derivatives. Thank you

  • @nonsenstronaut5477
    @nonsenstronaut5477 3 года назад

    I've been studying this topic for years now but this is the first time that I have genuinely understood the nature of a derivative. Thank u Professor X!

  • @SolidPayne
    @SolidPayne Год назад +5

    I was so confused until the end. A derivative is basically just a substitution in order to find a specific point like a max or min.

  • @TheDankDev
    @TheDankDev 3 года назад +2

    Thanks, I find that understanding the concept behind something makes doing math problems so much more logical. I'm loving my AP calculus class so far!

  • @jeremiahhyatt6935
    @jeremiahhyatt6935 3 года назад

    Thank you so much! Concepts like this beat being shown formulas with no explanation any day.

  • @wahtdafukkkkk1182
    @wahtdafukkkkk1182 7 месяцев назад

    I just spent the last semester in college algebra wondering what the point of all the f(x+h) and fog was. I also wondered for the entire year how exactly you find relative max and minimas of turning points. This video just connected so many dots for me, thank you!

  • @zadramm1
    @zadramm1 6 лет назад +6

    Sir you are Amazing ! you know why you are amazing? because you make thing so simple.. why something is so ... and you explain it so simply.. thanks so much.

    • @MariosMathTutoring
      @MariosMathTutoring  6 лет назад +2

      Awesome! Glad you are liking my videos and my channel Zadran!

  • @Mr.Twister-ze2ke
    @Mr.Twister-ze2ke 4 месяца назад

    Excellent video for understanding the concept, I haven't done it before and watched and learned the entire thing without writing a single number down. That said, there were two sticking points for me. First was that I got lost when you started doing the derivative for x^2 as I had no idea where the input for h was coming from. After doing it you pointed out that h approaching zero means h=0 though. Second was after doing the square root to get +/- 1.15, you stuck it right back into the function equation but didn't say that it was the point we were looking for until later, so I spent awhile trying to understand that too.
    Overall 10/10 video, maybe that feedback will make a future one 11/10. Thanks a lot.

  • @drrroden
    @drrroden 16 дней назад

    Derivative was yet to thaught in my class but i was too curious and i wanted to take a step ahead and this little video helped calming me down, thx.

    • @MariosMathTutoring
      @MariosMathTutoring  16 дней назад +1

      It’s good that you’re curious and taking the initiative to learn ahead of your class.

  • @paulaan881
    @paulaan881 3 года назад +1

    Best video hands down! You saved me.... mostly in this pandemic. Thanks teacher

  • @basilhawamdeh593
    @basilhawamdeh593 4 года назад +1

    it's the second video I watched for you, I feel like you've done some magic for me to fully understand the idea, you're really great sir! thanks a lot.

    • @MariosMathTutoring
      @MariosMathTutoring  4 года назад

      You’re welcome Basil! Glad my videos have been able to help you!

  • @dittery
    @dittery 3 года назад +12

    I always learn concepts like these but my professors never actually explain them as a concept, they only talk about the formula and how to use it to solve problems. This makes math really boring because you have no idea what you're actually doing. Learning HOW and WHY stuff works in math makes it 100x more fun.

  • @Ali_azimi
    @Ali_azimi 3 года назад

    I would say that HE has been the best teacher for me so far!! Appreciate you man!

  • @normanhenderson7300
    @normanhenderson7300 5 лет назад +4

    I watched this video so many times, such that each time I watch it, I discover another aspect not previously seen.

  • @ishaanarya7408
    @ishaanarya7408 4 года назад +1

    Best video for Deriviatives available on RUclips.
    Just a request as well as suggestion Professor: Please write a little larger in size, it will make contents visible efficiently.
    Otherwise you just nailed it.
    Loved it.

  • @nathanclarke7162
    @nathanclarke7162 Год назад

    This video is really good, now I understand what a derivative is and does

  • @AnNohor
    @AnNohor 7 месяцев назад

    Sir, you are a magician, lots of love, respect and dawah from Bangladesh.

  • @memesthemaker8429
    @memesthemaker8429 3 года назад

    Thank you so much! I had difficulty understanding derivatives but this video came to the rescue

  • @theextra8392
    @theextra8392 4 года назад +5

    Glad to see Jhonny Sins back as a teacher. Can't wait for your next class! 🥰️

  • @deltaexplorer47
    @deltaexplorer47 4 года назад +1

    AWESOME explanation Mr. Mario - Thank you very much !

  • @vanessachen2330
    @vanessachen2330 2 года назад

    Thank you very much for posting the helpful videos, and your videos are alway in my consideration of wtching whenever I am stuggling for math problems.

