Math formulas and cheat sheets for Higher-order Derivatives

Higher-order Derivatives

Definitions and properties

Second derivative

f′′=ddx(dydx)−d2ydx2

Higher-Order derivative

f(n)=(f(n−1))′
(f±g)(n)=f(n)± g(n)

Leibniz's Formulas

(f⋅g)′′=f′′⋅g+2⋅f′⋅g′+f⋅g′′
(f⋅g)′′′=f′′′⋅g+3⋅f′′⋅g′+3⋅f′⋅g′′+f⋅g′′′
(f⋅g)(n)=f(n)⋅g+n⋅f(n−1)⋅g′+n(n−1)1⋅2⋅f(n−2)⋅g′′+⋯+f⋅g(n)

Important Formulas

(xm)(n)=m!(m−n)!xm−n
(xn)(n)=n!
(logax)(n)=(−1)(n−1)⋅(n−1)!xn⋅lna
(lnn)(n)=(−1)n−1(n−1)!xn
(ax)(n)=ax⋅lnna
(ex)(n)=ex
(amx)(n)=mnam⋅xlnna
(sinx)(n)=sin(x+nπ2)
(cosx)(n)=cos(x+nπ2)