I've been working through some homework on derivatives, particularly complex derivatives, with the following question:
calculate the derivative of function f defined on ]-∞ ; -1]U[1;+∞[ by:
f(x) = $(2x<sup>2</sup> +1) √x<sup>2</sup>-1/frac 3x<sup>3</sup>$
in the correction it has been simplified down to :
12x4(x2-1)+(2x2+1)3x4-9x2(2x2+1)(x2-1) / 9x6 √x2-1
and then to :
1 / x4 √x2-1
i cant figure out how they've manage to simplify down more than 3 terms to one number on the numerator.. The only thing i've really understood is that 3x3 seems to have been a factor at some point in the simplification beforehand. thanks in advance