  • @halland7892
    @halland7892 2 года назад

    Best english video about derivatives

  • @hackingnut4164
    @hackingnut4164 Год назад

    If I were really good with math I would have created a time machine... Then I would have went back in time and got my younger self to meet you and learn math from you and then I would be better at math. Then we would have met as two professors in an alternative time line of our lives and we would have been great friends teaching math to people who don't have a time machine. I also have ADHD so this was what I thought of after watching your video. Thanks!

  • @ali_aldur
    @ali_aldur 4 года назад +1

    Thank you very much sir, your follower from Iraq. Very useful video thanks much.

  • @radoslawcecherz1161
    @radoslawcecherz1161 3 года назад

    i share your calm with the topic - fantastic style of sharing the knowledge

  • @ashleycampbell613
    @ashleycampbell613 2 года назад

    Perfect - thank you. This is much better than written text books for sure

  • @jackzhou1382
    @jackzhou1382 5 лет назад

    you are talking so clearly. you are a gift teacher

    • @MariosMathTutoring
      @MariosMathTutoring  5 лет назад

      Glad you like my teaching Jack!

    • @jackzhou1382
      @jackzhou1382 5 лет назад

      @@MariosMathTutoring I am confused about sin cos function using π π /2, is that degree or Radian, because I know determineing the minimal or maximum point in sin cos function we should use π/2 to define left side or right side of this function

  • @ChristinaWahlquist-h5z
    @ChristinaWahlquist-h5z Год назад

    Thank you Mario, for the concise and thorough review!

  • @TT-gp2os
    @TT-gp2os 8 месяцев назад

    This video helped me understand why we need to use derivative in ML, Thanks great job

  • @huilovtsam_kaput
    @huilovtsam_kaput Год назад

    The increment of the function can also be expressed through the difference of functions, using the factor k-->1: d(f(x))= f(kx)-f(x). Similarly, the increment of the argument: dx=kx-x.
    Then d(f(x))/dx=lim[k-->1] (f(kx)-f(x))/(kx-x)

  • @welcometotheshow5247
    @welcometotheshow5247 3 года назад

    What a beautiful explanation, I really like what u did with the graph thing, very insightful and very resourceful.

  • @walterbaldemor2128
    @walterbaldemor2128 6 лет назад +4

    Derivative of x^2 is 2x , same as nx^(n-1), now i know where it came from. Thanks sir mario.

    • @MariosMathTutoring
      @MariosMathTutoring  6 лет назад

      You’re welcome Walter!

    • @yassineaghlaoui1906
      @yassineaghlaoui1906 5 лет назад +1

      They used to teach us in school this way: whenever we tell you the derivative of 5x^2 you answer 10x. Without knowing where it came from, we'd never advance and understand real maths.

    • @MariosMathTutoring
      @MariosMathTutoring  5 лет назад +1

      Glad my video helped you understand the origin of those shortcuts for finding the derivative!

    • @yassineaghlaoui1906
      @yassineaghlaoui1906 5 лет назад

      @@MariosMathTutoring Can you please make a new category of videos about how to revise maths and how to be more familiar with it? It'll be an awesome gesture from such a great teacher.

  • @ramonleal240
    @ramonleal240 4 года назад

    Currently writing a bullsh*t essay about derivatives and this video helped a lot, thanks Mario!

  • @luanajoseph5537
    @luanajoseph5537 3 года назад

    This video helped me understand derivatives better! Thank you Sir.

  • @Bandicoot1982z
    @Bandicoot1982z 3 месяца назад

    Thanks!

  • @gaspinghorse4865
    @gaspinghorse4865 Год назад

    Thank you very much for the demonstration, I was struggling to figure out what a derivative actually meant before watching this video.

  • @phattran4858
    @phattran4858 5 лет назад +1

    your voice is really clear, thank you

  • @dijonstreak
    @dijonstreak Год назад

    AWEsome dude. boy. thanks to YOU. i FINALLY got it in Plain English very well explained. thank YOU SO much. !!!!

  • @TemporaryUse-y4c
    @TemporaryUse-y4c 2 дня назад

    Wow just in a few minutes i can understand how derivatives actually are, thank you so much

  • @Azy_17
    @Azy_17 Месяц назад

    Thank you man I still have it a little bit hard with derivatives but at least I got the idea you did an wonderful job

    • @MariosMathTutoring
      @MariosMathTutoring  Месяц назад

      Glad to hear that my video helped you get the idea, it can take time to fully understand.

