Suppose for example that I have a function $g_y(x)$ such that
$g_y(x) = \begin{cases} y+x &\mbox{if } -x
How, if possible, would I find $ \frac{dg}{dx} $?
Edit: Also, I need to have that $ x\in (0,1)$
Suppose for example that I have a function $g_y(x)$ such that
$g_y(x) = \begin{cases} y+x &\mbox{if } -x
How, if possible, would I find $ \frac{dg}{dx} $?
Edit: Also, I need to have that $ x\in (0,1)$
$g_y(x) = \begin{cases}0 & \text{if } x < -y\\ x+y & \text{if }x \in (-y,1-y)\\ 1 & \text{if }x > 1-y\end{cases}$ You also need $x \in (0,1)$. We will split it into cases depending on where $y$ lies.
If $y \leq -1$, then we get that $g_y(x) = 0$ for all $x \in (0,1)$.
If $-1 \leq y \leq 0$, then we get that $g_y(x) = \begin{cases}0 & \text{if } x \in (0,-y)\\ x+y & \text{if }x \in (-y,1)\end{cases}$ for all $x \in (0,1)$.
If $0 \leq y \leq 1$, then we get that $g_y(x) = \begin{cases} x+y & \text{if }x \in (0,1-y)\\ 1 & \text{if }x \in(1-y,1)\end{cases}$ for all $x \in (0,1)$.
If $y \geq 1$, then we get that $g_y(x) = 1$ for all $x \in (0,1)$.
Now you should be able to work out the derivative with relative ease. Note that if $y \in [-1,0]$, then the function is not differentiable at $-y$ and for $y \in [0,1]$, the function is not differentiable at $1-y$.