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Gilbert Strang, Calculus, 3rd edition (Wellesley-Cambridge Press; MIT OpenCourseWare RES.18-001) §6.2 The Exponential e, #42 · Calculus · Differentiation rules

Find the slope of … and the point where

Find the slope of $y = x^{1/ x}$ and the point where $d y / d x = 0$ . Check $d^{2} y / d x^{2}$ to show that the maximum of $x^{1/ x}$ is ____.

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Gilbert Strang, Calculus, 3rd edition (Wellesley-Cambridge Press; MIT OpenCourseWare RES.18-001) · §6.2 The Exponential e, #42

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