Chain rule for higher derivatives

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Statement

Suppose is a natural number, and and are functions such that is times differentiable at and is times differentiable at . Then, is times differentiable at . Further, the value of the derivative is given by a complicated formula involving compositions, products, derivatives, evaluations, and sums that depends on .

Particular cases

Value of Formula for derivative of at
1 (this is the chain rule for differentiation)
2 (obtained by using the chain rule for differentiation twice and using the product rule for differentiation).