  • @EmperorFowl
    @EmperorFowl Год назад

    Great video. Love the explanation of why this is useful.

  • @Venyrean
    @Venyrean 2 года назад

    miraculous explanation, can't be more satisfied !

  • @alexwilliams7063
    @alexwilliams7063 4 года назад

    This is truly a mind blowing video, I was struggling with the concept of derivatives but now it all makes sense! Thank you!

  • @rodutus
    @rodutus 3 месяца назад

    That's craaazy! Loved that!

  • @amourito123
    @amourito123 4 года назад +2

    Thank you for the explanation! It was clear and coherent

  • @BrainFreezeMC
    @BrainFreezeMC 2 месяца назад

    This is absolutely amazing! Haha I was impatient and decided to get started even though I won't learn about derivatives until next semester lol it's so fun

    • @MariosMathTutoring
      @MariosMathTutoring  2 месяца назад +1

      I’m glad you’re enjoying learning about derivatives!

    • @BrainFreezeMC
      @BrainFreezeMC 2 месяца назад

      @MariosMathTutoring yeah! I love the way you explained it

  • @ogabekhamdamov3179
    @ogabekhamdamov3179 4 года назад

    Thant you for all your videos Mr Marios .It helped me a lot to understand what Derivatives is !!!

  • @zhouhang5330
    @zhouhang5330 4 года назад +1

    That is too clear to not understand derivatives. Thank You!

  • @ShinsDomain
    @ShinsDomain 4 года назад +1

    Loved it a lot 💕💕

  • @animishsukhwal
    @animishsukhwal 7 месяцев назад

    Superb explanation !! thanks

  • @jaretlesure6151
    @jaretlesure6151 4 года назад +2

    Thank you! It finally makes sense!

  • @DC-qs8nc
    @DC-qs8nc 2 года назад

    Amazing job explaining everything!! Thank you!!

  • @saalarfaisal1792
    @saalarfaisal1792 3 года назад

    Excellent Video. Great Explanation!

  • @rygdoomed442
    @rygdoomed442 Месяц назад

    How is it possible that this dude explains it better than my university lecturer

  • @omarherrera-rea2985
    @omarherrera-rea2985 Год назад +1

    why square (x+h) at 4:06???

  • @shanegepilano6442
    @shanegepilano6442 6 лет назад +3

    Really helps me a lot! Thank you!

  • @parwaiznoori
    @parwaiznoori 3 года назад

    Thank you for the explanation sir! It helped me a lot.

  • @fernandosalazar1011
    @fernandosalazar1011 3 месяца назад

    You taught me more in 10 minutes than my professor did today in 2 hours 😳

  • @menari
    @menari 2 года назад

    I LOVE YOUUU SO MUCH, PROFESSORR
    I wish you worked at my college :'(

  • @rameshwarpawar1830
    @rameshwarpawar1830 2 года назад

    Very nicely explained sir

  • @williejohnson5172
    @williejohnson5172 5 дней назад

    4:40 ..."and if we put in zero for h we are left with 2x."
    You explained this perfectly, so this is not a knock on your presentation. But it does however demonstrate quite clearly the eternal "fly in the ointment" problem with the Newtonian limit; why and how does h miraculously morphs from not being equal to zero to h=0? Or how do we finesse division by zero? The classic presentation (not the final result ) of the difference quotient being used to find the derivative is wrong. h doesn't approach 0 in the limit. h must actually obtain the actual value of zero to form the limit.

  • @idreesalao6155
    @idreesalao6155 4 года назад

    Really helpful explanation. Thanks for this, much appreciated.

  • @Asmarajpoot-j9x
    @Asmarajpoot-j9x Месяц назад

    its absolutely fascinating

  • @phyomyint2750
    @phyomyint2750 4 года назад +1

    Thank you so much for this video.

  • @marnierogers3931
    @marnierogers3931 2 года назад

    10/10 video, thanks!

  • @jacobsamuel8851
    @jacobsamuel8851 3 года назад

    Thank you sir,it was wonderful explanation

  • @hibach3
    @hibach3 3 года назад +1

    I might be 4 years too late but what an amazing explanation!

  • @yarrowstudy3530
    @yarrowstudy3530 4 года назад +1

    Wow!!! Thank you sir

  • @geraldillo
    @geraldillo 3 года назад

    excellent video! 🏆

  • @avineshbenjamin1782
    @avineshbenjamin1782 Год назад

    Where were in my +1, +2 Sir Superb video...😃

  • @abodaher6808
    @abodaher6808 3 года назад

    Thanks
    Amazing explanation