The document discusses derivatives and some rules for finding derivatives:
- The derivative of a function f(x) is defined as the limit of the difference quotient as h approaches 0.
- The derivative of a constant c is 0.
- Important formulas are given for finding the derivatives of xn, x, ex, loge x, and other functions.
- Rules are provided for finding the derivative of sums, differences, products, quotients, and composite functions using the chain rule.
- Examples are worked out for finding the derivatives of various polynomial functions.