How to stare at the higher-order n-dimensional chain rule without losing your marbles
Classical Analysis and ODEs
2014-10-28 v3
Abstract
Given two real functions on the real line f and g, the Faa di Bruno provides the higher order derivative of the composition of f and g, as a summation over the lower order derivatives of f and g individually. The corresponding multi-dimensional generalization is substantially more difficult due to the complicated combinatorial considerations one must take into account when dealing with standard multi-indices. In this note we provide a simple statement and derivation of the multi-dimensional Faa di Bruno formula by resorting to notions from multiset theory.
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@article{arxiv.1410.3493,
title = {How to stare at the higher-order n-dimensional chain rule without losing your marbles},
author = {Henry O. Jacobs},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1410.3493},
year = {2014}
}
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6 pages, 4 references