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Math 135 Business Calculus Spring 2009Class Notes
1.8 Higher-Order Derivatives
Given a function
y
=
f 
(
x
), its derivative
f 
0
(
x
) is itself a function. This means we can take its derivative.The derivative of the derivative is called the
second derivative
of the function and is denoted
f 
00
(
x
) in Newton’s notation or
d
2
ydx
2
in Leibniz’ notationWe can then take the derivative of the second derivative to obtain the
third derivative
, denoted
f 
000
(
x
) in Newton’s notation or
d
3
ydx
3
in Leibniz’ notationWe can keep taking derivatives to obtain the
fourth derivative
, the
fifth derivative
, and so on. Past thethird derivative, we usually use a superscript in parentheses instead of listing primes.
f 
(4)
(
x
) =
d
4
ydx
4
f 
(5)
(
x
) =
d
5
ydx
5
...
EXAMPLE
Let
f 
(
x
) =
x
4
+ 2
x
3
. Find
f 
0
(
x
),
f 
00
(
x
),
f 
000
(
x
), and
f 
(4)
(
x
).
EXAMPLE
Let
y
= 1
/x
. Find
dy/dx
,
d
2
y/dx
2
, and
d
3
y/dx
3
.
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