7 Dec
2014
7 Dec
'14
5:24 p.m.
Assume u(x) and v(x) are arbitrary infinitely differentiable functions R -> R. Suppose I want to find the 7th derivative f^(7)(x) of f(x) := (u(x)^2 + 1) / (v(x)^2 + 1) Is there a straightforward (or otherwise) way to do this in Mma??? Even better, can it give a general formula for the nth derivative in terms of n ??? (The online Mma documentation is pretty good -- much better than what you get with a ?? command while running the program -- but it doesn't make finding the answer to such questions easy.) Thanks, Dan