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Latest revision as of 22:25, 21 September 2011

This article is about a differentiation rule, i.e., a rule for differentiating a function expressed in terms of other functions whose derivatives are known.
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Statement

Consider a parametric description of the form , where and are functions of one variable. The second derivative rule states that:

Facts used

  1. Definition of parametric derivative
  2. Quotient rule for differentiation