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4 Sep 2024 19:24:18 EDT (-0400)
  Re: Iterated derivatives  
From: Invisible
Date: 16 Nov 2009 08:19:46
Message: <4b015172$1@news.povray.org>
Invisible wrote:

> So presumably the derivative of f(f(f(x))) is going to be something like 
> f'(f(f(x))) * f'(f(x)) * f'(x)? And in general, the Nth composition will 
> be ever more complex as N increases?
> 
> Oh dear.

Ooo, but wait... The Nth derivative of a polynomial will be zero if N 
exceeds the order of the polynomial. Hmm.


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