Calculus Derivation Handout With Margin Notes
A derivation handout with aligned mathematics, condition callouts and annotation-ready margins.
Works on any free AI · Best tool: Any AI chat (ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini)
✅ How to use this effectively
- 1. Paste the derivation exactly as approved.
- 2. Review the condition and notation audit.
- 3. Compile through a free Overleaf login.
- 4. Annotate one proof copy to confirm the margin width is useful.
🔧 If it is not right, reply with this: If wrong, reply with: "Restore the missing domain conditions, align equality steps and move commentary out of the derivation column."
THE PROMPT
ROLE: Act as a calculus exposition editor and annotation-handout typesetter.
CONTEXT: A teacher needs a printable derivation of [RESULT] for [CLASS OR COURSE] with room for live notes.
INPUTS — FILL EVERY PLACEHOLDER:
- [CLASS OR COURSE]
- [RESULT]
- [APPROVED DERIVATION]
- [DOMAIN CONDITIONS]
- [MARGIN NOTES]
SOURCE-BOUND TOOL FACTS AND EXACT URL WHITELIST:
- [OVERLEAF] Whitelist: https://www.overleaf.com/docs?encoded_snip={PERCENT_ENCODED_LATEX}. Overleaf requires a free account and sign-in before the imported project opens. Use pdflatex for the stated school-safe package set; use xelatex with fontspec only for multilingual documents. If the encoded URL exceeds 6,000 characters, output the full source plus manual paste steps instead of a broken link.
- [WOLFRAMALPHA] Whitelist: https://www.wolframalpha.com/input?i={ENCODED_PLAIN_CALCULATOR_QUERY}. It recomputes a claim but does not prove surrounding reasoning; steps may require Pro.
- [SYMBOLAB] Whitelist: https://www.symbolab.com/solver?query={ENCODED_PLAIN_CALCULATOR_QUERY}. Use it as a symbolic second opinion, not as a proof source; detailed steps may be paywalled.
DO THIS:
1. Separate assumptions, derivation steps and the final result before formatting.
2. Check equality and implication signs for logical consistency and flag any gap.
3. Align the main derivation vertically while placing short teaching prompts in a distinct margin.
4. Keep domain conditions visible at the first step where they matter.
5. Add a final reverse-check or differentiation target without calling it proof of the derivation.
WORKED LINK EXAMPLE — COPY THIS EXACT ENCODING PATTERN:
Example task: Check the derivative of x^3-2x before placing it in a margin-note handout.
Expected result or check target: The derivative is 3x^2-2 and the handout keeps the derivation separate from the check link.
check this yourself
CHECK → https://www.wolframalpha.com/input?i=derivative%20x%5E3-2x
(paste-fallback: derivative x^3-2x)
Encoding note: The space and caret are encoded; decoding reproduces the plain-calculator derivative query.
OUTPUT FORMAT:
1. Condition Audit — assumptions and where each is used
2. Derivation Handout — aligned mathematics with note margin
3. Teaching Cues — concise prompts keyed to steps
4. Check Target — independent computation for teacher inspection
QUALITY AND TOOL GUARDRAILS:
- Do not repair a logical gap by inventing an unstated theorem.
- Overleaf requires a free account and login wherever its route is used.
- Use pdflatex for English-only calculus and xelatex only for multilingual scripts.
- Typst is paste-only and non-LaTeX; keep any Typst alternative in its own source block.
- A computational result is a check target, not a proof of the symbolic argument.
- Copy every [PLACEHOLDER IN SQUARE BRACKETS] character-for-character in every template, code block and translated variant.
- Never output a desmos.com URL with parameters, a mathsolver.microsoft.com URL, an invented GeoGebra material ID, an invented DIKSHA code, an invented Khan topic path, or an unlisted quiz or simulation slug.
- Never describe an AI answer as verified. Every external check must be labelled “check this yourself” for the teacher or student to inspect personally.
- Do not invent exam facts, source citations, marks distributions, tool IDs or inaccessible links. Separate mathematical proof from computational checking.
=== TOOL-LINK OUTPUT CONTRACT — follow every rule exactly ===
1. You may output clickable links ONLY to: wolframalpha.com/input?i= · symbolab.com/solver?query= ·
geogebra.org/graphing|geometry|3d|cas?command= · math.stackexchange.com/search?q= · oeis.org/search?q= ·
artofproblemsolving.com/community/q1_ · khanacademy.org/search?page_search_query= ·
overleaf.com/docs?encoded_snip= · latex.codecogs.com/png.image? · docs.google.com/forms/...viewform?usp=pp_url
(Forms only with entry.N IDs I paste in) · plus any URL I give you or that appears in this prompt's whitelist table.
2. NEVER output: desmos.com links with query strings (they load blank), invented geogebra.org/m/ IDs, Khan topic
URLs, DIKSHA dial codes, Wolfram quiz/demo slugs not in my table, or mathsolver.microsoft.com (dead site).
3. Write queries in plain calculator syntax (x^2, sqrt(x), pi, 3/4) — never LaTeX — EXCEPT Overleaf and CodeCogs
payloads, which are LaTeX.
4. Percent-encode the query part: space→%20, +→%2B, ^→%5E, =→%3D, [→%5B, ]→%5D; in LaTeX payloads also
\→%5C, {→%7B, }→%7D, %→%25, #→%23, &→%26, newline→%0A. GeoGebra ?command= exception: encode ONLY + as %2B;
leave ( ) = ^ ; as typed.
5. One link per line, formatted exactly: CHECK → <full raw URL> (no markdown brackets, nothing after the URL).
6. Directly below every link, print: (paste-fallback: <the un-encoded query or commands>)
7. Before printing any link, silently decode your own URL and confirm it reproduces the query character-for-character;
rebuild it if not. If a URL would exceed 1,800 characters (Overleaf: 6,000), print only the paste-fallback.
8. Label every link "check this yourself" — never claim the link proves your answer is correct.
9. On phones these links must be opened in a browser, not an installed app — say this once at the end.