Deriving Faà di Bruno's formula for the derivative of a composite function via compositions of integers

preprint2014arXivOpen access

Abstract

We give yet another proof for Faà di Bruno's formula for higher derivatives of composite functions. Our proof technique relies on reinterpreting the composition of two power series as the generating function for weighted integer compositions, for which a Faà di Bruno-like formula is quite naturally established.

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