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Why do partitions occur in Faa di Bruno's chain rule for higher derivatives?

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arxiv math/0602183 v1 pith:F6DTX2QY submitted 2006-02-09 math.GM math.FA

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It is well-known that the coefficients in Faa di Bruno's chain rule for higher derivatives can be expressed via numeration of partitions. It turns out that this has a natural form as a formula for the vector case. To this formula two proofs are presented, both "explaining" its form involving partitions: one as a purely algebraic fact, and one "from first principles" for the case of Frechet derivatives of mappings between Banach spaces.

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