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### derivative of x^n

I am working with polynomials. I'd like to compute the symbolic derivative of a monomial with symbolic coefficients, that is something like

derivative(x^n,x)


So that the output is

nx^(n-1)


Is this possible?

### derivative of x^n

I am working with polynomials. I'd like to compute the symbolic derivative of a monomial with symbolic coefficients, that is something like

derivative(x^n,x)


So that the output is

nx^(n-1)


Is this possible?

### derivative of x^n

I am working with polynomials. I'd like to compute the symbolic derivative of a monomial with symbolic coefficients, that is something like

derivative(x^n,x)


So that the output is

nx^(n-1)


Is this possible?

Edit: My first try was of course to use:

diff(x^n,x)


but I get the error

TypeError: non-integral exponents not supported


### derivative of x^n

I am working with polynomials. I'd like to compute the symbolic derivative of a monomial with symbolic coefficients, that is something like

derivative(x^n,x)


So that the output is

nx^(n-1)


Is this possible?

Edit: My first try was of course to use:

use:
diff(x^n,x)


or derivative(x^n,x) but I get the error

error
TypeError: non-integral exponents not supported

supported

### derivative of x^n

I am working with polynomials. I'd like to compute the symbolic derivative of a monomial with symbolic coefficients, that is something like

derivative(x^n,x)


So that the output is

nx^(n-1)


Is this possible?

Edit: My first try was of course to use: use:

diff(x^n,x)
or


or

derivative(x^n,x)


but I get the error error

TypeError: non-integral exponents not supportedsupported