Talk:A-level Mathematics/OCR/C1/Differentiation

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Differentiation is NOT in C1
Sorry to all you guys that have put this here, but I have just checked the OCR syllabus, there is no mention of Differentiation at all.

It's deff in the Edexcel syllabus...

-- It's DEFINITELY in the OCR syllabus. We just did about 2 weeks of it and it's in my OCR book. 82.20.215.203 (talk) 17:37, 15 November 2008 (UTC)

From Talk:A-level Mathematics/C2/Differentiation
Hi, I've just added quite a bit on differentiation. It could probably do with some editing and probably re-writing. This is my first real addition to wikibooks so sorry if it isn't that good ^^. Anyway, there is still more that is required based...However it appears in C1 I believe, not C2, so perhaps someone could move this page unless I am mistaken. I was also wondering...would it be possible to add multiple index pages so that this book could cover multiple syllabuses, since that basic differentiation is also what I did on AQA for P1 as I recall. Anyway, hope what I put is at least some use as a foundation, bye for now. Robb3h 19:10, 27 July 2005 (UTC)

No problems, im fairly new to wikibooks myself. I just checked my textbook and it appears in chapter 8 under a C2 tab, i had previously moved it from C1 to here. I thought the textbook I have covers all examining bodies. P1 is a mix of C1 and C2. The alternative index pages seem like a good idea, that only leaves the question of which index page will be the main one. Krackpipe 13:45 29 July 2005

I'm in the second year of my OCR Maths A-level, and last year differentiation was definitely C1 (and still is, I hasten to add). I don't want to move anything without some consensus, but it would seem it should be under C1... Odd bloke 00:48, 23 November 2005 (UTC)

Differentiation definately under C1 - doing AS and covered it very recently. However I think there is more differentiation under C2 - perhaps a seperate topic for that.


 * Take a look at my talk page, this issue has been resolved, and differentiation is in fact in C1. I moved it by accident because I confused two different, but similarly named, specifications from the same examining group.--Krackpipe 19:49, 6 December 2005 (UTC)

Related Rates
The solution to the moving ladder problem uses implicit differentiation (not covered until C4?) and seems too complicated for C1. I can't see a way to solve this problem using only C1 differentiation, so perhaps it should be changed/removed. Aleksev 18:18, 16 December 2005 (UTC)

This still needs a LOT of work. There is absolutly NO explanation of what exactly a derivative is. The module jumps right to the power rule, bypassing the basis of derivatives, which are really the limit of a secant line. Pictures wouldn't hurt either.--Crucible Guardian 21:09, 18 December 2005 (UTC)

A Suggestion
I am not familiar with A-Level Mathematics, so of course, I cannot do this myself. However, it would be nice if a proof for the different rules was shown alongside the rules, unless they are postulates. Which I assume they cannot be.

bath tub example.
i think the bath tub example is probably a bad one. the maths is sound, but the example is confusing because a bath would never fill at such a rate. unless you have very odd plumbing the bath will almost certainly fill at a constant rate. something like the acceleration of a car makes much more sense and would be easier to understand.

Good Idea Fixed. Keytotime 18:09, 5 November 2006 (UTC)

Differentiation IS in C1
look at page 8 in the spec 

Afraid not...
Look at the date on that spec. I'm doing C1 / 2 now and I know for a fact that C1 has been done and dusted for a month and only now are we doing Differentiation. It is in C2