Derivative of \( \displaystyle \frac{\ln{\left(\ln{\left(4 x \right)} \right)}}{4} \)
Problem 2.5 · medium
Differentiate \( \displaystyle f(x) = \frac{\ln{\left(\ln{\left(4 x \right)} \right)}}{4} \).
- \[ \frac{d}{d x} \frac{\ln{\left(\ln{\left(4 x \right)} \right)}}{4} \]constant-multipleStart with the derivative of the function.✓ Proved
- \[ = \frac{\frac{d}{d x} \ln{\left(\ln{\left(4 x \right)} \right)}}{4} \]constant-multiplePull out the constant factor 1/4.✓ Proved
- \[ = \frac{\frac{d}{d x} \ln{\left(4 x \right)}}{4 \ln{\left(4 x \right)}} \]chainApply the chain rule to the outer logarithm.✓ Proved
- \[ = \frac{\frac{d}{d x} 4 x}{16 x \ln{\left(4 x \right)}} \]chainApply the chain rule to the inner logarithm.✓ Proved
- \[ = \frac{1}{4 x \ln{\left(4 x \right)}} \]derivative algebra simplifyDifferentiate the innermost function 4*x. Cancel the constant 4 in the numerator and denominator. Combine the terms into a single fraction.✓ Proved
Answer \( \frac{1}{4 x \log{\left(4 x \right)}} \)
Mind the domain. The answer is also defined on (0, 1/4), where f(x) is not. Substituting there gives a number that is not a slope of f.
✓ Nihil obstat Every line of this solution was proved by the computer algebra system SymPy. The answer was also checked a second way, without looking at the solution. Reviewers found nothing wrong with the explanation.
The full receipt
| Line | Status | Checked by | Detail |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ✓ Proved | sympy 1.14.0 | line 1 is the problem as stated |
| 2 | ✓ Proved | sympy 1.14.0 | simplify(a - b) reduced to 0 log is undefined for non-positive arguments |
| 3 | ✓ Proved | sympy 1.14.0 | simplify(a - b) reduced to 0 log is undefined for non-positive arguments undefined where log(4*x) = 0 |
| 4 | ✓ Proved | sympy 1.14.0 | simplify(a - b) reduced to 0 log is undefined for non-positive arguments undefined where log(4*x) = 0 undefined where x = 0 |
| 5 | ✓ Proved | sympy 1.14.0 | simplify(a - b) reduced to 0 log is undefined for non-positive arguments undefined where x = 0 undefined where log(4*x) = 0 |
| 6 | ✓ Proved | sympy 1.14.0 | simplify(a - b) reduced to 0 log is undefined for non-positive arguments undefined where x = 0 undefined where log(4*x) = 0 |
| 7 | ✓ Proved | sympy 1.14.0 | simplify(a - b) reduced to 0 log is undefined for non-positive arguments undefined where x = 0 undefined where log(4*x) = 0 |
| answer | ✓ Proved | sympy 1.14.0 | final line against the stated answer: simplify(a - b) reduced to 0 log is undefined for non-positive arguments undefined where x = 0 undefined where log(4*x) = 0 |
| answer, a second way | ✓ Proved | sympy 1.14.0 | SymPy differentiated f directly and got the stated answer |
Reviewers
deepseek-r1:70b: passgpt-oss:20b: passqwen3.6:27b-mlx: pass
Every verdict on record (11)
qwen3.6:27b-mlx: pass 2026-09-20gpt-oss:20b: pass 2026-09-20qwen3.6:27b-mlx: pass 2026-09-20gpt-oss:20b: pass 2026-09-20qwen3.6:27b-mlx: pass 2026-09-19deepseek-r1:70b: pass 2026-09-19gpt-oss:20b: pass 2026-09-19qwen3.6:27b-mlx: pass 2026-09-19 — The solution correctly applies the constant multiple rule, chain rule, and basic derivative rules in a step-by-step manner. Each step modifies only one aspect of the expression and uses valid labels from the provided vocabulary.deepseek-r1:70b: pass 2026-09-19gpt-oss:20b: pass 2026-09-19deepseek-r1:70b: pass 2026-09-16
Proved: SymPy reduced the difference between the two sides to zero. Checked independently: a separate
method, named above, confirmed it. Checked numerically: the two sides agree at every sampled point, which is evidence,
not proof. Reviewed: a model or a person read it; that is all a sentence can have. Solution by
gemma4:26b, checked 2026-09-26 with SymPy 1.14.0.